B/R: Suns Wish They Could Make This Trade
PHOENIX -- With the trade deadline behind us and the postseason rapidly approaching, the Phoenix Suns hope they have all the pieces to the championship puzzle they've been trying to build for some time.
The team's confident, though that doesn't mean there's not a few things they would have done different.
Bleacher Report recently went through and constructed deals each team wish they could make prior to the start of the postseason.
For Phoenix, it's adding a former MVP into the mix.
B/R: Suns Wish They Could Make This Trade
The trade: Nassir Little to the Memphis Grizzlies for Derrick Rose and John Konchar
Zach Buckley: "The Suns are nearly broke when it comes to trade chips. They only have two draft picks they're allowed to trade, and both are second-round picks with protections attached (a 2024 second-rounder from the San Antonio Spurs protected for picks 31-49 and a 2028 second from the Boston Celtics protected for picks 31-45).
"Phoenix's best (only) hope is someone believing that Little, the No. 25 pick in 2019, has more to his game than he's been able to show so far. Maybe that's a gamble Memphis would be willing to take at this cost.
"Rose and Konchar aren't close to needle-movers, but they might be as good of players as the Suns can get on their limited budget. They need a backup point guard, and a healthy Rose can still handle that role. They could also use more wing depth, and Konchar can provide that with active defense and flashes of shot-making."
Since the start of January, Little has played over 10 minutes just once in a game while dealing with injuries as of late. Should Phoenix had swung some extra backcourt help in a trade like this, Suns fans wouldn't have complained.
We've yet to see what Vogel's postseason rotations would have looked like, but Phoenix did a good job of clearing out players who wouldn't have seen the floor in favor of acquiring more wing help in Royce O'Neale at the deadline.
