2 months agoThe Phoenix Suns are landing Portland Trail Blazers center Jusuf Nurkic as part of the three-team trade that moves superstar Damian Lillard to the Milwaukee Bucks. Phoenix is trading Deandre Ayton in exchange also for Grayson Allen (via Milwaukee), Nassir Little, and Keon Johnson, but Nurkic is obviously the biggest name of Phoenix's haul. Ayton and the Suns didn't appear to see eye to eye of late, so they essentially replace him with Nurkic here. The skilled 29-year-old big man will presumably maintain a starting role in the desert, but he goes from being a potential usage hog to more of a complementary piece surrounded by several superstars. Nurkic has experienced his fair share of injuries in recent years, and even if his efficiency improves alongside more defensive stats, he might be a tough sell until the double-digit rounds of fantasy drafts.--Joseph Barbati - RotoBaller
Source: Adrian Wojnarowski - ESPN