2013–14 Phoenix Suns season

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2013–14 Phoenix Suns season
Head coachJeff Hornacek
General managerRyan McDonough
OwnersRobert Sarver
ArenaUS Airways Center
Results
Record48–34 (.585)
PlaceDivision: 3rd (Pacific)
Conference: 9th (Western)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionFox Sports Arizona
RadioKTAR
< 2012–13 2014–15 >

The 2013–14 NBA season was the Phoenix Suns' 46th season in the NBA.[1] This season marked the first time that purple was not a primary color for the team (although it was still involved with their system). It was also the first time since the beginning of the 1987–88 NBA season that the Suns ended up drafting in the top 5 of a draft. In addition, it was the first time since the beginning of the 2000–01 NBA season that the Suns made complete changes in not only their logos, but also their jerseys. When the Suns began the regular season, Goran Dragić, P. J. Tucker, Markieff Morris, and his twin brother Marcus Morris were the only players returning from playing with last season's team (while Channing Frye was still on last season's team, he didn't play any games due to a life-threatening heart ailment he had at the time).

Key dates

Offseason

Draft picks

Main article: 2013 NBA draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
1 5 Olexsiy "Alex" Len Center Ukraine Ukraine Maryland
1 29 Archie Goodwin Shooting guard  United States Kentucky
2 57 Alex Oriakhi Power forward  United States Missouri

The Suns had two first-round picks and one second-round pick this year. The first pick they had was their own pick that could have gone at number 1 at best or 7 at worst, with the best odds going for the pick to be at number 5. On the day of the NBA draft lottery, it was revealed that they would get pick 5 in the first round. Their own second-round pick was traded to the Houston Rockets for Marcus Morris, the twin brother of Suns power forward Markieff Morris.[6] Both their additional first and second-round picks came from different teams due to last season's sign and trade deal with the Los Angeles Lakers that sent point guard Steve Nash to the Lakers in exchange for four different draft picks. The first-round pick (which ended up being the 30th pick) came from the Miami Heat due to an earlier trade with the Cleveland Cavaliers involving LeBron James, while the second-round pick came from the Denver Nuggets due to a 2011 draft day trade that traded the Lakers' rights to Chukwudiebere Maduabum to Denver in exchange for their 2013 second-round pick.

With the fifth pick, the Suns selected the Ukrainian-born center Olexsiy "Alex" Len, who was a sophomore from the University of Maryland. Len averaged 11.9 points, 7.8 rebounds, and 2.1 blocks per game in his last season with the Terrapins. The Suns then traded the 30th pick, which became the Serbian-born guard Nemanja Nedović from the Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius, to the Golden State Warriors in exchange for shooting guard Malcolm Lee and pick 29 that was originally from the Oklahoma City Thunder, which was Archie Goodwin from the University of Kentucky. Goodwin averaged 14.1 points, 4.6 rebounds, 2.7 assists, 1.1 steals, and 0.5 blocks per game in his only season with Kentucky. Finally, with their 57th pick, the Suns selected Alex Oriakhi, who used to play for the University of Connecticut until his senior season due to the university's NCAA Tournament ineligibility; he spent his senior season with the University of Missouri. In addition to winning an NCAA championship during his sophomore season with Connecticut, in his only season with Missouri, he scored 11.2 points, grabbed 8.4 rebounds, and recorded 1.6 blocks per game in 25.8 minutes of play for 34 games.

