{"id":776352,"date":"2026-07-02T16:16:02","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T16:16:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/776352\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T16:16:02","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T16:16:02","slug":"suns-reacts-survey-evaluating-the-suns-completed-miles-bridges-trade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/776352\/","title":{"rendered":"Suns Reacts Survey: Evaluating the Suns\u2019 completed Miles Bridges trade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NBA. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Suns fans and fans across the country. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smartsurvey.co.uk\/s\/8SCRL8\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sign up here<\/a> to participate in the weekly emailed surveys.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Twenty years from now, when you\u2019re browsing Basketball Reference and looking back at the transactions that shaped the Phoenix Suns franchise, you\u2019ll see the Miles Bridges trade.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">By then, you\u2019ll already know how it all played out. You\u2019ll know whether the vision ultimately led to success or failure. What you won\u2019t see is the roster spot that trade created, one that was ultimately filled by the signing of veteran sharpshooter Luke Kennard. That move won\u2019t be attached to the trade itself, even though it was a direct result of it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">So, for posterity\u2019s sake, the ramifications of the Miles Bridges trade are now complete.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">The Phoenix Suns turned two sharpshooting role players into a starting power forward and a sharpshooting reserve.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">From a roster-construction standpoint, they added two players while also creating the flexibility to trade multiple first-round picks over the next three years if the opportunity arises. The outgoing cost? An unprotected 2033 first-round pick, which I think everyone knows <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brightsideofthesun.com\/suns-analysis\/106968\/miles-bridges-2033-first-round-pick-trade-analysis-draft-capital\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">how I feel about<\/a> by now.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">But now that we have the trade in its entirety before us, and can see what the roster looks like in its assumed final form, it\u2019s time to ask the question.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">How do you feel about the trade? How do you feel about the acquisition of Miles Bridges now that you know everything that came with it and how it could impact the Suns moving forward?<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">That is the subject of this week\u2019s Suns Reacts Survey.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NBA. 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