Qwigglez wrote:I'm not surprised with the inconsistent performance by DA. Since I'm living in the Portland area, I'm rooting for him to do well. I hope he has some redemption arc in his career. As for the trade though, I think the Suns got tremendous value considering Nurkic played a whopping and surprising 76 games for the Suns. Grayson Allen puts this trade over the top for the Suns, and while Little wasn't able to crack the rotation, I think he adds some more depth and can go off and hit threes in bunches.
He's also an important tradeable contract, likely for matching purposes. You can't just have 5 starters and a bench full of vet mins. We did super well turning 3 vet min guys into one rotation player which is basically unheard of but having Little contract will certainly be useful.
But yes, overall it was a near perfect trade. I'm not one of those who care much for potential nickel and diming scenarios (oh we could've gotten a 2nd or whatever) so to me, we got really good starters on very reasonable deals for a guy who's been on the trade block for a while. Nurk playing 76 games and Grayson having a career year is just the cherry on top.