Free agency

Main article: List of 2013–14 NBA season transactions

Veteran player Jermaine O'Neal, as well as Wesley Johnson and rookie guard Diante Garrett were unrestricted free agents as of the end of the 2012–13 NBA season. On June 29, 2013, the Suns released Hamed Haddadi's contract in order to let him become an unrestricted free agent as well. Contrary to previous seasons, the Suns decided to not focus so much on the free agency market this year. On July 15, 2013, Wesley Johnson signed a veteran's minimum contract for one year with the Los Angeles Lakers. On July 23, 2013, O'Neal agreed to a one-year deal to play for the Golden State Warriors. Garrett officially announced on Twitter that he would be playing for the Oklahoma City Thunder on August 29, 2013 before playing officially for the Utah Jazz on November 13, 2013. Haddadi ended up going back to his home in Iran to play for Foolad Mahan Isfahan on September 12, 2013, during the 2013 FIBA Asia Champions Cup, only to then play for the Sichuan Blue Whales in China. An additional player the Suns decided to sign for this season was former Temple shooting guard Dionte Christmas, who had last played with Montepaschi Siena in Italy's Lega Basket Serie A, where he and the team not only won the league's championship, but also participated in the 2012–13 Euroleague; Christmas had also performed with the team's 2013 Summer League Las Vegas Tournament squad, where he averaged 10.1 points, 2.7 rebounds, and 2.0 assists during the team's 6–1 streak. The Suns also had former UC Santa Barbara combo guard James Nunnally, who last played with the Miami Heat in the 2013 Las Vegas Summer League Tournament, during the Suns' training camp and preseason session.

One of the team's biggest signings from last season, Michael Beasley, was bought out of his contract on September 3, 2013. His buyout of the team's contract had the team paying Beasley only $4.66 million for this season as opposed to the $6 million he was initially owed (which saved the team $1.34 million in salary), and then has the team stretching his original guaranteed salary of $3,000,000 for one year to $2,300,000 for three straight seasons, with each year paying him only $766,666 instead of the entire guarantee he was owed. Because of Beasley being bought out of his contract, he was considered an unrestricted free agent by the NBA during his time of being waived. Beasley would end up signing with the team that first drafted him as the #2 pick in the 2008 NBA draft, the two-time champion Miami Heat on September 11, 2013. In addition to being signed by the Heat before the start of the regular season, some of the $4,660,000 that the Suns owed him now gets paid by the Heat instead.

On January 5, 2014, the Suns decided to bring back former fan favorite player Leandro Barbosa to a 10-day contract. However, his contract would not officially be signed until January 8 due to not only finding out whether Barbosa would be healthy enough to participate, but would also have to wait for FIBA to approve his move from Brazil to the NBA. The move was prompted due to star point guard Eric Bledsoe being out longer than the team had initially expected due to a knee injury that had later on turned into a torn meniscus that he got against his former team on December 28, 2013. The last NBA team Barbosa played for was with the Boston Celtics before an ACL tear led him to being traded to the Washington Wizards; he had then played for the Esporte Clube Pinheiros in Brazil as a means of playing while healing up from his past injury. He has been able to play under the shooting guard position with Ishmael "Ish" Smith playing most of the back-up point guard duties while Eric Bledsoe remains injured. Barbosa would end up signing a second 10-day contract immediately after the first one ended on January 18, 2014 before being confirmed by Lon Babby and the staff that Barbosa would get $650,359 and remain on the team for the rest of the season on January 27, 2014.

During the post-trade deadline period of free agent signings, the Suns decided to waive back-up center Viacheslav Kravtsov out of the team on March 1, 2014. In exchange for Kravtsov's leave of absence on Phoenix, the Suns decided to sign former Boston Celtics and CBA's Foshan Dralions all-star power forward Shavlik Randolph on the same day. Randolph was signed to the Suns in order to have not only tried to help the team win enough games to make it to the playoffs for the first time in over three seasons, but to have also helped the team out in the postseason had the team actually made it to the 2014 NBA Playoffs.

