The Phoenix Suns completely botched the 2025 NBA trade deadline, according to several writers, with one calling them "an embarrassing disaster." Ouch.

“I’ll use ‘toxic’,” Shelburne said, describing the Suns’ locker room after a tough trade deadline that saw most players floated in deals. “That shootaround, I heard, was very awkward, very weird because everyone was on pins and needles wondering what they were going to do.”