The Phoenix Suns completely botched the 2025 NBA trade deadline, according to several writers, with one calling them "an embarrassing disaster." Ouch.

In Sept. 2023, Allen came to Phoenix in the three-team Damian Lillard trade. The deal sent former Suns starting big Deandre Ayton and their former second-round pick from that year to Portland, Lillard to Allen's former team Milwaukee, and Phoenix brought in Nurkic.

The Suns dreamed about a big addition and flirted with trading Kevin Durant. By doing nothing, they’ll pay the piper later.

The NBA trade deadline passed with a whole lot of nothing for the Phoenix Suns, who look like a team that's sorely in need of a revamp. Catch up quick: Phoenix started the season with high hopes after several years of unmet expectations,

“I’ll use ‘toxic’,” Shelburne said, describing the Suns’ locker room after a tough trade deadline that saw most players floated in deals. “That shootaround, I heard, was very awkward, very weird because everyone was on pins and needles wondering what they were going to do.”

Speaking on NBA Today on Thursday, ESPN NBA insider Ramona Shelburne shared with Malika Andrews that the vibes around the Phoenix organization were downright horrendous this week, going so far as to describe the locker room atmosphere as "toxic" after all the Beal, Butler and Durant rumors.

The Phoenix Suns did not part ways with Kevin Durant ahead of Thursday's NBA trade deadline, but they may have an awkward situation to handle in

Kevin Durant is staying put. The Phoenix Suns did not trade the 15-time All-Star at the 2025 NBA trade deadline, which was at 3 p.m. ET on Thursday.

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It is safe to say that the Phoenix Suns’ trade deadline did not go exactly as planned. For so long they had pursued Jimmy Butler, only for him to end up with the Golden State Warriors.