Trades

On June 27, the Suns agreed to trade their 30th draft pick (which became Nemanja Nedović) to the Golden State Warriors in exchange for the rights to Malcolm Lee (who they first acquired from the Minnesota Timberwolves) and the 29th pick (which became Archie Goodwin) that the Warriors first acquired from the Oklahoma City Thunder. On July 2, the Suns participated in a three-team trade that had the Suns send Jared Dudley to the Los Angeles Clippers and a 2014 second round pick they acquired from the Toronto Raptors last season to the Milwaukee Bucks in exchange for Eric Bledsoe and Caron Butler, both of whom last played for the L.A. Clippers. On July 27, the Suns agreed to trade Luis Scola (who the team got from amnesty bids last season) to the Indiana Pacers in exchange for Gerald Green, Miles Plumlee, and a 2014 lottery protected first round draft pick.[7] The Suns would later trade Butler to his hometown team (the Milwaukee Bucks) on August 29, 2013 in exchange for Ukrainian power forward/center Viacheslav Kravtsov and American point guard Ish Smith. Finally, in the team's last trade before the regular season began, the Suns traded their center Marcin Gortat, alongside guards Shannon Brown, Malcolm Lee, and last year's lottery pick (Kendall Marshall) to the Washington Wizards in exchange for power forward Emeka Okafor and their 2014 Top 12 protected first round draft pick on October 25, 2013. Of the players the Suns traded to Washington, only Gortat would end up playing for the Wizards before the regular season began as Marshall, Brown, and Lee were all waived by the Wizards three days later. In addition, back-up center Viacheslav Kravtsov would end up being waived from the Suns on March 1, 2014.

Coaching changes

Interim head coach Lindsey Hunter was officially granted a chance to be interviewed by the Detroit Pistons to be their head coach on April 24, 2013, which led to indications that the Suns were looking for a new head coach. On May 9, 2013, the Suns announced that along with Hunter, assistant coaches Brian Shaw of the Indiana Pacers, Kelvin Sampson of the Houston Rockets, Mike Budenholzer of the San Antonio Spurs, and Quin Snyder from PBC CSKA Moscow were considered options to be the team's head coach for this season.[8] Five days later, the Suns announced that their search would expand to also include assistant head coaches Mike Malone of the Golden State Warriors, David Fizdale of the Miami Heat, and Jeff Hornacek of the Utah Jazz, with the latter assistant also being a Suns fan favorite. In addition to the aforementioned announced candidates, the Suns also announced interest in looking at Los Angeles Lakers assistant coach Steve Clifford, Houston Rockets assistant coach J.B. Bickerstaff, Villanova University head coach Jay Wright, Butler University head coach Brad Stevens, and Iowa State University head coach Fred Hoiberg.[9] On May 26, 2013, the Suns announced that former Suns player Jeff Hornacek was the new head coach, to replace interim head coach Lindsey Hunter, who later signed with the Golden State Warriors in September 2013 as an assistant head coach. Hornacek got a three-year contract with an optional fourth year.

In addition to Hunter's departure as the head coach, assistant head coach Igor Kokoškov departed from the Suns to be an assistant head coach for the Cleveland Cavaliers on May 29, 2013. On June 12, it was announced that Hall of Famer Ralph Sampson would also not be an assistant coach with the Suns in 2013–14. In June 25, 2013, the Suns let go of remaining assistant coaches Noel Gillespie and Dan Panaggio. On that same day, Hornacek announced his four assistant coaches for the 2013–14 season: former Boston Celtics affiliates Jerry Sichting and Mike Longabardi, and former Suns teammates Kenny Gattison and Mark West.[10] Jerry Sichting was a champion player for the Boston Celtics during the 1985–86 NBA season, and he was more recently an assistant head coach for the Washington Wizards last season. Mike Longabardi was an assistant head coach for the Celtics' last six seasons, which included their 2007–08 NBA champion team, and was also their defensive coordinator in his last two seasons with the Celtics. Kenny Gattison was a former 3rd round selection by the Suns in the 1986 NBA draft that also was an assistant head coach for Larry Drew during his head coaching tenure with the Atlanta Hawks. Mark West was a player for the Phoenix Suns from 1988–1994 and was on their 1999–2000 team before accepting a front office gig for the team afterwards until this season. Former Suns assistant head coach and Phoenix Mercury head coach Corey Gaines would also end up taking on the role of being a player developmental coach that Hunter had formerly taken the role of last season.

