The Suns made a trade with the Utah Jazz that might just be able to move the needle a tad bit in the right direction for Phoenix. The deal won’t necessarily get them anything today. But the Suns likely don’t ever plan on actually making these picks.

On Tuesday, the Suns traded their 2031 unprotected first-round pick to the Jazz in exchange for first-round picks in 2025, 2027 and 2029.

It was easy to speculate that the Phoenix Suns had their eye on Jimmy Butler when they completed a trade with the Utah Jazz on Tuesday, but such

The Jazz made an unusual trade on Tuesday evening, sending out three lesser future picks for one potentially premium pick, albeit six years down the road.

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The Phoenix Suns are trading their 2031 unprotected first to the Utah Jazz for three first-round picks, sources tell ESPN. The Suns are acquiring the least favorable firsts in 2025 of Cleveland/Minnesota, 2027 of Cleveland/Minnesota/Utah and 2029 of Cleveland/Minnesota/Utah.

The Phoenix Suns, loading up on draft picks perhaps with an eye toward a trade, sent their 2031 first-rounder to the Utah Jazz on Tuesday in exchange for three first-round picks.

The team traded three of its future first-round picks acquired in the Rudy Gobert and Donovan Mitchell trades from the 2022 offseason for the Suns' 2031 unprotected first-round pick, according to ESPN's Shams Charania.

The Phoenix Suns acquired three future first-round picks from the Utah Jazz in exchange for a 2031 unprotected first-round pick, the teams announced.