Suns can fix point guard depth issues by targeting undervalued player from rival

The Phoenix Suns are heading into the 2025-26 season with more questions than answers around their roster. We all know that Devin Booker is going to run the show, while Dillon Brooks should be a defensive menace next to him. Jalen Green should also help on the offensive end, but the fact his position overlaps with Booker's is a problem.

So much so that talk of Green starting the season as the point guard in Phoenix has been floated. Which tells you just how bleak the depth chart remains at that crucial spot. While the Suns did everything they could to remedy the center rotation - adding both rookie Khaman Maluach and trading for Mark Williams - the floor general position remains incredibly weak.

Suns should try and steal Devin Carter from Sacramento Kings.

Although the Suns are now below both aprons, they still need to be clever in how they add players through trades. Which is where Devin Carter of the Sacramento Kings enters the conversation. Right now the Suns are re-tooling around Booker - although we all know it is more a rebuild than anything else - and so can afford to buy low and take a chance on a more unproven player.

23-year-old Carter is certainly that, with Sam Vecenie mentioning on his Game Theory Podcast recently that "I was super high on Devin Carter coming in, I still am high on Devin... I'm more worried about where the shot is going than anything." As a rookie last season, he appeared in only 36 games for Sacramento.

But if you seriously entertain the idea of Green being the starting one next season, the depth behind him gets bleak quickly. Collin Gillespie deserves the backup role he currently has, and the Suns are right to see what he's got. Last season he was one of the few players who actually tried defensively and looked like he wanted to be in Phoenix, and that will again be half the battle this coming year.

His actual long-term quality is still debatable however, and below him are Jordan Goodwin and Jared Butler battling it out for third-string duties. The front office bringing Goodwin back was a great move, while having Butler compete with him also makes sense. Looking at this long-term though, and it is hard to see either being the starting point guard in five years.

Not that Carter is the answer either, but there's some clear upside there. He can do a little bit of everything - outside of his shot that Vecenie was right to highlight - and he wouldn't cost a lot either. Nick Richards is a player the Suns are rumored to have offered up as part of a potential Jonathan Kuminga deal, although we know that went nowhere.

Kuminga could yet end up in Sacramento - although those talks have gone cold - meaning they'd have even less need for Carter and perhaps more use for another traditional big such as Richards. As things stand the salaries currently work, and a change of scenery for Carter would undoubtedly do him some good too.

Not every move around Booker is going to be sexy, and the most seismic shifts on this roster were getting rid of Kevin Durant and Bradley Beal. But with the Suns not going to see the best version of their first round draft pick in 2026, it is on them to spot opportunities to improve their roster in small ways. Carter would tick that box and wouldn't cost a lot to acquire either.