Front office changes

On April 22, 2013, the Phoenix Suns fired general manager Lance Blanks due to his lackluster performance in his position over the last three years. Their search for the newest general manager included former Indiana Pacers general manager David Morway, former Los Angeles Lakers assistant general manager Ronnie Lester, former New York Knicks executive Mark Warkentien, assistant general managers Jeff Weltman of the Milwaukee Bucks (a finalist for general manager back in 2010), Ryan McDonough of the Boston Celtics, Wes Wilcox of the Atlanta Hawks, and Troy Weaver of the Oklahoma City Thunder, with Tony Ronzone, Eddie Johnson, David Griffin, Gersson Rosas, and Sam Hinkie considered as possible candidates. Other candidates that had garnered interest in the job included former Bulls and Lakers head coach Phil Jackson, as well as former Phoenix Suns players Grant Hill and Charles Barkley.

On May 1, 2013, it was revealed that the four finalists for the job were Boston Celtics assistant general manager Ryan McDonough, Milwaukee Bucks assistant general manager Jeff Weltman, former Indiana Pacers general manager David Morway, and former Utah Jazz and New York Knicks executive/general manager and current San Antonio Spurs assistant general manager Scott Layden.[11][12] Four days later, the finalists were narrowed down to either Jeff Weltman or Ryan McDonough being the newest general manager.[13] Finally, on May 7, 2013, the Phoenix Suns announced that Boston's assistant general manager Ryan McDonough would be the Suns' newest general manager for the next four years.[14] Ronnie Lester, along with the Washington Wizards' director of player personnel Pat Connelly would later be hired by McDonough to be talent evaluators for the Suns.[15] The Suns would also hire Emilio Kovačić as an international scouting consultant for the Suns and Trevor Bukstein as an assistant general manager.[16][17]

Roster

2013–14 Phoenix Suns roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB From
G 10 Barbosa, Leandro Injured 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 194 lb (88 kg) 1982–11–28 Brazil
G 2 Bledsoe, Eric (C) 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1989–12–09 Kentucky
G 25 Christmas, Dionte 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1986–09–15 Temple
G 1 Dragić, Goran (C) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1986–05–06 Slovenia
F/C 8 Frye, Channing 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1983–05–17 Arizona
G 20 Goodwin, Archie 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 198 lb (90 kg) 1994–08–17 Kentucky
G/F 14 Green, Gerald 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1986–01–26 Gulf Shores Academy (TX)
C 21 Len, Alex 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) 255 lb (116 kg) 1993–06–16 Maryland
F 15 Morris, Marcus 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1989–09–02 Kansas
F 11 Morris, Markieff 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1989–09–02 Kansas
F/C 50 Okafor, Emeka Injured 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 255 lb (116 kg) 1982–09–28 Connecticut
F/C 22 Plumlee, Miles 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 255 lb (116 kg) 1988–09–01 Duke
F 43 Randolph, Shavlik 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 236 lb (107 kg) 1983–11–24 Duke
G 3 Smith, Ish 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1988–07–05 Wake Forest
F 17 Tucker, P. J. 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 224 lb (102 kg) 1985–05–05 Texas
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • (DL) On assignment to D-League affiliate
  • Injured Injured

Salaries

Player 2013–14 Salary
Emeka Okafor $14,544,687
Goran Dragić $7,500,000
Channing Frye $6,400,000
Gerald Green $3,500,000
Olexsiy "Alex" Len $3,492,720
Eric Bledsoe $2,626,473
Markieff Morris $2,207,040
Marcus Morris $2,096,760
Viacheslav Kravtsov $1,500,000
Miles Plumlee $1,121,520
Archie Goodwin $1,064,400
Ishmael "Ish" Smith $985,000
P.J. Tucker $884,293
Leandro Barbosa $650,359
Dionte Christmas $490,180
Shavlik Randolph $306,036
TOTAL $48,413,073

