The Ayton Plan

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I think Ayton should be ranked higher.
He's difficult to rank IMO. Sometimes he looks like a top 15 player, sometimes you don't even know he's in the game. And he's also missed a lot of games during his short career. So for me, somewhere in the top 50 is appropriate for him and is nothing to be ashamed of for a 23 old big man in a game that no longer centers around the big men.
 

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He's difficult to rank IMO. Sometimes he looks like a top 15 player, sometimes you don't even know he's in the game. And he's also missed a lot of games during his short career. So for me, somewhere in the top 50 is appropriate for him and is nothing to be ashamed of for a 23 old big man in a game that no longer centers around the big men.
Certainly nothing that should be given away for free or for a pittance.
 

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Simmons did a trade a top-64 trade value rankings and DA snuck in at 62, Mikal is at 44 and Booker 11. Just some mindless fun if you want to listen it’s on The Ringer.
 

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45th? 62 in trade value?
according to Ayton himself a couple of months ago, "he's the best!"
(we must assume he was talking about the center position. and when i posted my concern about in this thread, many posters argued that he wasn't that far off)
 

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Certainly nothing that should be given away for free or for a pittance.
Yeah and I'd say that even if he were a finished product. Some young men his age are done improving, I really doubt that's the case for him.
 

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I wonder if the Suns would really trade Ayton for a Trade Exception.

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I wonder if the Suns would really trade Ayton for a Trade Exception.

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I’ve started wondering if this is what they might try to do… trade Ayton for a pick and a trade exemption and then use that trade exemption to try and fill a spot with someone.
 

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I’ve started wondering if this is what they might try to do… trade Ayton for a pick and a trade exemption and then use that trade exemption to try and fill a spot with someone.

It would leave a lot of flustered fans, especially initially.

If the Suns could acquire multiple first round picks and then use the TPE on a player(s) they want, it would help take the sting out of it.

I wonder if the TPE would be for the amount the other team pays Ayton in the first year of the sign-and-trade.
 

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It would leave a lot of flustered fans, especially initially.

If the Suns could acquire multiple first round picks and then use the TPE on a player(s) they want, it would help take the sting out of it.

I wonder if the TPE would be for the amount the other team pays Ayton in the first year of the sign-and-trade.

Ayton for Cash Consideration

Who says no
 

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This team has peaked. Need KD or another superstar for any hope at a championship. I hope Jones knows what he's doing.
 

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This would mean Ayton is good enough to be a #2 on about half the teams in the league.
Yes it would. And it would also mean giving him up for any of the returns we've heard mentioned is a really bad idea.

I know that the FO guys know a lot that we don't but I'm really struggling to understand why we're in this position. All I can do is hope that we're reading it the wrong way, that the silence doesn't mean the rumors are true and that we really do know what we're doing.
 

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