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The Suns and Thunder are finalizing an agreement on a trade that will send All-Star point guard Chris Paul from Oklahoma City to Phoenix.
The Thunder will receive Ricky Rubio, Kelly Oubre, Ty Jerome, Jalen Lecque, and draft compensation in the deal. The Suns will also get Abdel Nader in the blockbuster swap.
The draft pick being sent from Phoenix to Oklahoma City in the trade is the Suns’ 2022 first-rounder, the pick will be top-12 protected. If it doesn’t change hands in 2022, it’ll be top-10 proteted in 2023, top-eight protected in 2024, and unprotected in 2025.
By taking on Paul’s contract, the Suns will be on the hook for his $41.4MM salary in 2020/21 and his $44.2MM player option for ’21/22. Nader has a non-guaranteed minimum salary for ’20/21.
As for the Thunder, they’ll take on Oubre’s expiring $14.4MM salary and will be on the hook for $34.8MM over two years for Rubio. Jerome, who has a $2.3MM cap charge in 2020/21, is in the second year of a rookie scale contract, while Lecque has a guaranteed $1.5MM salary for ’20/21 and a non-guaranteed $1.8MM for ’21/22.
The Thunder will receive Ricky Rubio, Kelly Oubre, Ty Jerome, Jalen Lecque, and draft compensation in the deal. The Suns will also get Abdel Nader in the blockbuster swap.
The draft pick being sent from Phoenix to Oklahoma City in the trade is the Suns’ 2022 first-rounder, the pick will be top-12 protected. If it doesn’t change hands in 2022, it’ll be top-10 proteted in 2023, top-eight protected in 2024, and unprotected in 2025.
By taking on Paul’s contract, the Suns will be on the hook for his $41.4MM salary in 2020/21 and his $44.2MM player option for ’21/22. Nader has a non-guaranteed minimum salary for ’20/21.
As for the Thunder, they’ll take on Oubre’s expiring $14.4MM salary and will be on the hook for $34.8MM over two years for Rubio. Jerome, who has a $2.3MM cap charge in 2020/21, is in the second year of a rookie scale contract, while Lecque has a guaranteed $1.5MM salary for ’20/21 and a non-guaranteed $1.8MM for ’21/22.