Because Hamed Haddadi was waived by the Suns before July 1, he was only owed $200,000 by the team instead of the full $1,400,000 that he would have gotten had he stayed with the team. In addition, while Josh Childress is still owed $7,182,500 due to them amnestying his contract last season, his salary does not affect the Suns' overall salary cap to their season this year. Also, with the Michael Beasley buyout the Suns did on September 3, 2013, they now owe Beasley $4,660,000 for this season as opposed to giving him the full $6,000,000 had he stayed with the team during the regular season.[18] Not only that, but some of the money that the Suns owed Beasley this season would be offset by the Miami Heat due to their re-signing of him for a second stint. To add to the post-season player movements, the Suns' waiving of back-up center Viacheslav Kravtsov has his contract of $1,500,000 being retained as a part of a pay-off for the rest of the season as of March 1, 2014, in order to add room to using power forward Shavlik Randolph and his $306,036 contract.

Pre-season

2013 pre-season game log
Total: 5–2 (Home: 2–1; Road: 3–1)
Pre-season: 5–2 (home: 2–1; road: 3–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 October 7 Maccabi Haifa W 130–89 Eric Bledsoe (22) Olexsiy "Alex" Len (6) Goran Dragić (5) US Airways Center
7,548 		1–0
2 October 9 @ Portland W 104–98 Goran Dragić (19) Marcus Morris (7) Eric Bledsoe (9) Moda Center
12,653 		2–0
3 October 13 @ San Antonio W 106–99 Gerald Green (19) Olexsiy "Alex" Len (9) Marcin Gortat (3) AT&T Center
16,203 		3–0
4 October 15 L.A. Clippers L 96–102 Goran Dragić (20) P. J. Tucker (6) Eric Bledsoe (7) US Airways Center
11,516 		3–1
5 October 17 @ Sacramento L 90–107 Markieff Morris (15) Markieff Morris (7) Eric Bledsoe (5) Sleep Train Arena
11,223 		3–2
6 October 22 Oklahoma City W 88–76 Eric Bledsoe, Gerald Green (15) Channing Frye (9) Eric Bledsoe (7) US Airways Center
11,526 		4–2
7 October 23 @ Denver W 98–79 Eric Bledsoe (21) Marcin Gortat (13) Goran Dragić (8) Pepsi Center
14,652 		5–2
2013–14 season schedule

Regular season

Season standings

Pacific DivisionWLPCTGBHomeRoadDivGP
y-Los Angeles Clippers5725.695–34‍–‍723‍–‍1812–482
x-Golden State Warriors5131.6226.027‍–‍1424‍–‍1711–582
Phoenix Suns4834.5859.026‍–‍1522‍–‍198–882
Sacramento Kings2854.34129.017‍–‍2411‍–‍303–1382
Los Angeles Lakers2755.32930.014‍–‍2713‍–‍286–1082
Western Conference
#TeamWLPCTGBGP
1z-San Antonio Spurs *6220.756–82
2y-Oklahoma City Thunder *5923.7203.082
3y-Los Angeles Clippers *5725.6955.082
4x-Houston Rockets5428.6598.082
5x-Portland Trail Blazers5428.6598.082
6x-Golden State Warriors5131.62211.082
7x-Memphis Grizzlies5032.61012.082
8x-Dallas Mavericks4933.59813.082
9Phoenix Suns4834.58514.082
10Minnesota Timberwolves4042.48822.082
11Denver Nuggets3646.43926.082
12New Orleans Pelicans3448.41528.082
13Sacramento Kings2854.34134.082
14Los Angeles Lakers2755.32935.082
15Utah Jazz2557.30537.082

