Suns add Bucks All-Star in mock Ayton deal

It’s no secret that Deandre Ayton of the Phoenix Suns at the moment finds himself on the commerce block. Each participant from James Harden to Damian Lillard who has been linked with a transfer this offseason, has discovered themselves combined up with Ayton within the course of.

Whether or not that’s in a player-for-player swap (Harden), or as a part of a extra sophisticated, a number of group deal (Lillard), Ayton’s identify continues to get introduced up. Even Julius Randle and the New York Knicks aren’t impervious to the chatter, regardless of dealing with their enterprise very properly in latest seasons.

However what if it’s the much less talked about Milwaukee Bucks who find yourself being the hyperlink in getting a deal completed for each Ayton, and in addition Lillard?

Gerald Bourguet of PHNX Sports activities, a former website skilled right here at Valley of the Suns, just lately put collectively an excellently complete checklist of all the potential strikes the Suns may make if they’re to lastly transfer Ayton.

As you’ll count on some make a ton of sense, whereas some are tougher to promote if you happen to’re the Suns particularly. All are technically doable although, and in each situation Ayton finally ends up leaving the franchise that drafted him first general again in 2018. Right here is without doubt one of the extra on the market offers he’s proposing.

Trail Blazers Get

Deandre Ayton

Grayson Allen

Andre Jackson Jr.

Bucks Get

Damian Lillard

Ish Wainright

There’s a lot to get through here, with a pair of All-Star guards moving conference and Ayton getting a fresh start next to rookie sensation Scoot Henderson and a chance to one day be named an All-Star himself on a team that feels closer to being his than the Suns ever did.