Nurkic goes to Charlotte - per Shams

[Dback Jon]

For Cody Martin, Vasilije Micic and a 2026 2nd rounder

Suns giving up a 2026 1st round pick

 

[Dback Jon]

Horrid deal.

 

[Suns_fan69]

Cody Martin's contract is non-guaranteed after this season and there's a team option for Micic for next. This is a money savings deal through and through.

 

[PDXChris]

Yossi Gozlan (@yossigozlan.bsky.social)

By trading Jusuf Nurkic for Cody Martin and Vasilije, the Phoenix Suns get: $120+ million in savings over the 2024-25 and 2025-26 seasons (if they don’t keep Martin and Micic next season) $40 million in savings this season between this and the Nick Richards trade

bsky.app

 

[SirStefan32]

Yikes! At least it will save them some money.

 

[Phrazbit]

Adding these guys, along with Richards and Jones over the summer... we are slowly assembling the 2024 Charlotte Hornets.

Heck yeah.

 

[Mainstreet]

It was a trade to unload Nurkic and his salary. At least the Suns got a 2nd round pick back. Cody Martin might be of some help.

 

[hcsilla]

It is the 2026 1st rounder which is a heavily swapped (with ORL, MEM or WAS) one already.

 

[Superbone]

We got even smaller. Cool.

 

[hcsilla]

Martin is a defensive-minded wing, kind of in Okogie-mode with less athleticisim but more IQ.

Miciic has some playmaking skills and he is OK as a 3rd string PG. Both will be gone after this summer.

The Hornets have 3 2026 2nd rounders: their own, DEN and GSW.

If we got their own (unlikely), it is a good trade.

 

[Dr. Jones]

We are going to be in serious trouble if we don't unload KD this offseason. And we can't include Beal because we will need the increased draft capital KD provides by himself.

Otherwise the next 5 years are going to be a huge slog of mediocrity. At least I can pass on the league pass for a bit and save some money.

 

[95pro]

So Ayton and TC for: Micic, Martin and Allen

 

[Phrazbit]

We are going to be in serious trouble if we don't unload KD this offseason. And we can't include Beal because we will need the increased draft capital KD provides by himself.

Otherwise the next 5 years are going to be a huge slog of mediocrity. At least I can pass on the league pass for a bit and save some money.

I don't think we're going to be able to attain mediocrity.

The wheels are about to fly off.

 

[hcsilla]

The 2nd rounder is the worse of GSW and DEN.

 

[Dr. Jones]

I don't think we're going to be able to attain mediocrity.

The wheels are about to fly off.

I'm 100% with you.

 

[RON_IN_OC]

Meet the new boss, same as the old boss. Do we know if they got the corpse of Kurt Thomas back in this trade?

 

[BirdGangThing]

I don't think we're going to be able to attain mediocrity.

The wheels are about to fly off.

idk - all 3 of the so called big 3 got reality checks these past couple weeks - book missed the all stars and is going thru the soft label again - faux star moniker too - beaten by ayton (twice) - all that's gotta hurt

beal found out nobody in the entire league wants him at his current salary with the ntc - dude lost his starting spot and not just to dunn - but apparently to greyson and oneale too - all that's gotta hurt

then we have the once infallible kd - who knows his turnovers are getting older than he - found out he was being shopped the hard way - by being asked if he'd relocate - all that's gotta hurt

I say all these things hurt because i believe these three still care and for some inexplicable reason - they all still want to be here - we think they're done - cooked - finito but im guessing they don't

don't get it twisted tho - we don't have any shot - we aren't even in the million to one odds - we're going no where

 

[leclerc]

Even if they are focused and fighting they can't keep it up until the end. Losers after three normally.

Suns suck. But they are paid handsomly.

 

[1tinsoldier]

despite the villianizing of Nurkic, he averaged 9 and 9, we won more games this year with him, than without him. And we're not at 500. What does that tell you?

what makes this one of the worst deals in Suns history, is it didn't have to go this way

Nurk was easily our best center last season, and, had some good games this year. But instead of following the common sense protocol of giving him some time to rebound (literally & figuratively) we let him fall into a funk of criticism and frustration that resulting in him taking a swing at someone he imagined to be Draymond Green.

we waited till he hit rock bottom, made him look like a cancer, and had to sacrifice a first round pick to get out of the mess most coach's, GM's, and/or superstar leaders could have smoothed over. Nurkic never seemed like a problem child to me. Butler is a problem child. But we tried like hell to add him and his salary to our dysfunctional family