2019–20 Phoenix Suns season

The 2019–20 Phoenix Suns season was their 52nd season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA), as well as their 27th season at the Talking Stick Resort Arena, later being considered the last season playing under that name.[1][2] At the conclusion of their previous season, the Suns made James Jones the team's permanent general manager, with co-interim general manager Trevor Bukstein returning to his prior assistant general manager role.[3] With a 19–63 season over, their entire coaching staff, including head coach Igor Kokoškov, was dismissed on April 23, 2019.[4][5] After a quick head coaching search, the Suns hired former New Orleans Hornets/Pelicans head coach and Philadelphia 76ers assistant coach Monty Williams as the team's new head coach on May 3,[6] later completing their new coaching staff on June 26.[7] After the first seven games, despite an early 25-game long suspension to star center Deandre Ayton, the Suns had their best start to a season since the 2013–14 season, and best point differential since the 2004–05 season.[8][9]

2019–20 Phoenix Suns season
Head coachMonty Williams
General managerJames Jones
OwnersRobert Sarver
ArenaTalking Stick Resort Arena (before season suspension)
ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex (after season suspension; closed off to the public)
Results
Record34–39 (.466)
PlaceDivision: 3rd (Pacific)
Conference: 10th (Western)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionFox Sports Arizona
RadioKTAR

The season was suspended by the league officials following the games completed on March 11[10] after it was reported that Rudy Gobert (and a referee by proxy) tested positive for COVID-19.[11] During that time, the Suns put up their best record in the last five seasons at 26–39. The suspension continued all the way until July 30,[12] with the NBA agreeing to reopen the league under a modified system behind closed doors for the best 22 teams (including the Suns) this season through a 29-1 majority vote by the NBA and a unanimous vote by the NBPA.[13][14] The Suns had a shot to advance to the playoffs for the first time since the 2009-10 NBA season by reaching the Western Conference's 8th seed via this season's play-in tournament as a Seed 9 and winning the tournament there. However, their chances before that point were hurt with not only Kelly Oubre Jr. announcing he would no longer play for the rest of the season, but two other Suns players (later revealed to be Aron Baynes and Ricky Rubio, though it eventually turned into four or five different players[15]) later confirmed to test positive for COVID-19 before the season resumed.[16] Despite playing without key players Kelly Oubre Jr. and Aron Baynes in the resumed season, the Suns won all 8 games in the 2020 NBA Bubble, not only being the only undefeated team in the NBA bubble, but also reaching the 30-win barrier for the first time since the 2014–15 season. Still, despite them going undefeated there (having their best winning streak to end a season ever at 8 wins in a row), they would miss the playoffs for a decade straight due to the Memphis Grizzlies having the tiebreaker over Phoenix after beating the Oklahoma City Thunder and Milwaukee Bucks there, as well as the Portland Trail Blazers barely making it as the new Seed 8 of the play-in tournament, winning 134–133 over the Brooklyn Nets.

