The Phoenix Suns have remade their roster this offseason, but that doesn't mean they are done yet. Once Bradley Beal has been bought out by the franchise - and that is still expected to happen any day now - the Suns will finally have some more financial flexibility in the trade market to try and sign up a couple more new recruits.
Already Grayson Allen is likely to be on the trade block - especially after this eye-catching Summer League performance - while Nick Richards and even Royce O'Neale could follow him out the door. Despite it being an action-packed summer of player movement so far, there is still one individual the Suns have to be keeping tabs on as he surely looks for a new home.
Jonathan Kuminga could re-ignite his career in Phoenix.
Golden State Warriors' head coach Steve Kerr recently went as far as to say that Kuminga just doesn't make sense next to Stephen Curry and Jimmy Butler, and Tim McMahon of ESPN was on the "Brian Windhorst & The Hoop Collective" podcast recently and brought up new Suns' player Jalen Green when discussing how Kuminga could well be traded down the road.
McMahon went on to say that Green signed a short-term deal with the Houston Rockets - three years and $105 million with the third year a player option - because contracts set up in that way are easier to trade. A team can get some level of control for a couple of years, before the player themselves can ultimately push the eject button in that final year if they want to.
Don't panic Suns fans, this doesn't mean Green is going to bounce the first chance he gets if he does pop. Opting out of the final year of a contract can also be done to then sign a much longer and bigger deal with the same organization as well. What does any of this have to do with the Suns and Kuminga?
McMahon speculated that the best thing for the Warriors to do at this point would be to bring Kuminga back on a similar deal that Green got in Houston, just so they could get something back of value when they trade him. The likes of Allen and Richards probably don't excite the Warriors that much right now, but the market for Kuminga's services is murky.
Remember how underwhelmed you were with the haul for Deandre Ayton? There's no reason the Suns can't be the team who now identifies an asset with negative value, and goes after it hard. From a roster perspective the fit next to Dillon Brooks would be clunky, but when has fit every been at the top of the front office's list of concerns?
What if they instead built a pair of tandems in Brooks/Devin Booker and Green/Kuminga, to ensure there is always a high-level scorer and athletic defender on the court? The puzzle around that group becomes clear in a hurry, and it is exciting to think about. One to watch for the Suns after what has been a sneaky impressive offseason.