Game log

2013–14 game log
Total: 48–34 (Home: 26–15; Road: 22–19)
October: 1–0 (home: 1–0; road: 0–0)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 October 30 Portland W 104–91 Goran Dragić (26) Miles Plumlee (15) Goran Dragić (9) US Airways Center
17,208 		1–0
November : 8–8 (home: 4–3; road: 4–5)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
2 November 1 Utah W 87–84 Eric Bledsoe (18) Miles Plumlee (13) Eric Bledsoe (6) US Airways Center
14,662 		2–0
3 November 3 @ Oklahoma City L 96–103 Eric Bledsoe (26) Gerald Green (8) Eric Bledsoe (14) Chesapeake Energy Arena
18,203 		2–1
4 November 5 @ New Orleans W 104–98 Eric Bledsoe (25) Marcus Morris (9) Ishmael "Ish" Smith (8) New Orleans Arena
13,404 		3–1
5 November 6 @ San Antonio L 96–99 Markieff Morris (23) Markieff Morris (12) Eric Bledsoe (5) AT&T Center
17,870 		3–2
6 November 8 Denver W 114–103 Markieff Morris (28) Miles Plumlee (11) Eric Bledsoe (9) US Airways Center
15,145 		4–2
7 November 10 New Orleans W 101–94 Eric Bledsoe (24) Miles Plumlee (12) Eric Bledsoe (6) US Airways Center
13,154 		5–2
8 November 13 @ Portland L 89–90 Eric Bledsoe (23) Miles Plumlee (10) Eric Bledsoe (6) Moda Center
19,537 		5–3
9 November 15 Brooklyn L 98–100 (OT) Goran Dragić (19) Marcus Morris (9) Goran Dragić (10) US Airways Center
15,984 		5–4
10 November 19 @ Sacramento L 104–107 Gerald Green (23) Channing Frye (9) Goran Dragić (8) Sleep Train Arena
14,626 		5–5
11 November 20 Sacramento L 106–113 Goran Dragić (31) Miles Plumlee (7) Goran Dragić (5) US Airways Center
12,705 		5–6
12 November 22 @ Charlotte W 98–91 Channing Frye (20) Miles Plumlee (11) Goran Dragić (8) Time Warner Cable Arena
14,916 		6–6
13 November 24 @ Orlando W 104–96 Goran Dragić (23) Gerald Green (8) Goran Dragić (13) Amway Center
15,785 		7–6
14 November 25 @ Miami L 92–107 Channing Frye (16) Markieff Morris (9) Goran Dragić (9) American Airlines Arena
19,758 		7–7
15 November 27 Portland W 120–106 Goran Dragić (31) Miles Plumlee (10) Goran Dragić (10) US Airways Center
12,731 		8–7
16 November 29 @ Utah W 112–101 Markieff Morris (23) Miles Plumlee (10) Goran Dragić (9) EnergySolutions Arena
18,435 		9–7
17 November 30 Utah L 104–112 Goran Dragić (24) Miles Plumlee, Markieff Morris (7) Goran Dragić (9) US Airways Center
12,957 		9–8
December : 10–3 (home: 6–1; road: 4–2)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
18 December 3 @ Memphis L 91–110 Marcus Morris (18) Miles Plumlee, Markieff Morris (8) Eric Bledsoe, Goran Dragić (5) FedExForum
15,069 		9–9
19 December 4 @ Houston W 97–88 Eric Bledsoe (20) Miles Plumlee (9) Eric Bledsoe (7) Toyota Center
18,151 		10–9
20 December 6 Toronto W 106–97 Markieff Morris (25) P.J. Tucker (13) Eric Bledsoe (7) US Airways Center
12,672 		11–9
21 December 10 @ L.A. Lakers W 114–108 Goran Dragić (31) P.J. Tucker (11) Eric Bledsoe (9) Staples Center
18,997 		12–9
