The Phoenix Suns are in a brutal spot. They have been for the last few years. Ever since they lost to Luka Doncic in the playoffs and the organization decided to trade for Kevin Durant, things have been going downhill. Phoenix is 3-8 this year. It doesn’t look like the Suns will be in the playoff race right now. It would be organizationally irresponsible not to field Devin Booker trade offers.
On Monday night, the Suns got obliterated by the San Antonio Spurs. It was a 122-96 loss. Victor Wembanyama dominated. It was Booker against the world. He scored 32 points for the Suns, but the second-leading scorer was Khaman Maluach (11 points). Nobody else scored in double digits. Booker had no help.
With all the picks the Suns have traded over the years, they don’t have much room to add pieces around Booker. So, trading him could be the team’s best way to reset moving forward.
The Suns have to consider a Devin Booker trade
Booker has been playing well this season. Through his first nine appearances, he has averaged 26.0 points, 2.7 rebounds, 4.8 assists, and 1.1 steals while shooting 48.8% from the field and 36.0% from deep on 5.6 3-point attempts per contest.
Last year, the Suns exceeded expectations. Unfortunately, even though they made the playoffs, they got smoked in the first round by the Oklahoma City Thunder. So, it was all for naught.
Now, the Suns look like they are heading straight toward being one of the worst teams in the West. Maybe they can turn things around, but it doesn’t look amazing right now.
It would be irresponsible for the Suns to ignore that reality. Even though Booker supposedly doesn’t want to leave Phoenix, at some point, the Suns have to think about themselves.
It’s honorable that the Suns want to do right by their franchise player. They want to honor everything Booker has done for the team and help him win a championship as the star of the show.
But at this point, it feels like the Suns are heading straight into years of staying in the middle. That’s not good enough. The best way for them to escape that reality is to reset. A Booker trade.
If they can get a bunch of picks and/or young assets in exchange for Booker, it would help set the Suns up for the future. And avoiding that inevitable truth is only making the Suns’ eventual rebuild that much harder.
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