What the Phoenix Suns can do this offseason
- ›Outside free agents can only be added on minimum deals — its cap room and exceptions are already spent or dead for the year.
- ›Hard-capped at the second apron — triggered by the Luke Kennard Taxpayer MLE (full), so it can't cross that line the rest of the season.
- ›Over the first apron: capped at 100% salary matching in trades.
- ›Draft capital: 3 extra incoming picks, owes 13.
CapTax1A2A
Minimum$3.9M
Projected record
41-41
Projected net rating
+0.1
Current baseline
41 wins · +0.1 net
Full standings · models the position-aware rotation, a real-age aging curve, perimeter defense, and a bounded penalty for a structural hole; a talent-on-hand projection, not a full-season forecast (no coaching or playoff translation).
Team profile · on-court identity + fit
Offense
B-
54
Defense
B-
57
Spacing
B
61
Playmaking
D
30
Rim protection
C
47
Perimeter D
B
61
Rebounding
C
46
Defensive core +2.2Spacing +1.9Connectors +1.1Defense +0.7Balanced +0.5Thin playmaking -1.2
Grades are minutes-weighted from the projected rotation; the chips are the fit read — how much each strength or gap is worth in net rating, on top of raw talent. Dimensions come from each player’s real 2025-26 box profile. Injuries are real reported facts, factored into projected minutes.
Projected rotation · minutes by position, best players first
PGPoint
60Collin GillespieST27y28m
54Jordan Goodwin28y20m
SGShooting
50Jalen GreenST24y12m
64Devin Booker30y14m
60Collin Gillespie27y1m
52Luke Kennard30y18m
54Jordan Goodwin28y2m
SFSmall F
64Devin BookerST30y18m
50Jalen Green24y14m
48Haywood Highsmith30y9m
52Luke Kennard30y4m
45Ryan Dunn24y4m
PFPower F
54Miles BridgesST28y31m
64Devin Booker30y1m
45Ryan Dunn24y12m
48Haywood Highsmith30y4m
CCenter
57Mark WilliamsST25y24m
51Oso Ighodaro24y22m
45E.J. Liddell26y2m
Out of rotation · no projected minutes in the 240-a-night budget
45Khaman Maluach44Dillon Brooks44Rasheer Fleming43Koa Peat
Projected minutes from the position-aware rotation model: five on-court spots share a fixed 240-minute-a-night budget, best players first, with versatile players (their secondary spot shown on hover) sliding to a second position. ST = projected starter. Not a coach’s actual rotation.
Roster (15)
64SFDevin Booker$57.1M
50SGJalen Green$36.3M
54PFMiles Bridges$22.8M
44PFDillon Brooks$20.0M
57CMark WilliamsNO-TRADE$12.1M
60PGCollin GillespieNO-TRADE$11.2M
45CKhaman Maluach$6.3M
52SGLuke KennardNO-TRADE$6.1M
54PGJordan GoodwinNO-TRADE$6.0M
48SFHaywood Highsmith$3.0M
43PFKoa PeatNO-TRADE$2.9M
45SFRyan Dunn$2.8M
51COso Ighodaro$2.3M
44PFRasheer Fleming$2.2M
45PFE.J. Liddell$0.7M
Draft capital
Own first-rounders
’27 → HOU’28 swap w/ BKN’29 → HOU’30 swap w/ WAS’31 → MEM’32 kept’33 → CHA
Incoming picks & swap rights
’27 1st · from UTA’27 2nd · from BOS’29 1st · conditional
Full ledger — 3 in, 13 out
in 2027 — first round draft pick from Utah, Cleveland or Minnesota (least favorable)
in 2027 — second round draft pick from Boston or Orlando (less favorable)
in 2029 — first round draft pick from Charlotte or Minnesota
out 2027 — first round draft pick to Houston
out 2027 — second round draft pick to Philadelphia or Washington
out 2028 — first round draft pick to Brooklyn, New York or Washington (Brooklyn, Philadelphia or Washington incoming)
out 2028 — second round draft pick to Chicago, Indiana or New York
out 2029 — first round draft pick to Houston or Brooklyn
out 2029 — second round draft pick to New York
out 2030 — first round draft pick to Washington or Memphis (least favorable of Washington, Memphis and Phoenix incoming, swap)
out 2030 — second round draft pick to Boston, Philadelphia or Washington
out 2031 — first round draft pick to Memphis
out 2031 — second round draft pick to Charlotte
out 2032 — second round draft pick to Minnesota (effectively a swap, Houston incoming)
out 2033 — first round draft pick to Charlotte
out 2033 — second round draft pick to New York