22 December 13 Sacramento W 116–107 Goran Dragić (29) Miles Plumlee, P.J. Tucker (9) Eric Bledsoe (8) US Airways Center
14,128 		13–9
23 December 15 Golden State W 106–102 Eric Bledsoe (24) Miles Plumlee (10) Eric Bledsoe (8) US Airways Center
14,393 		14–9
24 December 18 San Antonio L 101–108 Channing Frye (22) Miles Plumlee (13) Eric Bledsoe (7) US Airways Center
13,661 		14–10
25 December 20 @ Denver W 103–99 Markieff Morris (25) Miles Plumlee (12) Goran Dragić (6) Pepsi Center
15,974 		15–10
26 December 21 Dallas W 123–108 Eric Bledsoe (25) Channing Frye, Miles Plumlee (8) Eric Bledsoe (6) US Airways Center
15,241 		16–10
27 December 23 L.A. Lakers W 117–90 Gerald Green (22) Miles Plumlee (20) Eric Bledsoe, Goran Dragić (7) US Airways Center
14,814 		17–10
28 December 27 @ Golden State L 86–115 P.J. Tucker (11) P.J. Tucker (12) Goran Dragić (3) Oracle Arena
19,596 		17–11
29 December 28 Philadelphia W 115–101 Miles Plumlee (22) Miles Plumlee (13) Goran Dragić (5) US Airways Center
15,623 		18–11
30 December 30 @ L.A. Clippers W 107–88 Goran Dragić (26) Markieff Morris (12) Goran Dragić (8) Staples Center
19,278 		19–11
January : 9–7 (home: 4–3; road: 5–4)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
31 January 2 Memphis L 91–99 Goran Dragić (33) Miles Plumlee (12) Goran Dragić (7) US Airways Center
14,844 		19–12
32 January 4 Milwaukee W 116–100 Gerald Green (25) Miles Plumlee (9) Ishmael "Ish" Smith (8) US Airways Center
14,344 		20–12
33 January 7 @ Chicago L 87–92 Goran Dragić (21) Channing Frye, Miles Plumlee (7) Ishmael "Ish" Smith (3) United Center
21,181 		20–13
34 January 8 @ Minnesota W 104–103 Goran Dragić (26) P.J. Tucker (10) Goran Dragić (9) Target Center
12,202 		21–13
35 January 10 @ Memphis L 99–104 Goran Dragić (21) Miles Plumlee (11) Goran Dragić (8) FedExForum
17,049 		21–14
36 January 11 @ Detroit L 108–110 Channing Frye (21) P.J. Tucker (11) Goran Dragić (8) Palace of Auburn Hills
15,224 		21–15
37 January 13 @ New York L 96–98 (OT) Goran Dragić (28) Miles Plumlee (11) Goran Dragić (4) Madison Square Garden
19,812 		21–16
38 January 15 L.A. Lakers W 121–114 Gerald Green (28) Goran Dragić (10) Goran Dragić (7) US Airways Center
16,022 		22–16
39 January 17 Dallas L 107–110 Goran Dragić (28) Markieff Morris (12) Goran Dragić (7) US Airways Center
16,486 		22–17
40 January 19 Denver W 117–103 Channing Frye (30) P.J. Tucker (9) Goran Dragić (6) US Airways Center
16,211 		23–17
41 January 22 Indiana W 124–100 Gerald Green (23) Miles Plumlee (7) Goran Dragić (3) US Airways Center
16,465 		24–17
42 January 24 Washington L 95–101 Goran Dragić (19) Miles Plumlee (6) Goran Dragić (11) US Airways Center
16,198 		24–18
43 January 26 @ Cleveland W 99–90 Markieff Morris (27) Markieff Morris (15) Goran Dragić (7) Quicken Loans Arena
15,872 		25–18
44 January 27 @ Philadelphia W 124–113 Gerald Green (30) Miles Plumlee (13) Goran Dragić (7) Wells Fargo Center