Key dates
  • April 11, 2019: The Suns announced that James Jones is the team's permanent general manager going forward with this season, with co-interim general manager Trevor Bukstein being demoted back to his prior assistant general manager role and Jeff Bower being named senior vice president of basketball operations.
  • April 12, 2019: The NBA used a coin flip to determine whether the Suns or the Cleveland Cavaliers acquired the second-best odds for a top draft pick, with the loser getting the 32nd pick of the 2019 NBA draft and third-best odds for a top selection.[17]
  • April 22, 2019: The Suns fired coach Igor Kokoškov after his only season coaching the team.
  • April 23, 2019: The team then fired the rest of their coaching staff soon afterward.[18]
  • April 30, 2019: Longtime athletic trainer Aaron Nelson agreed to become the new athletic trainer for the New Orleans Pelicans, ending his 26-year tenure with the Suns, including 19 years as lead athletic trainer.[19][20]
  • May 3, 2019: Philadelphia 76ers assistant coach Monty Williams agreed to a five-year deal to become the team's newest head coach, effective by the end of their 2018–19 season on May 12; Phoenix began building a new training facility as part of the team's agreement to renovate the Talking Stick Resort Arena and look to remain at the arena until at least 2037.[21][22] The Suns also revealed the location of their new practice facility for next season will be on 44th Street & Camelback Road at Arcadia.[23]
  • May 12, 2019: Monty Williams is officially named the new head coach of the Suns as they soon began their interviewing process for the rest of the coaching and training staff.
  • May 14, 2019: The NBA draft lottery took place under the first year of a newly updated, weighted lottery system affecting the odds for every team in the 2019 NBA draft lottery.
  • June 20, 2019: The 2019 NBA draft took place at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York; Phoenix agreed to trade small forward T. J. Warren to the Indiana Pacers and their second round pick (who became small forward KZ Okpala from Stanford University) to the Miami Heat for cash considerations from Indiana entering the free agency period,[24] as well as trade their own first round pick (which became shooting guard Jarrett Culver from Texas Tech University) to the Minnesota Timberwolves in exchange for power forward Dario Šarić and the Timberwolves' first round pick of the draft, which became forward Cameron Johnson from the University of North Carolina.[25] The Suns also agreed to trade their 2020 first-round pick from the Milwaukee Bucks to the Boston Celtics for center Aron Baynes and the draft rights to University of Virginia champion point guard Ty Jerome,[26] as well as agreed to a deal with undrafted Brewster Academy postgraduate guard Jalen Lecque.[27]
  • June 26, 2019: The Suns officially named their new coaching staff under Monty Williams.[7]
  • June 30, 2019: The NBA free agency period officially began on June 30 at 6:00 P.M. EST;[28] Ricky Rubio agreed to a three-year, $51 million deal with the Suns.
  • July 1, 2019: Frank Kaminsky III agreed to a two-year, $10 million deal with the Suns.
  • July 3, 2019: The Suns agreed to trade small forward Josh Jackson, point guard De'Anthony Melton, and two second-round picks to the Memphis Grizzlies in exchange for shooting guard Kyle Korver and point guard Jevon Carter.
  • July 6, 2019: The NBA free agent moratorium begins; Phoenix completed their trades agreed upon the night of the 2019 NBA draft and signed rookies Cameron Johnson, Ty Jerome, and Jalen Lecque.[29][30]
  • July 7, 2019: The Suns completed their trade with the Memphis Grizzlies involving Josh Jackson, De'Anthony Melton, and two second-round picks for Kyle Korver and Jevon Carter.[31]
  • July 8, 2019: Phoenix officially waived Kyle Korver and signed Ricky Rubio.[32]
  • July 10, 2019: Kelly Oubre Jr. agreed to a two-year extension worth $30 million with the Suns.
  • July 16, 2019: Kelly Oubre Jr. officially re-signed with the Suns.[33]
  • July 17, 2019: The Suns agreed to deals with undrafted point guard Jared Harper (via two-way contract) and power forward Cheick Diallo (2 years, $3.5 million), as well as officially signed Frank Kaminsky III.[34]
  • July 23, 2019: Cheick Diallo officially signed with the Suns.[35]
  • August 12, 2019: The NBA unveiled the new regular season schedules of every team on NBA TV.[36]
  • September 20, 2019: The Suns announced the creation of their sports medicine and performance team, taking over the position previously held by Aaron Nelson.[37]
  • September 27, 2019: The Suns unveiled their newest "Statement" jerseys, as well as announced their upcoming training camp and preseason roster.[38][39]
  • October 23, 2019: Phoenix began their regular season with a 124–95 win over the Sacramento Kings.
  • October 24, 2019: Deandre Ayton was suspended for 25 games after testing positive for diuretic usage, violating the NBA's anti-drug policy.[40]
  • November 15, 2019: The Suns officially break ground for their new practice and training facility (which eventually was named the Verizon 5G Performance Center), which is due for completion by next season.[41]
  • November 21, 2019: The Suns unveiled their new "City" jerseys, returning to the "Los Suns" name from previous seasons in a newer manner with black on them instead of purple.[42]
  • December 17, 2019: Deandre Ayton returned from his 25-game long suspension.
  • December 30, 2019: Frank Kaminksy III began an injury streak that kept him out of action for months, up to close to the initial end of the regular season before returning to action in late July for the 2020 NBA Bubble.
  • January 15, 2020: The Suns signed Tariq Owens, who was originally part of their training camp and preseason squad, as their second two-way contract for the season.
  • January 22, 2020: Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald bought a minority stake of the Phoenix Suns to become a partial team owner.[43]
  • January 24, 2020: The Phoenix Suns matched the win total they had from last season with a 103–99 win over the San Antonio Spurs.
  • January 28, 2020: The Phoenix Suns surpassed last season's win total with a 133–104 blowout win over the Dallas Mavericks.
  • February 7, 2020: The Suns matched the win total from the 2017–18 season with a 127–91 blowout win over the Houston Rockets.
  • February 10, 2020: Tyler Johnson is waived from the team after failing to find a trade for him in the trade deadline for this season.
  • February 12, 2020: The Suns surpassed the win total from the 2017–18 season with a 112–106 win over the Golden State Warriors, as well as signed former Philadelphia 76ers power forward Jonah Bolden to a 10-day contract.[44]
  • February 13, 2020: Devin Booker is named an All-Star for Team LeBron, replacing Damian Lillard due to a groin injury he sustained the day prior; Booker also replaces Lillard for the Three-Point Contest, while Deandre Ayton (who had a left ankle sprain a few days prior against Denver) is replaced by Nicolò Melli in the Rising Stars Challenge.
  • February 14, 2020: The 2020 NBA All-Star Weekend in Chicago commenced.
  • February 22, 2020: The Phoenix Suns matched their win total from the 2015–16 season with a 112–104 win over the Chicago Bulls.
  • February 24, 2020: The Suns waived Jonah Bolden and then both surpassed their 2015–16 season win total and matched their 2016–17 season win total with a 131–111 blowout win over the Utah Jazz.
  • February 25, 2020: Kelly Oubre Jr. was ruled out for the rest of the season with a right meniscus tear.
  • March 6, 2020: The Suns not only surpassed their 2016–17 season win total, but also matched their 2012–13 season win total with a 127–117 win over the Portland Trail Blazers.
  • March 8, 2020: The Phoenix Suns surpassed their 2012–13 season win total and have their highest win total in over five seasons with a 140–131 win over the Milwaukee Bucks.
  • March 11, 2020: The NBA announced the suspension of their regular season, effective after the end of their last scheduled game that night was finished after it was reported that Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert tested positive for COVID-19, which resulted in postponing that night's Jazz-Thunder match (and the Pelicans-Kings match by extension); Arizona Governor Doug Ducey declares a statewide public health emergency in relation to COVID-19.
  • March 12, 2020: All players in the NBA began their voluntary self-quarantine periods, initially lasting until March 16, with the original plan for the suspension lasting for only 30 days. Commissioner Adam Silver also announced plans for games that were postponed for this season to be honored somehow, with either cancelled games or games played without crowds of people receiving either credit for a future game to watch live in person or a refund, depending on personal desires.[45]
  • March 13, 2020: The Suns joined most of the NBA with covering their part-time and hospitality staff during the suspension of the season.
  • March 14, 2020: Jared Harper had his two-way contract waived by the Suns during the pandemic, noting the eventual cancellation of the 2019–20 NBA G League season as their reason for his removal.[46] However, his waiver wasn't deemed official until June 23 later in the year due to the season's suspension beginning a few days before the waiver started.
  • March 15, 2020: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published guidelines that recommended no events holding 50+ people for up to at least two months due to the COVID-19 pandemic, expanding their suspension period throughout at least the month of May, though it later concluded for most teams by July, with a few teams losing the rest of their seasons altogether.
  • March 16, 2020: The NBA allowed for some players to travel outside of their respective markets, provided they keep the team they're on up to date on what they're doing and practiced social distancing, though they also recommended staying within their team's location, if possible.
  • March 19, 2020: The NBA shut down all team facilities on a temporary basis, while the Suns began reconstruction of the Talking Stick Resort Arena and continued construction of their new practice facility ahead of schedule after it was announced that this season was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[47][48] The Suns also discussed playing any potential home games for the rest of this season at the Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum, their old, original playing grounds, around this time.
  • March 30, 2020: Governor Doug Ducey issued a statewide stay-at-home order that lasted from the regular time for closure of businesses on March 31 until April 30, though it later expanded into May 15.[49]
  • March 31, 2020: The NBA announced the creation of their first ever "NBA 2K Players Tournament," which was a 16-player tournament that has various players competing against each other in online games of NBA 2K20, with the winner giving their earnings of $100,000 from 2K Games, the NBA, and the NBPA to the charity or charities of their choosing in an effort to fight COVID-19. The tournament included Suns players Devin Booker and Deandre Ayton, as well as former Suns player Derrick Jones Jr.[50]
  • April 3, 2020: The NBA 2K Players Tournament began; Devin Booker played against Michael Porter Jr. in the first round, while Deandre Ayton played against Zach LaVine.
  • April 7, 2020: Devin Booker played against Rui Hachimura in the quarterfinals of the NBA 2K Players Tournament, while Deandre Ayton played against Trae Young there.
  • April 9, 2020: During a podcast on "The Outlet" (their official team podcast), team president and CEO Jason Rowley confirmed construction plans are ahead of schedule, including demolition of the old practice court and locker room.[51][48] The NBA also began a new NBA HORSE Challenge (not related to the NBA All-Star H–O–R–S–E Competition) with eight NBA players, WNBA players, and older NBA legends participating in a single-elimination shooting competition, with the winner giving their earnings of $200,000 from State Farm to the charity of their choosing.[52]
  • April 11, 2020: The NBA 2K Players Tournament entered the semifinals and championship round, with Devin Booker and Deandre Ayton going up against Los Angeles Clippers players Montrezl Harrell and Lou Williams respectively; Devin Booker won the NBA 2K Tournament over teammate Deandre Ayton.
  • April 25, 2020: The NBA announced their date for teams to begin practicing again, albeit in limited settings.
  • May 8, 2020: The NBA allowed teams to start practicing again, provided their home state also allows them to do so.
  • May 12, 2020: The NBA continued detailing the best plans possible for the season's resumption, with one of them set in motion by these next four weeks;[53] Governor Doug Ducey announced that professional sports teams in Arizona can resume with "limited reopening", effective May 15.[54]
  • May 15, 2020: Players began receiving a 25% pay cut for lost revenue under the season's suspension, with 1% per future cancelled game being given back to the NBA (though some superstar players like LeBron James will be permitted to keep their money for the season, provided they pay their pay cuts back to their teams and the league after this season was officially concluded); Governor Doug Ducey lifted statewide stay-at-home orders for the public, which allowed Arizona's sports teams to practice again.
  • May 19, 2020: The entire NBA enlisted the Minnesota Timberwolves' team doctor, Robby Sikka, and the Mayo Clinic to engage in a study that established how many NBA players, coaches, executives, and staff have developed antibodies to COVID-19.[55]
  • May 20, 2020: The Phoenix Suns became the 19th team to get their players back to practicing, though they did so in the Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum during this period of time due to reconstruction.[56] Furthermore, due to strict guidelines, only Jevon Carter and Frank Kaminsky were able to use the facility around this time for individual, voluntary workouts.
  • May 23, 2020: The NBA gave every team's general manager or president of basketball operations a survey with questions on how best to resume the season – including whether the format involved should have a regular season continuation (with an option for a play-in tournament for potential playoff teams) or should go straight into the playoffs (with options for extra teams similar to the NHL's 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs or even a play-in tournament with the playoffs) – as well as the amount of scrimmage games, amount of potential regular season games for each team, whether the playoffs should be the traditional format or reseeded, and the best date to end this season should be if it continued as planned.[57][58]
  • May 31, 2020: The Talking Stick Resort Arena was vandalized during one of the protests involving the killing of George Floyd, potentially delaying reconstruction there.[59] Head coach Monty Williams also wrote an open letter regarding the deaths of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and George Floyd and his stance for change going forward.[60][61]
  • June 1, 2020: The NBA gave out guidelines to recall players back to their respective markets, with some players needing a mandatory quarantine period, as well as proper expansion for players to practice under groups again and announced the official delay of the 2020 NBA draft; the National Basketball Coaches Association also released a joined statement on the killing of George Floyd that was signed by every team's entire coaching staff at the time of its signing.[62]
  • June 3, 2020: The NBA detailed their plans to continue the season under a modified format with 22 teams playing eight regular season games throughout 16 days behind closed doors in three different arenas at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex; a potential play-in tournament is included for any team(s) entering as Seed 9 competing against whoever remained as Seed 8 by the conclusion of the modified regular season (provided they're at least 4 games back from playoff contention), with Seed 9 requiring two wins over the one win Seed 8 needs to automatically qualify for the 2020 NBA Playoffs, with the last potential date of the playoffs planned to be October 12 (though it later became October 13 at the latest due to the future 2020 American athletes strike, with it actually ending on October 11 instead). They also detailed their plans revolving around the eight teams leftover for the 2020 NBA draft (as well as those that failed to qualify for the playoffs properly in this scenario), with the eight leftover teams having a "mini-camp" to train under by late September and early October, starting and completing the late training camp setting after they and the teams that failed to qualify for the playoffs looked at August 20 for the new day of the NBA draft lottery, but before November 18 for the actual draft day. After that, the free agency period for the next season was eventually set for November 20 at 6 P.M. EST, with training camp for the new season planned for December 1, and the beginning of the 2020–21 NBA season held for December 22, 2020.[63][64]
