Booker is staying.
Brandon knight will be in last year of deal and easy to move if they want
They'd have a ton of cap space to add to a core of
Booker
Jackson
Top pick from 2018 draft
Lotto pick from2019 draft
Chriss
Bender
Tj warren
Ulis my
There ain't a ton of teams that will be in a better situation
Hawks have a better team. Prince in the 2nd half out shined everyone on the Suns in during the season including Booker who's defense was nothing short of epic fail. Dennis is still much better than any PG they have. Bazemore is a solid two way guard. Collins is better than any bust they drafted at PF and at C, Dedmon clearly outperformed any PHX centers.
Not to mention, we have more draft picks then them in the next two drafts and the lottery could put us in 1st and them in 4th just as easily as them in 1st and us in 7th.
Warren has been maddeningly inconsistent and I've been two Suns games this season. Once in HOU and ATL. Chriss has been a bust, Collins is better. Bender has under performed but maybe he's one player that could benefit from a great player dev coach like Bud. Ulis, epic failure but he's a 2nd round pick. Not a big deal.
I don't see PHX as a better situation for this year as their record indicates or next year. This is simply granting them an interview with his hometown team. I prefer we didn't do that because it makes fans like yourself take unnecessary shots at my org who might just be doing Bud a favor to test the market and see if he sees anything he likes and could back to us with his take. Maybe this might be the last interview we grant. Granting an interview is not accepting an offer which Atlanta would also have to approve.