Suns officially end talks on trading for major offseason target

The Phoenix Suns were written off by everybody before this season began, and they have made all those who doubted them look very foolish indeed.

At this point they're sitting in the sixth seed in the Western Conference, and may not even have to go the play-in route if they can keep pulling out these hugely impressive wins over supposedly superior opponents.

Suns no longer interested in trading for Jonathan Kuminga

With this roster clearly having cooked up something special with their chemistry, it would make sense that the organization is no longer interested in trading for Jonathan Kuminga.

At least that's what NBA Insider Jake Fischer had for us as part of his latest intel around the league, saying that the Suns have ended their pursuit of the Golden State Warriors forward.

This now makes complete sense from every perspective. The Suns appeared to be desperate once they traded away Kevin Durant during the summer, with a 23-year-old with a on of upside an obvious way to try and get better.

The Suns don't have many draft picks, and beyond Devin Booker it was unclear how good this group could even be.

But we know now that everybody is contributing, and that adding Kuminga would only get in the way of the special season that the franchise is having.

From a salary cap perspective it no longer makes sense either, as the Suns would be better paying the guys they already have in The Valley, such as Mark Williams and Collin Gillespie, and using any leftover money they have elsewhere.

Bringing in and then subsequently giving Kuminga another big contract would have been repeating the same mistakes of the past, which the front office have clearly learned from in their lack of interest in going after Ja Morant.

We have also seen through the Atlanta Hawks effectively taking back an expiring contract to get rid of Trae Young, and from the lack of interest in Morant, that it is not a seller's market right now.

Which makes the Suns even smarter for not overpaying for Kuminga's services last offseason, even if they were rumored to have put together a package that the Warriors would likely snap their hands off for now.

So while we shouldn't be surprised that Kuminga won't be coming to Phoenix, it is still worth celebrating that the Suns don't need him to bail them out of what everybody thought would be a horror season.