  • June 4, 2020: The NBA voted with a 29-1 majority decision (with the Portland Trail Blazers being the sole dissenters in the vote) to resume the NBA with 22 teams included, with the Phoenix Suns resuming their season at this time also.[13]
  • June 5, 2020: The NBPA approved of the NBA's plans to resume the 2019–20 NBA season, though would continue discussions on issues like health and safety protocols during the COVID-19 pandemic, revisiting and renegotiating the collective bargaining agreement for the upcoming season, and the official starting date of the 2020–21 NBA season throughout future months.[65]
  • June 7, 2020: The NBA began planning a program that would allow teams this season to replace most players that were either seriously injured or tested positive for COVID-19 during the resumed season, provided they already previously played in the NBA or NBA G League or were involved with training camp earlier this season and/or weren't involved with a non-NBA related team after September 30, 2019, with a brief period to convert two-way contracts into full-time deals there.[66]
  • June 11, 2020: The NBA announced that the restart date will move up to July 30, with teams competing in Orlando by July completely allowed to carry up to 17 players there, including for the 2020 NBA Playoffs.[12]
  • June 12, 2020: The NBA began Phase 1 of the season's six phase return plan, which allowed the available team facilities for every team (except the Canadian-based Toronto Raptors, who had to travel to Florida to practice at the Florida Gulf Coast University as an overseas team until the restart of the season commenced) to be used by the players; while only individual workouts were permitted at this time, participation was voluntary, with video meetings and workouts also permitted. Players back in their home markets alongside their family members were only expected to leave their homes for trips to their facilities and to get other essential things like for food and drinks like water or Gatorade.[67]
  • June 15, 2020: Players located internationally were required to return to their respective team’s markets by this date.[68]
  • June 17, 2020: Kelly Oubre Jr. confirmed he would not play for the rest of their regular season in the 2020 NBA Bubble, though he did travel with the team in Orlando just in case.
  • June 21, 2020: All players reported back to each team's markets by this time.[68]
  • June 22, 2020: The NBA allowed for every team (including those that failed to continue their seasons for the rest of this season) to convert two-way contracts into regular season deals and tweak their rosters for the season with eligible players before July 1, as well as test every competing team for COVID-19 and set up new deadlines for some traded player exceptions and player salary guarantees for the next season.[68]
  • June 23, 2020: The NBA began Phase 2 with every player being allowed to practice together again (albeit with 4-player limitations still underway with no group workouts, though up to 10 coaches would be in the facility with the players), with mandatory COVID-19 testing for every team competing in the resumed season, as well as providing self-reports on if either the players or members of their family feel sick or have symptoms of the virus.[67] Players signing onto teams with open spots available during this brief period signed contracts that were either for the rest of this season, two-year replacement deals (minimum salary of $101,504 for rookies with varying increases for each year up to a total of $209,803 for 10+ years in the NBA before receiving a proper veteran’s minimum salary for next season), or even a two-way contract in the event that was open for them, while teams would still open up more new space for their roster by either waiving any player of interest or converting a two-way contract into a regular contract for someone, if either were deemed necessary.[69][70] The Suns later reported that two of their own players (later revealed to involve Aron Baynes and Ricky Rubio) tested positive for the COVID-19 virus, leading to a temporary shutdown of workouts at the Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum for the day.[16]
  • June 24, 2020: Any players that could not compete in Orlando for the rest of this season for any reason had this as their initial last day to announce that they won't do so, though players that weren't out for medical reasons would not receive any extra pay as a result of their decision.
  • June 26, 2020: The NBA finalized their comprehensive plan to restart the season on July 30.[71] They also revealed that only 16 of the 302 players on teams resuming their seasons tested positive for COVID-19 under this time,[72] as well as the official resuming schedules for the remaining teams in action for this season.[73]
  • June 27, 2020: The Suns were eligible to sign a new two-way contract player to replace Jared Harper for this season, if they thought it was necessary to do so.
  • June 30, 2020: The first wave of returning training camps in their practice courts began for every team;[68] Cameron Payne, who last played for the Texas Legends in the NBA G League earlier this season, agreed to sign a two-year deal worth $2,173,299 with the Suns, with only the Orlando games played this season and $25,000 for next season being fully guaranteed for him.[74]
  • July 1, 2020: Head coach Monty Williams rejoined the team to help provide mandatory workouts under Phase 3 of the NBA's return, though teams still had a limit of no more than 8 players working out at one time.[67] The NBA also ended their period for any last-minute changes to their roster being made for the end of this season, as it was the hard-lined last day set by teams to submit their roster of eligible players to the league.[68][75] All substitute players signed during this period began training with the team, taking the place of some players that were either infected with COVID-19, protected or excused from participation for health reasons related to COVID-19, or voluntarily chose not to play by this date.[70] Any interviews done throughout the rest of this season (with few exceptions) were taken through Zoom.
  • July 4, 2020: Each team competing in Orlando for July got their scrimmage games announced before the resumed season began.[76]
  • July 7, 2020: The 22 playing teams began Phase 4 by traveling to Orlando, Florida to prepare for the return of this season, as well as began regular testing for COVID-19 during this period of time.[68] The Suns were one of the first teams to travel there on this date. Once everyone traveling (that wasn't infected earlier or wasn't out at the time for personal reasons) entered Walt Disney World, all players and team staff had to stay isolated in their rooms until they had two negative tests under a 24-hour period, with coaches, staff members, and some players wearing proximity sirens that buzzed if they spent more than 5 seconds within 6 feet in between another human afterward.[67]
  • July 9, 2020: The Suns alongside the other 21 competing teams began their second wave of training camp, which began after completing their quarantine period.[64]
  • July 11, 2020: Under Phase 4, every NBA team in Orlando was at the NBA campus, with every team there allowed to do group workouts again, though players and staff still had to undergo continuous COVID-19 tests, as well as temperature checks and other health tests. Every team was also only allowed to eat and participate in activities with other people staying in their hotels, with seeding requirements resulting in the Suns, the Washington Wizards, and the other four Western Conference teams competing for a playoff spot staying at Disney's Yacht Club Resort during this period.[67]
  • July 12, 2020: The Suns alongside the Wizards and the Los Angeles Clippers cancelled their scheduled practices for the day.[77]
  • July 13, 2020: Both the NBA & NBPA announced that two out of the 322 players tested in Orlando since entering the NBA Campus tested positive for COVID-19. This news came out after it was revealed that 19 more players had since been self-reported with the virus after July 1. Those two players in question had never left quarantine properly and have since left the campus to either return home or stay at an isolation house until they tested negative for the virus properly.[78]
  • July 16, 2020: The NBA added a new antibody test after reports of at least one player catching the COVID-19 virus earlier on, recovered from it and was cleared to travel to Walt Disney World after multiple negative tests, including tests given in the designated bubble area, but later tested positive while still inside the bubble area had surfaced.[79] The Suns also confirmed the permanent firings of assistant coaches Steve Blake and Larry Greer.[80]
  • July 17, 2020: The NBA announced that players would vote for the winners of what was to be the upcoming 2020 NBA Awards Show by making their choices based on results from before the league's suspension began, which helped keep the results fair for the eight remaining teams that had their seasons cut short from the COVID-19 pandemic.[81]
  • July 19, 2020: The NBA announced every competing team's official rosters for the 2020 NBA Bubble in Orlando; Tariq Owens, their only remaining two-way contract left for this season, was left off of Phoenix's roster altogether for this part of the season, most likely being left out for personal reasons of his own accord.[82]
  • July 20, 2020: The NBA announced that no players that were inside the bubble had been infected with COVID-19 recently.[83]
  • July 21, 2020: The NBA allowed for the media to begin voting for their winners for what was to be the 2020 NBA Awards Show, with that period lasting until July 28;[84] Ricky Rubio rejoined the Suns in Orlando having testing negative for COVID-19 multiple times in recent days.
  • July 22, 2020: In Phase 5, every team started playing three scrimmage games against other teams competing in Orlando, with all players and team staff members now allowed to socialize with anyone from any hotel between the Yacht Club, the Grand Floridian, and the Gran Destino destinations, though they still couldn't go into another player's hotel room.[67] Each team's first game for the scrimmage was shortened out at 40 minutes of length through 10 minute quarters instead of the usual 48 minutes with 12 minute quarters.[85] Aron Baynes and Ricky Rubio revealed in separate interviews that they were the two players from June that tested positive for COVID-19 earlier on.[86][87] A separate report also stated a third Suns player had also tested positive for the virus as well, though no further information was revealed in regard to who that player was.[88]
  • July 24, 2020: The NBA announced every team's message for each player's back of their jerseys if they wanted to display them on top of their number for the rest of the season; "Equality" was the message displayed the most by Phoenix through six different players (including All-Star shooting guard Devin Booker), followed by "Respect Us" by second-year players Deandre Ayton, Mikal Bridges, and Jevon Carter and then "Peace" by both Jalen Lecque and Kelly Oubre Jr. in the event either player actually played in the event; other messages include "Antiracist" for Dario Šarić, "Enough" for Ty Jerome, "Freedom" for Cheick Diallo, and "Justice" for Ricky Rubio.[89][90]
  • July 26, 2020: Élie Okobo rejoined the Suns in Orlando after initially not joining them in their trip due to personal reasons (later revealed to be relating to being free of COVID-19), coming in just in time for their last scrimmage game before the resumed season commenced.[91]
  • July 27, 2020: Aron Baynes was confirmed to no longer have tested positive for COVID-19 and began traveling to Orlando to reunite with the team.[92] However, because he arrived late into the scrimmage games for the season, he would miss multiple games in the resumed season to the virus before later not playing at all there.
  • July 29, 2020: The Phoenix Suns announced the sale of their NBA G League affiliate squad, the Northern Arizona Suns, to the Detroit Pistons, effective by the start of the 2021–22 NBA G League season.[93][94] No new cases of COVID-19 were found during this time for all 344 players there also.[95]
  • July 30, 2020: The NBA officially entered the final phase of their six phase plan and continued their season at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex near Walt Disney World after previously suspending the season for the last four months;[68] Jalen Lecque became the last Suns player to officially arrive in Orlando after originally not joining the team there for his own personal reasons (later revealed to also be free of COVID-19 himself). Because Lecque joined the team late to the point of the regular season beginning at this time, he would miss some of the team’s games for this period due to quarantine regulations in the NBA bubble as well.
  • July 31, 2020: The Suns played their first resumed regular season game on the road in Orlando against the Washington Wizards, getting a 125–112 win for the day.[96] They also announced the layoffs of around 30 individual jobs of varying occupations within the franchise, with reasons varying from being redundant to being outdated to being positions that impacted performance in a negative way and the layoffs not being related to any sort of renovations to the Talking Stick Resort Arena, plans with building their new practice facility, or even being related to COVID-19's impact on the world.[97]
  • August 5, 2020: Aron Baynes and Élie Okobo are both listed as out via injuries to their right ankles for most, if not all of this remaining season, though the NBA still recorded no new COVID-19 cases in the NBA Bubble for the regular season.[98][99]
  • August 6, 2020: With their 114–99 win over the Indiana Pacers, Phoenix entered their first 4-game winning streak since December 2014, doing it for the first time in Devin Booker's tenure with the team.
  • August 8, 2020: With their 119–112 win over the Miami Heat, Phoenix entered their first 5-game winning streak since late December 2014, making this the longest win streak so far in Devin Booker's tenure with the team.
  • August 10, 2020: With their blowout 128–101 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder, Phoenix entered their first 6-game winning streak since December 29, 2014, now making it their longest win streak with Devin Booker yet.
  • August 11, 2020: With their 130–117 win over the Philadelphia 76ers, Phoenix entered their first 7-game winning streak since March 2010, now officially being the longest winning streak with Devin Booker yet; the NBA also announced the creation of the All-Seeding Games honors for the best performances by players and head coaches for their performances in the 2020 NBA Bubble.[100]
  • August 13, 2020: The Suns played their last game of the resumed regular season against the Dallas Mavericks as the considered home team.[96] That night, they blew out the Mavericks with a 128–102 win and got an 8-game winning streak to end the regular season, their best winning streak since March 2010 and their biggest winning streak to end a season in franchise history.
  • August 15, 2020: The NBA hosted their unique play-in tournament (of one game) for the Western Conference for the eighth and ninth best teams there (which became the Portland Trail Blazers against the Memphis Grizzlies), while the Eastern Conference had their playoff teams set once the Washington Wizards were eliminated from playoff contention;[101] Monty Williams was voted as the near-unanimous winner of the NBA Coach of the Seeding Games for the team's perfect record in the 2020 NBA Bubble, while Devin Booker was voted second behind Damian Lillard for the Seeding Games' MVP Award, but was named a unanimous choice alongside Lillard and Luka Dončić for the All-Seeding Games First Team.[102]
  • August 17, 2020: The NBA began the 2020 Playoffs.[70]
  • August 18, 2020: A later report revealed that two or three more Suns players also tested positive for COVID-19 before entering the 2020 NBA Bubble, which were projected to include bench guards Élie Okobo and Jalen Lecque due to their late arrivals in Orlando.[15]
  • October 11, 2020: This long season officially concludes with the 2020 NBA Finals at the AdventHealth Arena ending with the Lakers winning their series 4–2 over the Heat. They dedicate their 2020 championship win to the city of Los Angeles and for Kobe Bryant, who passed away along with his eldest daughter Gianna and 7 other people in a helicopter crash back in January 2020.

