Suns Aim For More Flexibility By Waiving Nassir Little, EJ Liddell

The Phoenix Suns are waiving forwards Nassir Little and E.J. Liddell to create an available roster spot, per Shams Charania of The Athletic.

Liddell was recently acquired in a trade with the Atlanta Hawks, for forward David Roddy.

Basically, Phoenix is doing a lot of roster shuffling to try to make things work around Kevin Durant, Bradley Beal and Devin Booker. It didn’t go so well last season. Part of that was injuries. Part was the fact the Suns didn’t have a true point guard.

They hope to have solved the latter by signing Tyus Jones. Now, they have a spot open to perhaps try to sign someone else or call up a player from the G League.

Oh, they also hired their second new coach in two seasons in Mike Budenholzer. He replaces Frank Vogel, who always seems to get the short end of the stick. It was Vogel, after all, who took the fall for a faulty roster with three stars who couldn’t stay on the court together because of injuries.

Anyway, Little and Liddell are now seeking new places to play and the Suns likely believe they themselves are in a better place.

“The Suns had 16 players on their standard roster. Now they have 14, one under the standard 15-man roster NBA teams must have right before the start of the regular season,” wrote Duane Rankin of the Arizona Republic.

“The Suns plan to stretch out the $22 million remaining on Little’s deal over three years, The Republic confirmed through sources.”