Suns still have two players who should interest Warriors in trade

The Phoenix Suns may have failed in their attempts to prise Jonathan Kuminga from the Golden State Warriors, but that doesn't mean the dialogue between the two organizations should end there. Although Kuminga is the 22-year-old with clear upside who would fit nicely with the roster the Suns have put together this offseason, financially speaking it would end up being a disaster.

In any event the best package the Suns could muster - rumored to have been Nick Richards, Grayson Allen and four second round picks - was nowhere close to the valuation the Warriors have on their own lottery pick. That is not likely to change between now and the start of the season, but the Warriors do still have a clear need for shooting and some creating around Stephen Curry.

Allen and Royce O'Neale should be of interest to the Warriors.

So while Allen as part of a Kuminga package was rightly rebuffed, what about one of Allen or Royce O'Neale on their own for something much smaller in return? The Warriors have rightly been known as the franchise that changed the game thanks to "The Splash Brothers" - Curry and Klay Thompson - but last season they ranked right on league average in 3-point makes at 36.4 percent.

Contrast that with the Suns, who for all of their flaws sat third in this category and converted on 37.8 of their own attempts. Allen once led the league in 3-point shooting (46.1 percent), while O'Neale managed a career high in 2024-25 of 40.6 percent on 5.9 attempts each night (also a career high). Clearly both are elite marksmen, and the Suns need to cash in on one or both this summer.

Jake Fischer recently chimed in with the latest on Kuminga's situation in San Francisco, and the prospect of the Warriors trading for Trey Murphy III of the New Orleans Pelicans came up. As part of that, Fischer claimed that "having enough shooting to surround their three core pillars is among the reasons why the Warriors have been willing to go only so far in their Kuminga talks."

You know who would add some shooting to their team? One of Allen or O'Neale. Fischer also went on to say that Curry's younger brother Seth could be added to their roster as he too is capable of catching fire from beyond the arc. That is true and if Steph wants him on the team then they're going to do it. But adding only him for 3-point shooting would be a mistake if they want to try and contend.

The best part for the Warriors is that O'Neale at 32-years-old might be older than Allen (29), but the four year, $42 million deal he's about to enter the second year of is easy both to absorb and move on later. Allen's deal is for more money at $70 million, but there is still three years remaining on that one too, although the final season in 2027-28 has a player option.

So while neither player is going to get Jonathan Kuminga to The Valley, there is still reason here to keep dialogue open between both franchises. Perhaps the Warriors will instead give up on Moses Moody, with the Suns then taking a flyer on him instead. Consistent shooting from deep is a tough skill to find in this league, and there are a pair of players in Phoenix the Warriors should be looking at.