Off-season

Front office changes

After the conclusion of the team's prior season, the Suns named James Jones their permanent general manager after serving as a coinciding interim general manager with Trevor Bukstein during the previous season. Bukstein was moved back to his original assistant general manager role by that time, while Jeff Bower became the senior vice president of basketball operations.[3] On April 30, 2019, the Suns announced the departure of long-standing athletic trainer and senior vice president of athlete health and performance Aaron Nelson.[19] Nelson left the Suns to be the new head athletic trainer for the New Orleans Pelicans, reuniting with David Griffin and Alvin Gentry there.[20] Starting with this season, Nelson's position was replaced by a newly created sports medicine and performance team. The position was headlined by Brady Howe as the senior director of player health and performance, with David Crewe being the director of medical services and head athletic trainer.[37]

During the regular season, Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald also joined the front office as a partial owner, business and basketball adviser for the Suns, as well as a player adviser for both the Suns and Phoenix Mercury on January 22, 2020.[103] On July 31, days after the Phoenix Suns announced the sale of their NBA G League affiliate Northern Arizona Suns franchise to the Detroit Pistons, the Phoenix Suns franchise also confirmed that around 30 different employees involved with the franchise were laid off for varying reasons. Those reasons for their layoffs ranged from being redundant to being outdated to impacting the franchise's performance as a whole. The timing of their layoffs were also considered not related to any of the renovations for the Talking Stick Resort Arena, any plans for building their new practice facility nearby the arena, or even the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic caused upon the world.[97]

Coaching changes

On April 22, 2019, the Suns fired head coach Igor Kokoškov after only one season with the team, despite giving him a three-year deal,[4] later firing the rest of the coaching staff the following day.[18] After this period, the Suns interviewed former New Orleans Hornets/Pelicans head coach and Philadelphia 76ers assistant coach Monty Williams and Portland Trail Blazers assistant coaches Nate Tibbetts and David Vanterpool.[5] Monty Williams agreed to a five-year deal to coach the Suns on May 3, which became effective on May 12 at the conclusion of the 76ers' playoff run against the eventual 2019 NBA Finals champions, the Toronto Raptors.[6] After a lengthy interviewing process with multiple assistant coach candidates, the Suns announced their new coaching staff on June 26, with Willie Green of the Golden State Warriors, Darko Rajaković and Mark Bryant of the Oklahoma City Thunder, Brooklyn Nets scout Randy Ayers, Larry Greer of the Minnesota Timberwolves, and Portland Trail Blazers on-court assistant Steve Blake being named assistant coaches; Gonzaga University's director of analysis Riccardo Fois and Philadelphia 76ers player development specialist Ben Strong were also named player development coaches.[7]

On July 16, 2020, during the team's stay in Orlando, Florida for the resumed season, the Suns released an updated coaching staff for the franchise during not just the rest of this season, but also intended for entering their next season as well.[80] In this updated coaching staff, the Suns confirmed the official firings of both Steve Blake and Larry Greer from the team. Both coaches were laid off sometime between June 1, the time where the NBA's coaches made their stand on the killing of George Floyd, and July 7, the beginning of their official trip out to Orlando for the rest of their season.[62] Furthermore, the Suns also announced the promotion of Riccardo Fois to being the director of player development, as well as the hiring of both Ryan Frazier as head video coordinator and former Austin Spurs and San Antonio Spurs assistant coach William Donovan III as the assistant video coordinator. Despite the sudden change before the restart, the Suns still finished their restart with a perfect run in the resumed season.

Draft
Main article: 2019 NBA draft
Round Pick Player Position(s) Nationality College / Club
1 6 Jarrett Culver Shooting Guard United States Texas Tech
2 32 KZ Okpala Small Forward United States Stanford

Entering the night of the 2019 NBA draft, the Suns held just one first-round pick and one second-round pick.[104] With the new lottery projections, the Suns were one of three teams with the best overall odds for a top-4 pick alongside the New York Knicks and Cleveland Cavaliers. Due to them having a tied record with the Cavaliers at the end of last season, a tiebreaker coin-flip to determine which team acquired the second-best odds for a top pick in the draft was held. The Suns lost the tiebreaker, resulting in them getting the third-best odds at #1 with a chance to fall as far back as pick #7. The tiebreaker also flipped for the second-round picks; Phoenix received the #32 pick while the Philadelphia 76ers via Cleveland received the #33 pick. At the night of the draft lottery, the Suns fell to #6, the furthest a team with the third-best odds had fallen in the NBA draft lottery as of this season, as well as the worst drop-off a team with less than 20 wins received after a season.[105] Phoenix also held a chance to acquire the Milwaukee Bucks' first-round pick the prior season, though it would not be acquired via the Bucks having the best regular-season record that season.[106]

On draft night, the Suns agreed to three separate trades, each involving different teams, which were all made official on July 6, 2019. The first trade involved trading small forward T. J. Warren to the Indiana Pacers and their second-round pick of the draft (which became small forward KZ Okpala of Stanford University) to the Miami Heat for cash considerations from Indiana for the purpose of opening up their salary cap in free agency.[24] Their second trade had the Suns trade the 6th pick of the draft (which became shooting guard Jarrett Culver from Texas Tech University) to the Minnesota Timberwolves in exchange for power forward Dario Šarić and Minnesota's own first-round pick at #11.[25] That selection became forward Cameron Johnson from the University of North Carolina, who became an All-ACC First Team member in the 2018–19 season. Johnson later became an efficient bench player for most of the season before performing as a capable starting power forward in the 2020 NBA Bubble. With their final trade, the Suns agreed to trade away the Milwaukee Bucks' future first-round pick (which was the 30th pick of next season's draft) to the Boston Celtics in exchange for center Aron Baynes and the 24th pick of the draft (which was earlier owned by the Philadelphia 76ers), point guard Ty Jerome from the University of Virginia.[26] Jerome was an All-ACC Third Team member in 2018 before being an All-ACC Second Team member in 2019 and winning the 2019 NCAA Tournament with Virginia. They also agreed to a partially guaranteed deal with Brewster Academy postgraduate student Jalen Lecque after the draft as an undrafted player, signing his deal alongside the other rookies on July 6, 2019.

Free agency
Main article: List of 2019–20 NBA season transactions

For this season, free agency began on June 30, 2019 at 6:00 P.M. EST instead of the previously typical July 1 at midnight EST period.[28] Players Dragan Bender (through being declined his fourth-year team option), Jamal Crawford, Troy Daniels, and Richaun Holmes all became unrestricted free agents as of the end of the 2018–19 NBA season, while Kelly Oubre Jr. became a restricted free agent. In addition, both Jimmer Fredette and Ray Spalding held non-guaranteed second seasons with the team, while Tyler Johnson held a player option for this season. Tyler Johnson exercised his player option on June 21,[107] while Jimmer Fredette and Ray Spalding were not guaranteed a second year with the team on June 24 and 29, respectively, though Spalding still played with the Suns during the 2019 NBA Summer League, while Fredette played for the Golden State Warriors there.[108][109] George King also had a two-way contract that expired this season, though he played for the Utah Jazz's Summer League team instead.

On June 30, Utah Jazz point guard Ricky Rubio agreed to a three-year deal worth $51 million to become the Suns' newest starting point guard, which was signed on July 8.[32] The next day, both Troy Daniels and Richaun Holmes agreed to new deals to join the Los Angeles Lakers and Sacramento Kings, respectively. Charlotte Hornets power forward/center Frank Kaminsky III also agreed to a two-year deal worth $10 million later that day, which was later signed on July 17.[34] On July 3, the Suns agreed to trade Josh Jackson, De'Anthony Melton, and two second-round picks to the Memphis Grizzlies for guards Kyle Korver and Jevon Carter,[31] with Korver being waived on July 8.[110] On July 6, the Suns signed undrafted Brewster Academy point guard Jalen Lecque to a partially guaranteed four-year deal (first two seasons fully guaranteed).[27][30] Four days later, Kelly Oubre Jr. agreed to a two-year extension worth $30 million to return with the team, which he signed on July 16.[33] On July 15, Jimmer Fredette signed with the Panathinaikos B.C. in Greece. The next day (which was also Kelly Oubre Jr.'s signing day), the Suns agreed to a two-year, $3.5 million deal with former New Orleans Pelicans power forward Cheick Diallo, which he signed on July 23,[35] and a two-way contract spot with Auburn University point guard Jared Harper, which he signed on August 3.[111] On July 21, George King signed a multi-year deal with the Dolomiti Energia Trento in Italy.[112] Dragan Bender later agreed to a partially guaranteed two-year deal with the Milwaukee Bucks on July 25,[113] officially signing with the Bucks on July 30.[114] Ray Spalding also agreed to a non-guaranteed deal with the Atlanta Hawks a day later on July 31, though he was waived before the preseason even concluded on October 8, 2019.[115] Spalding then signed with the Houston Rockets on October 10, 2019 before being waived after the preseason on the 19th and playing for the Rio Grande Valley Vipers in the NBA G League until he later signed a two-way contract with the Charlotte Hornets and Greensboro Swarm in early 2020. The only player that did not sign a new deal in the initial season was Jamal Crawford; he did not sign with any NBA team before the COVID-19 pandemic, but he did sign with the Brooklyn Nets inside the 2020 NBA Bubble out in Orlando as a replacement player for Spencer Dinwiddie on July 9, 2020 under their resumed season despite his signing being after the brief signing period of June 22-July 1, 2020.[116] However, Crawford only played in one game for his 20th season in the NBA before getting injured and later being ruled out for the rest of the season.

