There is no doubt that the point guard position is the one area that the Phoenix Suns are still lacking heading into next season. You know it is bad if the Los Angeles Lakers adding this guy feels like a loss in The Valley, and the reality is there just aren't that many guys out there at this point who are starter levels players at the position.
When you're trying to convince Chris Paul to come back - while realizing that Ben Simmons is also out there - you know how bad it is. Then again, the play for the Suns is likely to feature some amount of Devin Booker at the point once more, as new recruit Jalen Green plays off him. Exciting in some ways, but incredibly worrying in others given what we've seen when that happened before.
Josh Giddey can be this team's answer to Steve Nash.
For all the talk of the Suns having interest in Jonathan Kuminga of the Golden State Warriors - and what a steal he would be - there is a high-level point guard who could also be available. Josh Giddey of the Chicago Bulls had a really nice season there having been let go from the Oklahoma City Thunder, to the point that he now wants to get paid.
Restricted free agency sucks. Cam Thomas, Josh Giddey, Jonathan Kuminga, and Quentin Grimes shouldn’t have to fight for their lives to get paid. No idea how this shakes out for them.
— Bibs (@BibsCorner) July 18, 2025
The Bulls appear reluctant to give him the kind of contract he wants - rumored to be in the $30 million per year range - but there's no reason why they Suns shouldn't consider it. If Chicago is serious about getting off Giddey so as not to pay him, then a combination of Grayson Allen, Royce O'Neale and some second rounders would get a deal done.
The Suns would do this to have a long-term solution - and one who has shades of Nash at that - to their clearest position of need. One that has been a problem since Chris Paul left town. You might think this would be insanity for the Bulls, but it's not like they gave up a whole lot to get Giddey in the first place. It cost them veteran Alex Caruso, so it wouldn't look foolish on them either.
Caruso was also one of the final pieces of the puzzle in Oklahoma to winning a championship, so you could argue it worked out for everybody. Except Giddey who now rightly wants financial security and a long-term deal. Allen and O'Neale are hardly two guys to get excited about, but like Caruso before them they would hold some appeal to fringe contenders at the trade deadline next year.
So it's not like the Bulls would be stuck with them either, while the Suns get the flashy guard to pair with Booker and Green, only this time they have a ton more defensive help than we saw during the Kevin Durant era. If the interest in Kuminga is genuine, then there's no reason why the Suns shouldn't be just as serious about trying to add Giddey to their core.