The Suns have a shooting-guard shopping list to build.
After moving up for Koa Peat and dealing for Miles Bridges, that old power forward target board is basically obsolete. The more immediate question now is how Phoenix fills the holes left by Grayson Allen and Royce O’Neale. According to Arizona Sports’ John Gambadoro, the Suns are looking at seven to eight free-agent shooting guards to help cover that gap.
That doesn’t mean a reserve guard is walking into a major role. In a healthy Suns rotation, minutes there will still be hard to come by.
But last season made the point loud and clear: depth matters, and the grind of an 82-game season has a way of testing every team’s backcourt. Phoenix needs another body, and probably more than one name is worth checking against the price tag.
Landry Shamet is the cleanest reunion candidate on the board. He already knows Phoenix, and he just won a championship with the New York Knicks.
Over 51 regular-season games, he averaged 9.3 points and 2.0 made threes per game while shooting 39.2% from deep in 23 minutes a night. He is not going to start, and he is not going to rescue a roster by himself, but he does exactly what a team wants from a catch-and-shoot guard.
At the right price on a one- or two-year deal, he looks like the most natural replacement for Grayson Allen on this list, aside from maybe Luke Kennard.
Kennard is the name that jumps out first. He shot 47.8% from three and 53.3% from the floor across 78 games this season, which is exactly the kind of number that gets attention.
The Lakers leaned on him late in the year and in the playoffs, and he kept delivering. Among active players, his three-point field goal percentage ranks second in NBA history.
That’s elite floor spacing, plain and simple.
Collin Sexton brings a different kind of value. He averaged 15.4 points while shooting 48.5% from the field and 40.1% from three last season, which is real bench scoring.
The catch is that Sexton is more of a downhill, paint-attacking guard who has improved his outside shot than a natural perimeter spacer. He will not come cheap as an unrestricted free agent, and Phoenix would need a clear plan around Jalen Green and Devin Booker.
Still, if the fit and the price line up, he offers more self-creation than anyone else here. Gambadoro mentioned him as a fit, and he is represented by Klutch Sports, which is worth watching given the Suns’ recent influx of Rich Paul clients.
Quentin Grimes is another interesting swing. He put up 13.4 points, 3.6 rebounds, 3.3 assists and 0.9 steals in 29.4 minutes across 75 regular-season games.
The issue is the shooting: just 33.4% from deep, which is a meaningful drop. But Grimes has defensive versatility, can guard multiple spots, and much of his scoring came while injuries to Maxey, Embiid, and George thinned out the 76ers.
He is 26 and available. At the right number, he makes sense.
At the wrong number, you are paying for usage that was inflated by circumstance.
Kevin Huerter is a bet on bounce-back. He split the season between the Chicago Bulls and Detroit Pistons and hit only 30.8% from three across 69 games.
That is a steep fall from the 38% range he has posted in better years, and his 45.1% mark from the field suggests this was not just a run of bad luck from deep. If you believe the shot comes back, a value deal has appeal.
If not, there is not much else to sell.
Gary Trent Jr. is expected to decline his player option with the Milwaukee Bucks and enter free agency as an unrestricted free agent. His season was rough: 8.1 points, 38.7% from the field, and 36.0% from three in 21 limited minutes on a Bucks team that struggled all year.
For Phoenix, the question is simple - does he rediscover efficient shooting in a new spot? Right now, the answer is no unless the contract is at the minimum.
Bogdan Bogdanovic is the risky name that still tempts you. He played only 23 games this season, averaging 7.4 points while shooting 38.8% from the field and 34.7% from three.
Injuries, including a partially ruptured hamstring dating back to EuroBasket, wrecked his year. There is also reported European interest from Real Madrid and Panathinaikos.
If he stays in the NBA and gets healthy, the off-ball creation and pull-up shooting still matter. But this is a high-risk flier, not a sure thing.
Jett Howard is the bonus play. Orlando declined his team option, and he averaged 5.5 points per game this season on 41.8% shooting from the field and 37.2% from three in a limited role.
He is 23 with a 6’9” wingspan, and those shooting traits are the kind Phoenix already values. He does not solve the Suns’ immediate need.
He is a minimum-deal upside swing, nothing more. If he earns a rotation spot, great.
If not, the cost is almost nothing.
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