On September 27, 2019, the Phoenix Suns announced the signing of Auburn point guard Jared Harper on a two-way contract, as well as the training camp signings of Texas Tech forwards Tariq Owens and Norense Odiase and Ratiopharm Ulm guard David Krämer, a born Slovak raised in Austria that competitively represents Germany.[39][117][118] They later waived Owens, Odiase, and Krämer (the last of whom was injured during training camp) from the team after the conclusion of their preseason on October 15.[119] The Suns also signed and waived forwards Aaron Epps and Troy Williams on October 19.[120][121] Every player except for Williams later played for the Northern Arizona Suns afterward, with Troy playing for the U.S. Victoria Libertas Pallacanestro in Italy's Lega Basket Serie A. Owens eventually signed a two-way contract to return with the Phoenix Suns properly on January 15, 2020.[122][123] After failing to find a deal for Tyler Johnson during the trade deadline, he was waived from the team on February 10. Johnson was later replaced by former Philadelphia 76ers power forward Jonah Bolden on a 10-day contract two days later.[44] However, Bolden was not renewed for another 10-day contract by February 24 and did not sign with another team during this season, either before or after COVID-19 suspended this season. During the 2019–20 NBA season suspension caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Suns waived Jared Harper's two-way contract on March 14, noting the eventual cancellation of the 2019–20 NBA G League season as a consideration for him.[46][124] However, because his waiver was first announced on the day after the season was first suspended, his waiver was not regarded as official until June 23.[125]

When the NBA announced their plans to resume the 2019–20 season, they opened up a brief period from June 22 to July 1, 2020 where teams can expand their rosters to 17 players properly (meaning two-way contracts would play in the 2020 Playoffs due to the aftermath of this season's suspension) if they don't already have enough players to play with during their stay in Orlando, though even teams that aren't competing in Orlando will be able to make similar moves as well. Players signing in the resumed season for this period will only receive either short-term deals for the rest of the season, two-year deals with a minimum salary of 20/177th the value of the veteran's minimum for this season, or a two-way contract if eligible, with teams also eligible to waive players during that time, if necessary.[70] With Tyler Johnson waived after the trade deadline and not yet permanently replaced by Phoenix at the time combined with Jared Harper being waived on June 23 officially, the Suns had a chance to fill up both a regular open spot and an open two-way contract spot for the 2020 NBA Bubble. (Kelly Oubre Jr. was not eligible for replacement due to him being considered out via injury with a chance to recover in time.) While it was reported that the Suns had two of their own players (which were revealed to be Aron Baynes & Ricky Rubio, with later reports expanding the amount to four or five total) tested positive for COVID-19, which made them eligible for substitute players for this season (initially players with 0–3 seasons of NBA experience before later including veteran players as well), these players were ultimately not seriously affected for the resumed season to warrant such players due to them being discovered early in that period of time and were later able to travel to Orlando before the start of the season.[16] On June 30, 2020, the Suns signed point guard Cameron Payne, who last played for the Texas Legends in the NBA G League earlier this season, to a partially (later fully) guaranteed two-year deal worth a total of $2,173,299, with this season's guarantee of $196,288 for the Orlando period being the total veteran's minimum for his fourth season in the NBA for that section of the season.[74][126] He was the only contract signed for the Suns during that period, opting not to fill up their other two-way contract spot. Tariq Owens, their only remaining two-way contract left for the season, was later confirmed to not join the Suns in Orlando for July & August as well, though he was out for his own personal reasons. None of the 22 teams in the 2020 NBA Bubble required any further substitute players once this season resumed on July 30, 2020.

Roster
Roster listing
Phoenix Suns roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOB (YYYY-MM-DD)From
C 22 Ayton, Deandre 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1998–07–23 Arizona
F/C 46 Baynes, Aron  6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 260 lb (118 kg) 1986–12–09 Washington State
G 1 Booker, Devin 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 206 lb (93 kg) 1996–10–30 Kentucky
F 25 Bridges, Mikal 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 209 lb (95 kg) 1996–08–30 Villanova
G 4 Carter, Jevon 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1995–09–14 West Virginia
F/C 14 Diallo, Cheick 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 219 lb (99 kg) 1996–09–13 Kansas
G/F 10 Jerome, Ty 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1997–07–08 Virginia
F 23 Johnson, Cameron 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1996–03–03 North Carolina
F/C 8 Kaminsky, Frank 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1993–04–04 Wisconsin
G 0 Lecque, Jalen 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 2000–06–13 Brewster Academy (NH)
G/F 2 Okobo, Élie 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1997–10–23 France
G/F 3 Oubre, Kelly  6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 203 lb (92 kg) 1995–12–09 Kansas
F 41 Owens, Tariq (TW) 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1995–06–30 Texas Tech
G 15 Payne, Cameron (SP) 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 183 lb (83 kg) 1994–08–08 Murray State
G 11 Rubio, Ricky 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1990–10–21 Spain
F 20 Šarić, Dario 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1994–04–08 Croatia
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • (GL) On assignment to G League affiliate
  • (TW) Two-way affiliate player
  • (SP) Substitute player
  • Injured

Roster
Last transaction: 2020–08–13

Salaries
Player 2019–20 Salary
Devin Booker $27,285,000
Ricky Rubio $16,200,000
Kelly Oubre Jr. $15,625,000
Deandre Ayton $9,562,920
Aron Baynes $5,453,280
Frank Kaminsky III $4,767,000
Mikal Bridges $4,161,000
Cameron Johnson $4,033,440
Dario Šarić $3,481,985
Ty Jerome $2,193,480
Cheick Diallo $1,678,854
Élie Okobo $1,416,852
Jevon Carter $1,416,852
Jalen Lecque $898,310
Cameron Payne $196,288
Tariq Owens $50,000
Total $98,420,261

The Suns were also left with the dead salary cap space of $3,440,000 from Kyle Korver to start the season, as well as removed Tyler Johnson's $19,245,370 on February 10, 2020. They also waived Jared Harper's two-way contract from the team after the season was suspended (though his salary of at least $79,568 didn't count toward their official salary), as well as signed Cameron Payne to a modified, 20/177th value of the veteran's minimum salary for the resumed season.[127]

Preseason

The preseason schedule was announced on July 29, 2019.[128] Their preseason schedule was the second-shortest preseason in franchise history, behind the lockout shortened 2011–12 season.[129] All home games played under this time were only viewed locally through the team's official website with recording done via Livestream.com, while road games were only available online outside of the team's area, similar to their last few preseasons. However, all games were heard through local radio stations as an alternative. The Suns ended their preseason with a 2–2 record.

2019 preseason game log
Total: 2–2 (Home: 1–1; Road: 1–1)
Preseason: 2–2 (Home: 1–1; Road: 1–1)
2019–20 season schedule

Scrimmage games

On June 16, 2020, the NBA provided a six phase plan for each team competing at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex nearby Walt Disney World.[64] For the fifth phase, the 22 teams left competing in Orlando played three scrimmage games behind closed doors against teams living in hotels nearby each other. For the Suns, they competed in games against other teams staying in Disney's Coronado Springs Resort for the month of July, which were the Utah Jazz, Boston Celtics, and the defending champion Toronto Raptors, all in different arenas hosting these teams at the complex.[76] Unlike in the preseason, the three scrimmage games the Suns played in aired live on Fox Sports Arizona as well as local radio stations alongside the rest of the resumed games for the regular season.[130] They also began wearing cloth face masks to protect themselves from catching COVID-19 for safety purposes. Each team's first game in the scrimmage had only 10-minute quarters for 40-minute games instead of the usual 12-minute quarters for 48 minute games due to a combination of easing players back into action and how teams like the Suns did not have everyone arrive initially on their respective dates.[85] Their last game began the experiment of virtual fans seeing the game live due to the temporary setup for the complex under this period, which was to be used for the rest of the season.[131][132] Phoenix finished their scrimmage games with a 2–1 record, winning their 40-minute game against the Utah Jazz, but losing to Boston and winning against Toronto in their regular, 48-minute matches.

2020 preseason game log
Total: 2–1 (Home: 1–0; Road: 1–1)
Scrimmages: 2–1 (Home: 1–0; Road: 1–1)
2019–20 season schedule

Regular season

On June 7, 2019, the NBA announced that the Suns would play against the San Antonio Spurs on December 14, 2019 at the Mexico City Arena in Mexico City.[133] That game ended in an overtime loss to San Antonio. The NBA later announced the rest of the league's schedule on August 12.[36] After the first game of the season, Deandre Ayton was suspended for 25 games due to diuretic usage. Despite that setback alongside multiple serious injuries to the team, under the original schedule, the Suns put up a 26–39 record for the season, which already was their best record in over five seasons.

