The Phoenix Suns have been one of the NBA’s most active teams over the offseason, overhauling their roster with moves that include trading Kevin Durant to the Rockets, buying out and stretching Bradley Beal, adding young pieces through the draft and hiring a new head coach.

Each of these decisions has drastically changed the outlook as the Suns build toward the future. ESPN’s Kevin Pelton evaluated each NBA team’s offseason and graded the Suns’ as a “C+.”

Pelton writes:

Like Milwaukee, Phoenix put a massive amount of dead salary on its books with a buyout for the final two years of Bradley Beal’s contract. After dealing Kevin Durant, the Suns can’t realistically contend. Even making the playoffs will be a stretch in the West. But they have flipped their roster in a younger direction with three 2025 draft picks — having started the summer with none — and 23-year-old center Mark Williams, acquired via trade.

The Suns and owner Mat Ishbia went all-in on building a contending team in recent years. The Suns made blockbuster deals to acquire some of the league’s best scorers in Durant and Beal only move on just a few years later with only a second-round playoff appearance to show for it.

Now that the Suns’ superteam experiment has concluded, they are entering unfamiliar territory with a rebuilding phase centered around longtime franchise cornerstone Devin Booker. Let’s take a look at the offseason moves that have reshaped the Suns heading into the 2025-26 season:

Phoenix Suns offseason moves

The first of the Suns’ offseason moves was hiring first-time head coach Jordan Ott, who last season served as an assistant under Kenny Atkinson with the Cleveland Cavaliers, a team that had the second-best record in the NBA.

A few weeks later, after months of speculation as to where the Suns would deal Durant, he was traded to the Rockets that netted Phoenix a return of Jalen Green, Dillon Brooks, the No. 10 overall pick (used on Duke center Khaman Maluach) and multiple second-round picks.

Green and Brooks will be key components of the Suns’ core and relied upon to replace some of the offensive production now that Durant and Beal are gone.

Green, who is entering his fifth season as a pro, played all 82 games for the Rockets in 2024 and averaged 21.0 points, 4.6 rebounds and 3.4 assists.

Brooks also had a solid statistical year, averaging 14.0 points, 3.7 rebounds and 1.7 assists while also shooting 39.7% from behind the arc. Brooks will also be an integral defensive piece for the Suns, who were ranked 28th in the league in defensive efficiency last season.

After drafting Maluach, the Suns also aggressively maneuvered to acquire two second-round selections, adding Saint Joseph’s forward Rasheer Fleming and Kentucky guard Koby Brea.

The Suns’ defense, or lack thereof, was a glaring issue last season. The additions of Brooks, Maluach and Williams are expected to solidify the defense.

Despite all the moving pieces and trades during the offseason, the Suns also decided to extend Booker, the franchise’s all-time leading scorer. Booker agreed to a two-year, $145 million maximum contract extension that keeps him with the team through the 2029-30 NBA season. It was affirmation they see Booker as the centerpiece to a rebuild and what comes of it.

While the Suns solved Booker’s contract, they had another contract issue at hand.

A large offseason focus for the Suns was dealing with Beal’s enormous contract, which they bought out and stretched. The move helped them gain some much-needed salary cap breathing room and projects them to be below the second apron.

After Beal agreed to give back $13.9 million, he is owed a total of $96.9 million that is now stretched out to $19.4 million in dead money across each of the next five seasons.