Trade Radar · open rumor · Thursday, November 5 · 5 d ago

Suns Notes: Ighodaro, Peat, Goodwin, Fleming, Point Guards

via hoopsrumorsRead the original report ↗

The struggling Suns have made a changing to their starting lineup, with Oso Ighodaro replacing Khaman Maluach as the first-unit center ahead of Thursday’s game vs. Orlando (Twitter link). Phoenix fell to 1-5 on Wednesday after losing to Portland for the second time this season. Suns reporter/analyst Gerald Bourguet has advocated multiple times for Ighodaro […]

Confidence

40%

Reporter starting tier	45	unattributed report
Corroboration	+8	1 other reporter on the same player within 7 days
Age	−5	5 days old · a rumor loses 1.2 points a day, up to 25

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Who it involves

Khaman Maluach

Suns · C · 3.0 pts · 2.9 reb · 0.1 ast

Cap hit 2026-27: $6.32M · next season $6.62M

Oso Ighodaro

Suns · F · 6.5 pts · 5.1 reb · 2.3 ast

Cap hit 2026-27: $2.30M · next season $2.49M

Phoenix Suns

$213.8M · above the first apron · 18 contracts · cap sheet

Trade Radar · what it would change

If Khaman Maluach moved

Suns$213.8M payroll · above the first apron

The Shift1 outWho plays Williams's minutesWithout Williams: the rotation that's left On / offMaluachThe Suns with and without himNet rating from every substitution Trade MachineBuild itMake the salaries matchCBA rules and aprons included Cap sheet$213.8MSuns payroll and apron roomEvery contract and option

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