NBA Rumors: 3 Phoenix Suns Who Won't Be Back Next Season

The Phoenix Suns dropped 13 games in the standings this season, finishing with just 34 wins and in the 11th seed in the Western Conference, out of the playoffs and even the Play-In. The Kevin Durant-Devin Booker-Bradley Beal experiment appears to be at an end, head coach Mike Budenholzer has been fired, and there will be significant roster changes this summer.

With that, we take a look at three Suns who won't be back in the desert next season.

Kevin Durant

Ok, this one is obvious. The Suns tried trading him at the deadline back in February, and we've been hearing for weeks now that KD and the team will be 'working together' on a trade this summer to move him elsewhere.

It's just about that time for Durant to leave another franchise behind, isn't it?. He bailed on the OKC Thunder before the team had a chance to reach its zenith with the trio of KD, Russell Westbrook and James Harden. He won two titles after jumping to the Golden State Warriors, but then left them in the dust in 2019 to be the new savior in Brooklyn.

But after just 2 1/2 seasons there, he forced his way to Phoenix, and now another 2 1/2 years later, is on his way out of town once again.

There are reportedly 5 teams with whom there is mutual interest for a Durant trade.

Bradley Beal

According to a very plugged-in insider in Phoenix, there is a 'Zero Percent Chance' that Beal is back next season. And that's despite the fact that he has a no-trade clause. Will he agree to be moved, or will the Suns simply bite the (very expensive) bullet and buy him out, eating the $110 million he is still owed over the next two years?

Beal's time in Phoenix has not gone well. Per Cleaning the Glass, the team's Expected Win efficiency was minus-16 with Beal on the court this season, while he was only in the 19th percentile of all players in the league in the Suns' Points per Possession with him on the floor.

As John Gambadoro said this week, "There is a zero percent chance that Bradley Beal is back on this team next year. ZERO PERCENT... There's no wiggle room."

Tyus Jones

It turns out that accepting the veteran's minimum on a one-year deal was a ruinous choice for Jones's career. The veteran point guard could have had much more on the open market, but chose to hitch his wagon to KD, Book & Beal, and now after a disappointing season in which he eventually lost his starting role, it'll be interesting to see what he can fetch himself as he re-enters free agency. He has said himself that he'll test the open market.