Could Suns star be put on trade block after Tyus Jones addition?

It is no secret that the Phoenix Suns pulled off a masterstroke in somehow signing point guard Tyus Jones to a minimum contract ahead of next season. The floor general seen as the perfect summer addition, but the thought process was that they simply couldn't afford him.

Alongside Monte Morris - who even without adding Jones was a great pickup - the Suns have remade their point guard rotation on the fly. Better yet, it has gone from non-existent to above average. Both Jones and Morris obviously taking the playmaking heat off of Devin Booker and Bradley Beal in the process.

But with only so many minutes to go around, Grayson Allen may now become the odd man out in Phoenix.

This seems crazy - but if you dig a little deeper - the writing might already be on the wall with this one. There's a chance Jones could start, and if not that then certainly finish some games depending on matchups, but it is just as likely Booker, Beal and Kevin Durant will also be out there at crunch time.

This will mean one or both of Booker and Beal occupying the forward spot that Allen so brilliantly made his own last season. He might have led the entire league in 3-point shooting at 46.1 percent, but he is nowhere near the one-on-one elite scorer that his two teammates are.

The Suns also have little by the way of trade assets to get better in the near future. It's bad. You're not going to be able to convince many organizations to give up equal value for Jusuf Nurkic or Nassir Little, and being in the second apron means the Suns can't take back a dollar more than what they send out in a deal either.

Which is where Allen once again comes into play. He just signed a four-year, $70 million deal prior to the postseason beginning. He might have gone on to shoot an ugly 20 percent from deep in the series against the Minnesota Timberwolves, but that could have been as much to do with an ankle issue he was nursing than anything else.

The fact is Allen's value around the league has never been higher, and he's locked into a long-term deal as well. The prospect of losing Allen would have seemed unthinkable just a few short months ago - he was far more dependable than Beal last season - but the introduction of Jones complicates things.

No longer are Booker and Beal expected to be a backcourt tandem, and Allen is the player who is most likely to suffer because he has value elsewhere and likely has lost his starting spot in The Valley as well.

One final piece to the puzzle is Royce O'Neale, a player with similar skills to Allen and who also re-upped with the Suns this offseason. Maybe O'Neale becomes the fall guy here, but Allen's value is currently higher as a result of his 3-point shooting exploits. On top of that, O'Neale's fit with some of the starters - even off the bench - looked promising after he came over at the trade deadline.

O'Neale stood up and was counted while the Suns were being hammered by the Timberwolves, while Allen's regression was ugly. All of which is to say - if Jones is the immediate hit most predict he will be - it could be curtains for Allen in Phoenix. It is exciting to think about what they could get back in a deal for him though, because it would certainly be a player who could help them win now.