Phoenix Suns Salary Archive – 2014/15

Quick: Spent over the cap.

Exceptions

• Room: $2,732,000
• Trade Exception (Goran Dragic, expiring 2/19/16) — $5,500,000

Roster Count: 15 guaranteed

Depth Chart*:
PG: Eric Bledsoe, Jerel McNeal, Brandon Knight (injured)
SG:  P.J. Tucker, Archie Goodwin, Gerald Green, Marcus Thornton
SF:  Marcus Morris, T.J. Warren, Reggie Bullock, Danny Granger
PF: Markieff Morris
C: Brandan Wright, Earl Barron, Alex Len (injured)

*Note: Teams often adjust their depth chart throughout the season, sometimes game by game.

Head Coach: Jeff Hornacek (four-year deal starting 13/14, fourth-year team option)

Basketball Executives:

• Lon Babby — President of Basketball Operations
• Ryan McDonough — General Manager
• Trevor Bukstein — Assistant General Manager
• Pat Connelly — Assistant General Manager

Pick Swaps

•  2016 — Owed first-rounder (top-10 protected through 2018, unprotected in 2019) from Cleveland Cavaliers (Tyler Zeller, Isaiah Thomas).
• 2017 — Owed first-rounder (top-seven through 2018, unprotected in 2019) from Miami HEAT (Goran Dragic).
• 2021 — Owed first-rounder from Miami HEAT (Goran Dragic).

Acquisitions

• 6/26/14 — Selected T.J. Warren (14th), Tyler Ennis (18th), Bogdan Bogdanovic (27th) and Alec Brown (50th) in the 2014 NBA Draft.
• 6/27/14 — Made qualifying offers to Eric Bledsoe and P.J. Tucker.
• 6/30/14 — Channing Frye opted out of the final year of his contract.
• 7/9/14 — Removed Bogdan Bogdanovic from the cap (cannot sign him until July 2015).
• 7/12/14 — Traded the rights to Alex Oriakhi to the Sacramento Kings for Isaiah Thomas via sign and trade (four years, $27 million).
• 7/12/14 — Signed T.J. Warren to a $9.3 million rookie-scale contract.
• 7/20/14 — Signed Anthony Tolliver to a two-year, $6 million contract (second season $400k guaranteed).
• 7/23/14 — Signed P.J. Tucker to a $16.5 million, three-year contract (third season $1.5 million guaranteed).
• 8/7/14 — Signed Tyler Ennis to a $7.7 million rookie-scale contract.
• 9/24/14 — Signed Eric Bledsoe to a five-year, $70 million contract.
• 9/24/14 — Invited Earl Baron to camp on a one-year, $1.3 million non-guaranteed contract.
• 9/24/14 — Invited Joe Jackson to camp on a one-year, $507k non-guarantee contract.
• 9/24/14 — Invited Casey Prather to camp on a one-year, $507k non-guarantee contract.
• 9/24/14 — Invited Jamil Wilson to camp on a one-year, $507k non-guarantee contract.
• 9/27/14 — Signed Zoran Dragic to a two-year, $3 million contract, plus signing bonus of $413k.
• 9/28/14 — Signed Markieff Morris to a four-year, $32 million extension.
• 9/28/14 — Signed Marcus Morris to a four-year, $20 million extension.
• 10/27/14 — Picked up Alex Len’s third-year option.
• 10/27/14 — Picked up Archie Goodwin’s third-year option.
• 10/27/14– Picked up Miles Plumlee’s fourth-year option.
• 12/24/14 — Traded Anthony Tolliver to Detroit Pistons for Tony Mitchell.
• 1/9/15 — Traded a Minnesota 2015 first-rounder for Brandan Wright.
• 1/15/15 — Traded Shavlik Randolph to Boston Celtics for Reggie Bullock from Los Angeles Clippers.
• 2/19/15 — Traded a 2015 first-rounder (Los Angeles Lakers) to Philadelphia 76ers and both Tyler Ennis and Miles Plumlee to Milwaukee Bucks for Brandon Knight and Kendall Marshall.
• 2/19/15 — Traded Isaiah Thomas to Boston Celtics for Marcus Thornton and a 2016 first-rounder (Cleveland Cavaliers).
• 2/19/15 — Traded Goran Dragic and Zoran Dragic to Miami HEAT for Danny Granger, $2.2 million in cash, a 2017 protected first-rounder and a 2021 first-rounder, along with John Salmons from New Orleans Pelicans.
• 2/20/15 — Signed Earl Barron to a $77.1k, 10-day contract.
• 3/3/15 — Signed Earl Barron to a $77.1k, 10-day contract.
• 3/11/15 — Signed Seth Curry to a $48.0k, 10-day contract.
• 3/13/15 — Signed Earl Barron for the remainder of the season at $262k.
• 3/21/15 — Signed A.J. Price to a $62.6k, 10-day contract.
• 4/1/15 — Signed Jerel McNeal to a $53.8k, 10-day contract.
• 4/11/15 — Signed Jerel McNeal to a two-year, partially-guaranteed $1.0 million minimum contract.

Waived Players: Ish Smith, Dionte Christmas, Joe Jackson, Casey Prather, Jamil Wilson, Earl Barron, Tony Mitchell, Kendall Marshall, John Salmons, Seth Curry (expired 10-day), A.J. Price (expired 10-day)

Free Agents

• Bird: None

Unsigned Draft Picks:

• First-rounders: Bogdan Bogdanovic (2014-27th)
• Second-rounders: Alec Brown (2014-50th), Dwayne Collins (2010-60th), Milos Vujanic (2002-36th), Ron Ellis (1992-49th)

Amnesty: Used on Josh Childress – 2014-15, $7.3175 million

Cash Paid ($3.3 million max): $0

Cash Received ($3.3 million max): $2,170,465 from Miami HEAT (Goran Dragic)

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(Updated on 5/5/15)