On March 11, 2020, the NBA postponed the rest of the regular season, effective after the end of most of the league’s games played that night. This period left most of the regular season games scheduled throughout March and April in jeopardy of cancellation due to the long suspension. The Suns ended their initial season being six games out of the playoffs from that period, just barely qualifying for resumption. On June 4, the NBA agreed to resume the regular season for 22 teams, including the Suns, behind closed doors at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Orlando, Florida. Each team only received eight new regular season games for late July and early August before a play-in tournament began with the top two teams for Seed 8 being at least four games apart from each other before the already qualified teams went straight into the 2020 NBA Playoffs. The NBA revealed every team’s remaining schedules on June 26, with the Suns having a shuffled period of the initial 8 games they originally had against bubble qualified teams from March 14-April 1, 2020 rescheduled for July 31-August 13, 2020.[73]

Every scheduled game the Suns played in the 2020 NBA Bubble (including their game against the Los Angeles Clippers that aired on NBA TV, as well as the last regular season game against the Dallas Mavericks that aired early on TNT, both held at the AdventHealth Arena in the designated bubble area) still aired on Fox Sports Arizona, though their entire broadcasting crew was working remotely in Arizona during these games.[134] The team also started wearing special cloth face masks during the remaining games played this season, as well as wore "Black Lives Matter" t-shirts before games and kneeling down for the national anthem.[135] Every game these 22 teams competed in during this stretch counted for their overall regular season records. They also provided a potential jump up with playoff and draft placements in the 2020 NBA draft in the event the Suns made it to the playoffs properly, though they would not count for any potential impact in the NBA draft lottery for that upcoming draft. With their resumed season, the Suns managed to get a perfect 8–0 return in the 2020 NBA Bubble to end their regular season at 34–39. However, they did not reach the play-in tournament due to the Portland Trail Blazers having a better record and the Memphis Grizzlies having the tiebreaker over Phoenix this season.

Game log
2019–20 game log
Total: 34–39 (Home: 17–22; Road: 17–17)
October: 3–2 (Home: 2–1; Road: 1–1)
November : 5–8 (Home: 3–6; Road: 2–2)
December : 5–9 (Home: 1–4; Road: 4–5)
January : 7–8 (Home: 3–5; Road: 4–3)
February : 4–9 (Home: 2–4; Road: 2–5)
March : 2–2 (Home: 2–1; Road: 0–1)
Seeding games: 8–0 (Home: 4–0; Road: 4–0)
Cancelled games
2019–20 season schedule

Standings
Pacific Division W L PCT GB Home Road Div GP
c – Los Angeles Lakers 52 19 .732 0.0 25–10 27–9 10–3 71
x – Los Angeles Clippers 49 23 .681 3.5 27–9 22–14 8–6 72
Phoenix Suns 34 39 .466 19.0 17–22 17–17 6–9 73
Sacramento Kings 31 41 .431 21.5 16–19 15–22 8–5 72
Golden State Warriors 15 50 .231 34.0 8–26 7–24 2–11 65
Western Conference
# Team W L PCT GB GP
1 c – Los Angeles Lakers * 52 19 .732 – 71
2 x – Los Angeles Clippers 49 23 .681 3.5 72
3 y – Denver Nuggets * 46 27 .630 7.0 73
4 y – Houston Rockets * 44 28 .611 8.5 72
5 x – Oklahoma City Thunder 44 28 .611 8.5 72
6 x – Utah Jazz 44 28 .611 8.5 72
7 x – Dallas Mavericks 43 32 .573 11.0 75
8 x – Portland Trail Blazers 35 39 .473 18.5 74
9 Memphis Grizzlies 34 39 .466 19.0 73
10 Phoenix Suns 34 39 .466 19.0 73
11 San Antonio Spurs 32 39 .451 20.0 71
12 Sacramento Kings 31 41 .431 21.5 72
13 New Orleans Pelicans 30 42 .417 22.5 72
14 Minnesota Timberwolves 19 45 .297 29.5 64
15 Golden State Warriors 15 50 .231 34.0 65

Player statistics

Before season suspension
Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game
Phoenix Suns statistics
Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Deandre Ayton 302533.2.548.000.76912.01.90.71.719.0
Aron Baynes 422822.2.480.351.7475.61.60.20.511.5
Jonah Bolden* 3011.0.250.0001.0002.70.00.70.72.0
Devin Booker 626236.1.487.360.9164.26.60.70.326.1
Mikal Bridges 652427.3.516.352.8484.01.81.40.68.7
Jevon Carter 50215.1.400.393.8402.01.30.80.34.6
Cheick Diallo 44210.6.650.500.8652.90.50.20.34.8
Jared Harper 302.7.250.000.0000.00.00.00.00.7
Ty Jerome 28011.3.349.277.7861.51.50.50.13.5
Cameron Johnson 49120.3.418.397.7612.91.10.60.38.1
Tyler Johnson* 31316.6.380.389.7501.71.60.40.35.7
Frank Kaminsky 321322.4.455.348.6704.92.20.40.311.0
Jalen Lecque 406.5.400.0001.0000.00.50.00.02.5
Élie Okobo 54313.1.398.352.6871.62.10.40.14.0
Kelly Oubre Jr. 565534.5.452.352.7806.41.51.30.718.7
Tariq Owens 305.0.200.0001.0001.00.00.30.01.3
Ricky Rubio 575731.6.412.351.8534.68.91.50.213.1
Dario Šarić 585024.8.462.341.8325.91.90.60.310.1

* – Stats with the Suns.

After season suspension
Phoenix Suns statistics
Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Deandre Ayton 383232.5.546.231.75311.51.90.71.518.2
Aron Baynes 422822.2.480.351.7475.61.60.20.511.5
Jonah Bolden* 3011.0.250.0001.0002.70.00.70.72.0
Devin Booker 707035.9.489.354.9194.26.50.70.326.6
Mikal Bridges 733228.0.510.361.8444.01.81.40.69.1
Jevon Carter 58216.3.416.425.8522.01.40.80.34.9
Cheick Diallo 47210.2.648.333.8722.80.50.20.34.7
Jared Harper 302.7.250.000.0000.00.00.00.00.7
Ty Jerome 31010.6.336.280.7501.51.40.50.13.3
Cameron Johnson 57922.0.435.390.8073.31.20.60.48.8
Tyler Johnson* 31316.6.380.389.7501.71.60.40.35.7
Frank Kaminsky 391319.9.450.331.6784.51.90.40.39.7
Jalen Lecque 506.3.400.0001.0000.40.40.00.02.0
Élie Okobo 55313.1.398.352.7041.62.10.40.14.0
Kelly Oubre Jr. 565534.5.452.352.7806.41.51.30.718.7
Tariq Owens 305.0.200.0001.0001.00.00.30.01.3
Cameron Payne** 8022.9.485.517.8573.93.01.00.310.9
Ricky Rubio 656531.0.415.361.8634.78.81.40.213.0
Dario Šarić 665124.7.476.357.8446.21.90.60.210.7

** – Joined team for their resumed season in the 2020 NBA Bubble.

Awards and records

Awards

All-Star
  • On January 30, 2020, Deandre Ayton was once again named a member of the World Team for the Rising Stars Challenge. However, due to a left ankle injury sustained on February 10, he abstained from playing in the event, being replaced by Nicolò Melli.[139]
  • On February 13, 2020, Devin Booker was named an All-Star for the first time in his career, replacing Damian Lillard for both the Three-Point Contest and the 2020 NBA All-Star Game as a member for Team LeBron.[140]
    • Booker became the runner-up in the Three-Point Contest for 2020, coming behind Buddy Hield by tying him in the first round, but losing to him by one point in the final round. He also put up six points, four rebounds, and a block coming off the bench with 19 minutes played in Team LeBron's 157–155 win over Team Giannis.

Records
  • From December 28, 2019 until January 7, 2020, Devin Booker joined James Harden, Russell Westbrook, LeBron James, and Tracy McGrady as the only players to put up 30+ points and 6+ assists in six straight games, dating back to the 1983–84 NBA season. He also became the only player to shoot at least 47% in each of those games.[141]
  • On January 28, 2020, Devin Booker became the youngest (shooting) guard to reach 7,000, breaking a record previously set by Kobe Bryant.[142]
  • On March 6, 2020, Aron Baynes became only the second player in league history to score 35+ points with 9 three-pointers made and grab 15+ rebounds in a single game, with the first player being James Harden.[143]
  • By the end of the regular season in August, this season's Suns team broke the 1989–90 Boston Celtics' record for highest free-throw percentage in a season at over 83.2% efficiency by shooting their free-throws at an 83.4% efficiency rate.[144][145] However, the record can be considered one with an asterisk on it due to it not being completed under a full, 82 game schedule via the COVID-19 pandemic.

Team records
  • On October 12, 2019, the Suns set a preseason record for most three-pointers made in a single game with 24 made in a win over the Portland Trail Blazers.[146]
  • On October 23, 2019, Ricky Rubio tied Elliot Perry as the only players to put up 11 assists in their Suns debut games.[147]
  • The 43–14 first quarter the Suns scored for a 29-point lead against the Golden State Warriors on October 30, 2019 became the team's largest lead by the end of a first quarter in franchise history, beating the 24-point lead held against the Utah Jazz back on January 5, 1994.[148]
  • On November 5, 2019, Devin Booker became the first player in franchise history to score at least fifteen field goals and 3 three-pointers while making 75% or more of his shot attempts in both areas.[8]
  • Throughout the team's first seven games of the season, the Suns scored 89 three-point field goals, breaking a team record set back in the 2009–10 season.[149]
  • From December 27, 2019 until January 7, 2020, Devin Booker set the franchise record of 7 consecutive 30+ point games, previously set (and then repeated) at 5 games by Charlie Scott and later tied by Charles Barkley.[150][141]
  • On February 8, 2020, Deandre Ayton became the quickest player in franchise history to reach 1,000 rebounds with 19 grabbed against the Denver Nuggets, getting to that mark in only 94 games played with Phoenix.[151]
  • On March 6, 2020, Aron Baynes tied former Suns players Quentin Richardson and Channing Frye for the franchise record of most three-pointers made in a single game.[152]
  • On August 6, 2020, Devin Booker became the quickest player in franchise history to reach 200 20-point games for the Suns, reaching that amount in 338 total games played with Phoenix. He reached the 20-point barrier with a three-point play at 4:32 in the fourth quarter in a 114–99 win against the Indiana Pacers as the home team.[153][154] He also became the sixth youngest player in league history to reach that mark and the fastest Suns player to get 200 20+ point games.[155][156]
  • On August 8, 2020, Cameron Johnson broke a record previously set by Wesley Person for the fastest player to reach 100 three-pointers made in franchise history. He would score a three-pointer in the first quarter that day before ending the night with one more for 101 three-pointers this season in a 119–112 win over the Miami Heat as the road team, breaking Wesley Person's record of 72 games in only 54 games played.[153][157]
  • On August 10, 2020, Devin Booker tied a record previously set by Walter Davis for the most games of 30+ points scored for the Suns with 35 points in a blowout 128–101 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder as the home team.[158]
    • A day later, Devin Booker broke the record with another 35-point romp for a 130–117 win over the Philadelphia 76ers as the road team.[159]
  • At the end of the season on August 13, Cameron Johnson held the overall pace to become the franchise's record holder for most three-pointers made in their rookie season with 106 total in the shortened season, being on pace to break Wesley Person's record of 116 there properly had the season not been interrupted.

