The team’s bold trade for Kevin Durant hours after Mat Ishbia gained control of the franchise has been an unmitigated disaster, and now the worst kept secret in the NBA is that Durant will again be on the trade block when this season mercifully ends for the Suns.
Lively II's main strengths are catching and finishing lob passes in traffic and rising up to reject shots at the rim, two skills he could further perfect as a member of the Suns alongside superstar guard and improved passer Devin Booker.