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Trade Radar · confirmed · Saturday, October 17 · 4 d ago

Suns Waive Haywood Highsmith

confirmed · roster changeReported by John GambadoroRead the original report ↗

The Suns have waived veteran wing Haywood Highsmith, according to John Gambadoro of Arizona Sports 98.7 (Twitter link), who previously reported that the team would retain Jamaree Bouyea as its 14th man and leave its 15th roster spot open at the start of the regular season. That’s still the plan, Gambadoro says, confirming that Phoenix […]

Confidence
50%
Reporter starting tier503 calls on the ledger, tier used until 5
Corroboration+0nobody else has reported this yet
Age−44 days old · a rumor loses 1.2 points a day, up to 25
The score is recomputed every 30 minutes; a matching roster move marks it confirmed, an on-record denial marks it denied, 30 quiet days expire it. How every reporter scores →
Who it involves
Haywood Highsmith
Haywood Highsmith
free agent · F · 5.4 pts · 1.9 reb · 1.0 ast
Cap hit 2026-27: $1.00M · expiring
Jamaree Bouyea
Jamaree Bouyea
Suns · G · 5.7 pts · 1.8 reb · 1.8 ast
Cap hit 2026-27: $2.58M · expiring
Phoenix Suns
$213.8M · above the first apron · 18 contracts · cap sheet

What would have to happen

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Haywood Highsmith → Suns
Send out at least $1.00M
The Suns are above the first apron, so to take on $1.00M they need to send out at least as much (100%, no cushion above the first apron).

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