The Phoenix Suns is an American professional basketball team based in Phoenix, Arizona. The Suns take part in NBA (National Basketball Association), as a member of the Western Conference Pacific Division which also suggests that they are the only team in the division that are not based in California. The home playground of Suns’s team is Talking Stick Resort Arena. The Suns own the NBA’s 7th best all-time winning percentage. The team has also had the second-highest winning percentage rather than any teams to have won an NBA Championship. 10 hall of Famers have played for Phoenix and won NBA most valuable player (MVP) award playing for them and yet the team did not win any championship.
Phoenix Suns Team Salary 2020
| Player | Age | Avg. Salary |
| Devin Booker | 23 | 31,650,000 |
| Ricky Rubio | 29 | 17, 000,000 |
| Tyler Johnson | 26 | 12,500,000 |
| Kelly Oubre Jr. | 24 | 15,000,000 |
| Deandre Ayton | 21 | 9,248,760 |
| Mikal Bridges | 23 | 4,024,320 |
| Dario Saric | 25 | 2,687,417 |
| Aron Baynes | 33 | 5,323,440 |
| Cameron Johnson | 23 | 4,134,300 |
| Frank Kaminsky | 26 | 4,767,000 |
| Ty Jerome | 22 | 1,439,726 |
| Elie Okobo | 22 | 1,439,726 |
| Jalen Lecque | 19 | 1,399,737 |
| Jevon Carter | 24 | 1,127,658 |
| Cheick Diallo | 23 | 1,678,854 |
| Jared Harper | 22 | – |
In 2004, the Suns repositioned Steve Nash, after that immediately returned into playoff contention. With Shawn Marion, Steve Nash, and Amar’s Stoudemire, and under head coach Mike D’Antoni, the Suns become renowned worldwide for their dynamic and quick offense, which led them to tie a franchise record in wins in the 2004-05 season.
In 2018, on 8th October, before the start of the regular season and during the preseason, the owner Robert Sarver decided to lay off Ryan McDonough from the general manager position and Trevor Bukstein has become the new general managers. When the season came to an end, the coaching staff, including head coach Igor Kokoskov, were fired on April 23, 2019.
During the day of the 2019 NBA draft, the suns agreed to deal with T.J. Warren to the Indian Pacers and their second-round pick to the Miami Heat for cash considerations. During the draft, they agreed to swap their sixth pick of Jarrett Culver, trading down for the Minnesota Timberwolves’ of Cameron Johnson and Dario Saric and the team also agreeing to deal with Aron Baynes and the draft rights to point guard Ty Jerome and also agree to deal with undrafted Jalen Lecture. In the offseason, they signed veteran point guard Ricky Rubio to a three-year deal and resigned Oubre to a two-year deal, signed Cheick Diallo and Frank Kaminsky.