With the NBA Trade Deadline getting close to the end, the Charlotte Hornets and Phoenix Suns have worked out a deal. The Phoenix Suns are finally getting off of Jusuf Nurkić’s contract, but not without paying a price. The Suns are sending Nurkić along with a 2026 first round pick to the Hornets in exchange for Cody Martin and Vasilije Micić. Nurkić had fallen out of the Suns’ rotation in recent weeks as he and head coach, Mike Budenholzer, were not seeing eye to eye. Now, he will get a fresh start whereas the Suns will look to re-tool their supporting cast around Kevin Durant, Devin Booker, and Bradley Beal.