Milestones

Team milestones
  • On November 2, 2019, Devin Booker surpassed former teammate Jared Dudley to be the seventh-highest scoring three-point shooter in franchise history with three three-point field goals made in a win over the Memphis Grizzlies.
  • Devin Booker became the 17th player in franchise history to score over 6,000 points for the Suns, scoring 40 points in a win over the Philadelphia 76ers on November 5, 2019.[8]
    • Booker then surpassed Neal Walk to become the 16th highest scoring player in franchise history the next game three days later with 22 points scored in a loss to the Miami Heat.
  • On December 7, 2019, Devin Booker surpassed Hall of Famer and Phoenix Suns Ring of Honor member Connie Hawkins to become the 15th highest scoring player in franchise history with 35 points scored in a loss to the Houston Rockets.[161]
  • Devin Booker later surpassed his (first) rookie season head coach, Jeff Hornacek, on the scoring list only four days later with 15 points scored to then become the 14th highest scorer in franchise history in a loss to the Memphis Grizzlies.[162]
  • On December 21, 2019, Devin Booker surpassed his one-time former teammate, Leandro Barbosa, to become the 13th highest scoring player in franchise history with 19 points scored in a loss to the Houston Rockets.[163]
  • On December 30, 2019, Devin Booker surpassed Hall of Famer and Phoenix Suns Ring of Honor member Charles Barkley with 33 points scored in a 122–116 win over the Portland Trail Blazers to become the 12th highest scoring player in franchise history.[164]
  • On January 10, 2020, Devin Booker tied former power forward/center Channing Frye as the sixth-highest three-point shooter in franchise history with four three-point field goals made in a win over the Orlando Magic.
    • Booker then surpassed Frye in the next game just two days later with one made in a win over the Charlotte Hornets.
  • Devin Booker became the 12th player in franchise history to score at least 7,000 points for the Phoenix Suns, reaching that point with 32 points (20 scored in the third quarter) in a 133–104 blowout win over the Dallas Mavericks on January 28, 2020.[142]
  • On February 7, 2020, Devin Booker surpassed former shooting guard Raja Bell with four three-point shots made in a blowout win over the Houston Rockets to become the fifth-best three-point shooter in franchise history.
  • On March 8, 2020, Devin Booker not only tied Amar'e Stoudemire with the second-most 30+ point games in the franchise at 86 behind only Walter Davis at 90, but he also tied former forward Shawn Marion for being the team's fourth-best three-point shooter in a 140–131 win over the Milwaukee Bucks.
    • He later surpassed Shawn Marion by the end of their last originally scheduled NBA game played with two three-pointers made two days later against the Portland Trail Blazers, their last game before this season's suspension began.
    • On August 2, 2020, Devin Booker reached 87 games of 30+ points with the Suns against the Dallas Mavericks in Orlando, being the official second-highest player in franchise history to score 30+ points in games with Phoenix. That night, he scored 32 before being fouled out of the game in a close 117–115 win over Dallas as the home team.[165]
  • On August 4, 2020, Devin Booker tied Walter Davis for the most buzzer-beating, game-winning shots in franchise history with a buzzer-beating two-pointer over both Paul George and Kawhi Leonard in their close 117–115 win over the Los Angeles Clippers as the road team.[166]
  • On August 10, 2020, Devin Booker tied Walter Davis for the most 30+ point games with Phoenix, having 90 games with that amount scored (also reaching it with a near half-court three-pointer early in the third quarter) in a blowout 128–101 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder as the home team.[158]
    • Booker later broke Walter Davis' record for the most 30+ point games with the Suns a day later, scoring 35 points in a 130–117 win over the Philadelphia 76ers as the road team.[159]

Injuries, suspensions, and personal games missed
Player Duration Reason(s) for missed time Games missed
Start End
Cameron Johnson October 23, 2019 October 26, 2019 Sore left calf 2
Ty Jerome October 23, 2019 December 2, 2019 Right ankle sprain 18
Deandre Ayton October 24, 2019 December 17, 2019 Suspended for diuretics 25
Ricky Rubio October 26, 2019 October 28, 2019 Left knee contusion 1
Ricky Rubio November 18, 2019 November 19, 2019 Back spasms 1
Aron Baynes November 19, 2019 November 29, 2019 Right hip contusion 5
Ricky Rubio November 21, 2019 November 27, 2019 Back ailment 3
Cheick Diallo December 2, 2019 December 4, 2019 Illness 1
Aron Baynes December 2, 2019 December 9, 2019 Left calf contusion 4
Devin Booker December 14, 2019 December 20, 2019 Right forearm contusion 3
Cameron Johnson December 17, 2019 December 20, 2019 Left hip soreness 1
Tyler Johnson December 17, 2019 December 21, 2019 Illness 2
Deandre Ayton December 20, 2019 December 30, 2019 Right ankle sprain 5
Ricky Rubio December 21, 2019 December 23, 2019 Illness 1
Frank Kaminsky December 30, 2019 July 31, 2020* Sore right knee / Left patella stress fracture 33 + 17†
Ricky Rubio January 13, 2020 January 15, 2020 Personal Reasons (Birth of his son.)[167] 1
Kelly Oubre Jr. January 15, 2020 January 20, 2020 Placed on the concussion protocol 2
Cameron Johnson January 18, 2020 February 7, 2020 Bruised right quadriceps / Contusion 10
Aron Baynes January 20, 2020 February 21, 2020 Sore left hip 13
Dario Šarić January 31, 2020 February 21, 2020 Left ankle sprain 7
Ricky Rubio February 2, 2020 February 4, 2020 Right ankle sprain 1
Ty Jerome February 2, 2020 February 7, 2020 Sore left calf 3
Tyler Johnson February 3, 2020 February 10, 2020‡ Sore right knee 4‡
Deandre Ayton February 10, 2020 February 21, 2020 Sore left ankle 2
Kelly Oubre Jr. February 25, 2020 The rest of the season° Right meniscus tear (Later rehab in Orlando) 15 + 17†
Deandre Ayton March 3, 2020 July 31, 2020* Left ankle sprain 3 + 17†
Cameron Johnson March 6, 2020 July 31, 2020* Mono 3 + 17†
Aron Baynes June 23, 2020≈ The rest of the resumed season Tested positive for COVID-19 / Quarantined / Right knee contusion 8
Jalen Lecque July 7, 2020≈ August 10, 2020 Personal Reasons (COVID-19) / Quarantined 5
Tariq Owens July 7, 2020 The rest of the resumed season° Voluntarily did not join the team 8
Élie Okobo August 6, 2020 August 13, 2020 Right ankle sprain 4

* - Officially returned during the 2020 NBA Bubble seeding games.
† - Original scheduled games lost during the suspension by the COVID-19 pandemic.
‡ - Waived before returning to health.
° - Voluntarily out for the rest of the season, regardless of either personal or other medical reasons.
≈ - Infected with COVID-19 during the season’s resumption.

Transactions
Main article: List of 2019–20 NBA season transactions

Trades
July 6, 2019[24][168] Three–team trade
To Indiana Pacers
T.J. Warren (from Phoenix)
2022 second-round pick (from Miami)
2025 second-round pick (from Miami)
2026 second-round pick (from Miami)
 To Miami Heat

Draft rights to #32 pick KZ Okpala (from Phoenix)

To Phoenix Suns

Cash Considerations (from Indiana)

July 6, 2019[25] To Phoenix Suns
Dario Šarić
Draft rights to #11 pick Cameron Johnson
 To Minnesota Timberwolves

Draft rights to #6 pick Jarrett Culver

July 6, 2019[26] To Phoenix Suns
/ Aron Baynes
Draft rights to #24 pick Ty Jerome (from Philadelphia via Boston)
 To Boston Celtics

2020 protected first-round pick (from Milwaukee via Phoenix)

July 7, 2019[31] To Phoenix Suns
Jevon Carter
Kyle Korver
 To Memphis Grizzlies
Josh Jackson
De'Anthony Melton
2020 second-round pick
2021 protected second-round pick[I]

^ I: Memphis only gets Phoenix's 2021 second-round pick if their selection goes inside the Top-35; otherwise that pick goes to the Brooklyn Nets instead as a result of a previous trade involving them.

