Phoenix Suns

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Phoenix Suns face uncertain future after playoff exit

The Phoenix Suns lost Game 6 against the Denver Nuggets, marking the end of their season.
The Suns appeared visibly devastated and lifeless after the loss, with no semblance of a huddle during the fourth-quarter timeout.
The team's playoff exit saw them face a deficit as large as 32, marking the third- and fourth-largest deficits in NBA history for a team facing elimination.
The Suns' style of play shifted from a ball-movement, body-movement team last year to a pick-and-roll and iso-oriented team this year.
The Suns mortgaged the futures of Mikal Bridges and Cam Johnson, plus four first-round picks between 2023 and 2029, and an additional 2028 pick swap to land Kevin Durant.
The Suns have just four contracts guaranteed in full for the 2023-24 season, and a new collective bargaining agreement goes into effect at the start of the NBA's next calendar year, with provisions designed to handicap teams with expensive, star-studded rosters.
Chris Paul's $30.8 million salary for next season has only $15.8 million guaranteed, and there will be league-wide discussion surrounding Phoenix's options for moving the future Hall of Fame point guard.
The Suns have few resources to improve this team in hopes of contending for the 2024 championship, with the team already standing at around $165 million for next season's payroll.
The Suns may have to leverage veteran minimums and hope they can get something good in return for Deandre Ayton, whose hefty contract could potentially be broken into two contributors.
Associate head coach Kevin Young has emerged as one of the league's hottest candidates for a lead job, with his name gaining steam among league personnel when discussing potential candidates for the Milwaukee Bucks' head coaching vacancy.
The 2023-24 campaign will mark the final season of Monty Williams' original five-year contract signed in 2019, before a pricey contract extension he inked last summer kicks in for 2024-25 and beyond.
Despite the overwhelming sense of disappointment, Kevin Durant expressed confidence in the situation he requested to join in February, stating that he had a great time playing with the Suns and getting to know the team.

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