Suns trade deadline preview: Why Phoenix probably won't make any major moves this season

The Suns already have the team that they want

The Phoenix Suns, intentionally or not, made a wise decision last winter: They tried to build their complete roster before the season began. They spent their matching salary on Chris Paul, and now have only five players making at least $5 million, all of whom are essential. They gave up a first-round pick in the process, spent their mid-level exception on Jae Crowder and populated the bottom of their roster with the sort of low-risk, high-reward players that tend to populate the buyout market.  That isn't to say that the Suns are devoid of avenues to improve. There just aren't obvious threads to pull. The Suns don't have many weaknesses. They don't have extraneous salary or obvious assets to cash in. They built a complete roster in the offseason, and given the condensed nature of this season, it was probably the right call. That is likely going to make this a slow deadline for the Suns, but if they really want to upgrade, there are still a few moves that they can make.