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They were going with youth and Dudley was their backup PF. Faried can play but I don't think he accepted the mentor role like Dudley did. He only played 12 games with Brooklyn this year before he was bought out and didn't seem as engaged as he was in Denver previously. I think it was fit more than anything. The Nets also started winning and he wasn't a part of that and if they couldn't find a trade, let him go. No need for a vet that didn't want to be there to potentially sour things on the bench.
The youth factor sounds right. If Faried didn't want to be there I wish the Suns had traded Chandler for him instead of buying him out.
This, along with the Suns failure to find a starting point guard, makes me question if the Suns were interested in winning this season.