Re-Signed
Player Signed Date
Kelly Oubre Jr.[33] Signed 2-year deal worth $30 million July 16, 2019

Additions
Player Signed Former team(s)
Jalen Lecque[27] Signed 4-year partially guaranteed deal worth $6,129,593[a] Brewster Academy Bobcats
Ricky Rubio[32] Signed 3-year deal worth $51,000,000 Utah Jazz
Frank Kaminsky III[34] Signed 2-year partially guaranteed deal worth $10,000,000[b] Charlotte Hornets
Cheick Diallo[35] Signed 2-year partially guaranteed deal worth $3,500,000[b] New Orleans Pelicans
Jared Harper[111][39] Signed two-way contract worth at least $79,568[169][170][c] Auburn Tigers
Tariq Owens[122][123] Signed Exhibit 10 / two-way contract worth at least $50,000[d] Texas Tech Red Raiders / Northern Arizona Suns[e]
Jonah Bolden[44] Signed a 10-day contract worth $81,677[f] Philadelphia 76ers
Cameron Payne[74] Signed 2-year partially guaranteed deal worth $2,173,299[g] Toronto Raptors / Shanxi Guotou Loongs / Texas Legends[h]

^ a: Jalen Lecque's first two seasons with the team are fully guaranteed, but the third year is only partially guaranteed and his fourth year is non-guaranteed.
^ b: Both Frank Kaminsky and Cheick Diallo held deals that were only fully guaranteed if their respective team options were approved by next season.
^ c: Players that signed a two-way contract this season received the minimum of $79,568 throughout the duration of this season, with the maximum amount of potential earned revenue being $410,706 this season.
^ d: Tariq Owens originally signed a training camp deal on September 27, 2019 for a shot at competing for an open two-way contract. However, because he failed to get that contract during training camp and later signed up for that contract on the original last possible day two-way contracts could be signed with any NBA teams for the regular season, his guaranteed salary from the contract was cut from the standard two-way contract rate to the minimum salary of at least $50,000 for the year 2020 as a part of the Exhibit 10 clause.[171]
^ e: Tariq Owens previously signed with the Phoenix Suns as an undrafted free agent from Texas Tech University during their original training camp period for the season on September 27, 2019 before being waived by the end of the preseason. He then joined the NBA G League affiliate Northern Arizona Suns by November 8, 2019 before rejoining Phoenix as the team's second two-way contract for the rest of the (initial) regular season on January 15, 2020.
^ f: Jonah Bolden originally signed with Phoenix on February 12, 2020, a few days before the 2020 NBA All-Star Weekend. Because the length didn't originally extend into the required games necessary for the contract's length, Bolden stayed with the team for an extra day under this signing.
^ g: Because Cameron Payne signed with the Suns during the brief period of June 22-July 1, 2020, Payne only received a total of $196,288 for the rest of this season before potentially getting a proper salary of $1,977,011 for the next season, equalling his veteran's minimum salary available for the resumed season and upcoming next season.
^ h: Cameron Payne initially signed with the defending champion Toronto Raptors on July 25, 2019, but he did not make it to their regular season roster on October 19 after being dismissed from training camp. After being cut from the team, Payne then signed a deal with the Shanxi Guotou Loongs in China, though he was waived by Shanxi on January 2, 2020 after only playing a couple of games for them. Because he was waived by Shanxi before the COVID-19 pandemic struck internationally from China to the United States, Payne was cleared to play for the Texas Legends during this season on January 25, where he played for them until the suspension and eventual cancellation of the 2019–20 NBA G League season. Because he last played for the NBA G League and not China, Payne was eligible to sign with Phoenix for the rest of this season, as well as for all of their next season on June 30, 2020, though he'll only earn $25,000 initially for that next season.

Subtractions
Player Reason left New team(s)
T. J. Warren Traded Indiana Pacers
Jimmer Fredette[108] Waived Panathinaikos B.C. OPAP[i]
Ray Spalding[115] Waived Atlanta Hawks / Houston Rockets / Rio Grande Valley Vipers / Charlotte Hornets / Greensboro Swarm[j]
George King[112] Two-way contract expired Dolomiti Energia Trento / Stelmet Enea BC Zielona Góra[k]
Troy Daniels[172] Unrestricted free agent Los Angeles Lakers / Denver Nuggets[l]
Richaun Holmes[173] Unrestricted free agent Sacramento Kings
Josh Jackson
De'Anthony Melton		 Traded Memphis Grizzlies / Memphis Hustle[m]
Kyle Korver[110][174] Waived Milwaukee Bucks
Dragan Bender[114] Unrestricted free agent Milwaukee Bucks / Wisconsin Herd / Golden State Warriors[n]
Jamal Crawford[116] Unrestricted free agent Brooklyn Nets[o]
Tyler Johnson[175] Waived Brooklyn Nets[p]
Jonah Bolden 10-day contract expired Unknown[q]
Jared Harper[176] Waived two-way contract[r] New York Knicks / Westchester Knicks[s]

^ i: Jimmer Fredette would play with the Golden State Warriors in the 2019 NBA Summer League and Team Fredette for The Basketball Tournament 2019 before signing for the Panathinaikos B.C. OPAP in Greece for the rest of the season on July 15, 2019. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the resulting seasons in both Greece and the EuroLeague were cut short and eventually cancelled altogether, with no chances to return to the NBA this season being available for him.
^ j: Ray Spalding signed a deal with the Atlanta Hawks after the end of the 2019 NBA Summer League on July 31, 2019. However, Spalding would only play in their training camp and preseason before being waived on October 8, 2019. He then signed with the Houston Rockets for their preseason on October 10, 2019 before being waived nine days later on October 19. After that point, he joined Houston's NBA G League affiliate team, the Rio Grande Valley Vipers, on November 8 before signing a two-way contract with the Charlotte Hornets on January 15, 2020. During that period, he played only for the Greensboro Swarm, as he did not have the chance to play for the Hornets properly this season due to the 2019–20 NBA season suspension ending Charlotte's season prematurely. However, he would play in inter-squad scrimmage games set up by the NBA in late September and early October 2020, potentially earning the right to return to Charlotte for next season.
^ k: George King originally played with the Utah Jazz before signing a deal to play with the Dolomiti Energia Trento in Italy on July 21, 2019. He then played with the Stelmet Enea BC Zielona Góra in Poland on January 17, 2020, though neither team would finish their respective seasons due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Furthermore, King would not be granted permission to return to the NBA this season as a result of playing overseas during the pandemic.
^ l: Troy Daniels originally signed a one-year deal with the Los Angeles Lakers on July 7, 2019. However, Daniels was later waived by the Lakers on March 1, 2020, the original last possible day a player could be waived and still compete for the 2020 NBA Playoffs with another team. He was then claimed off waivers by the Denver Nuggets four days later on March 5, even playing a game for Denver before the 2019–20 NBA season suspension took place. However, they would recover to play for more games in Orlando for the rest of the regular season and playoffs afterward, including being involved in the 2020 Western Conference Finals against the eventual champion Lakers.
^ m: Both Josh Jackson and De'Anthony Melton were traded to the Memphis Grizzlies on July 7, 2019. However, both Jackson and Melton also spent time with the Grizzlies' NBA G League affiliate, the Memphis Hustle, during this season.
^ n: Dragan Bender originally received a deal with the Milwaukee Bucks on July 25, 2019 and signed with them five days later. However, Bender spent most of his season with the Wisconsin Herd, albeit also playing a few games with the Bucks, before being waived by Milwaukee (with guaranteed money) on February 10, 2020. He then signed a 10-day contract with the Golden State Warriors on February 23, impressing them enough to earn a second 10-day contract on March 5. However, Bender's second 10-day contract ended in limbo due to this season's suspension, which led to the season's early closure for Golden State with the worst record in the league this season. Furthermore, because the contract ended prematurely thanks to COVID-19, he could not return with the Warriors after that contract expired by the season's return, even if the Warriors wanted to with their inter-squad scrimmages in late September and early October. He eventually signed a deal with Maccabi Tel Aviv to return with them in Israel on September 23, with an out-clause to return to the NBA if he improves well enough there.
^ o: Jamal Crawford did not receive any opportunities to play anywhere either in the NBA or overseas during the original regular season. However, he did receive a substitute player’s option with the Brooklyn Nets for the rest of the season in the 2020 NBA Bubble on July 9, 2020 despite it being after the brief signing period of June 22-July 1, 2020 where he was considered the most eligible to sign a new contract for the season. Crawford was replacing guard Spencer Dinwiddie, who caught the COVID-19 virus back in June and was not recommended to travel with the team, during the Nets' time in Orlando, Florida. He also became the eighth player to play in at least 20 seasons with his brief stint for the Nets.
^ p: Tyler Johnson did not sign with a new team before the suspension of this season. However, Johnson received a new deal with the Brooklyn Nets on June 24, 2020, replacing Theo Pinson's position during the NBA's brief period of making new moves for the return of this season and later being reunited with former teammate Jamal Crawford during the Nets' stay in Orlando this season. Furthermore, Johnson was eligible to play in the 2020 NBA Playoffs since he was waived after the trade deadline in February.
^ q: Due to the 2019–20 NBA season suspension, Jonah Bolden had the potential to receive a new deal by any one of the 22 NBA teams competing in this season's resumption period in the event he was called up as a replacement player for a team during the regular season and/or playoffs if a player's infected with COVID-19. However, due to the 2020 NBA Bubble working very effectively against the virus, to the point where none of the players or NBA staff that entered the Bubble once the resumed season truly began did not catch COVID-19 there at all, none of the teams competing in Orlando ended up opening a spot up for Bolden during this season or in these playoffs.
^ r: Jared Harper was initially waived by the Phoenix Suns on March 12, 2020 during the season's suspension, noting the eventual cancellation of the 2019–20 NBA G League season as a reason for waiving him, though his waiver was not regarded as official by the NBA until June 23 later that year due to the announced move being made after the suspension of the season began.
^ s: Jared Harper's two-way contract was claimed by the New York Knicks before reaching free agency on June 25, 2020, keeping the previous two-way lease the Suns had on him while also waiving Kadeem Allen's two-way contract in the process. However, because the Knicks were one of eight teams to not resume their season after the 2019–20 NBA season suspension ended, Harper did not play with them for this season, though he did at least compete in inter-squad scrimmage games set in late September and early October with these games including players from both the New York team and some Westchester Knicks players that were selected for these training games there.

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