10,793 		26–18
45 January 29 @ Milwaukee W 126–117 Goran Dragić (30) Olexsiy "Alex" Len (10) Goran Dragić, Ishmael "Ish" Smith (6) BMO Harris Bradley Center
11,175 		27–18
46 January 30 @ Indiana W 102–94 Goran Dragić (28) Channing Frye (8) Goran Dragić (7) Bankers Life Fieldhouse
16,541 		28–18
February : 6–6 (home: 5–4; road: 1–2)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
47 February 1 Charlotte W 105–95 Goran Dragić (25) Miles Plumlee (11) Goran Dragić (4) US Airways Center
16,248 		29–18
48 February 4 Chicago L 92–101 Goran Dragić (24) Miles Plumlee (10) Gerald Green (5) US Airways Center
16,636 		29–19
49 February 5 @ Houston L 108–122 Goran Dragić (23) Goran Dragić, Gerald Green, Markieff Morris, Miles Plumlee (6) Goran Dragić (8) Toyota Center
18,217 		29–20
50 February 8 Golden State W 122–109 Goran Dragić (34) P.J. Tucker (15) Goran Dragić (10) US Airways Center
17,846 		30–20
51 February 11 Miami L 97–103 Gerald Green (26) P.J. Tucker (8) Goran Dragić (9) US Airways Center
17,927 		30–21
All-Star Break
52 February 18 @ Denver W 112–107 (OT) Gerald Green (36) Markieff Morris (12) Goran Dragić (14) Pepsi Center
16,461 		31–21
53 February 19 Boston W 100–94 Markieff Morris (18) P.J. Tucker (11) Goran Dragić, P.J. Tucker (6) US Airways Center
16,135 		32–21
54 February 21 San Antonio W 106–85 Markieff Morris (21) Channing Frye (8) Goran Dragić, Markieff Morris (5) US Airways Center
18,422 		33–21
55 February 23 Houston L 112–115 Goran Dragić (35) Markieff Morris, Miles Plumlee, P.J. Tucker (7) Ishmael "Ish" Smith (4) US Airways Center
15,510 		33–22
56 February 25 Minnesota L 101–110 Markieff Morris (24) P.J. Tucker (16) Ishmael "Ish" Smith (7) US Airways Center
16,273 		33–23
57 February 26 @ Utah L 86–109 Gerald Green (17) Ishmael "Ish" Smith (8) Ishmael "Ish" Smith (5) EnergySolutions Arena
19,639 		33–24
58 February 28 New Orleans W 116–104 Goran Dragić (40) Miles Plumlee (8) Ishmael "Ish" Smith (6) US Airways Center
16,578 		34–24
March : 10–6 (home: 5–2; road: 5–4)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
59 March 2 Atlanta W 129–120 Gerald Green (33) Marcus Morris (9) Goran Dragić (8) US Airways Center
16,759 		35–24
60 March 4 L.A. Clippers L 96–104 P.J. Tucker (18) P.J. Tucker (10) Goran Dragić (9) US Airways Center
15,068 		35–25
61 March 6 Oklahoma City W 128–122 Gerald Green (41) P.J. Tucker (9) Goran Dragić, Ishmael "Ish" Smith, P.J. Tucker (4) US Airways Center
17,816 		36–25
62 March 9 @ Golden State L 107–113 Gerald Green (25) P.J. Tucker (9) Goran Dragić (6) Oracle Arena
19,596 		36–26
63 March 10 @ L.A. Clippers L 105–112 Goran Dragić (23) P.J. Tucker (10) Goran Dragić (5) Staples Center
19,226 		36–27
64 March 12 Cleveland L 101–110 Goran Dragić (20) Markieff Morris, Miles Plumlee (10) Eric Bledsoe (9) US Airways Center
17,902 		36–28
65 March 14 @ Boston W 87–80 Goran Dragić (20) Eric Bledsoe, P.J. Tucker (10) Eric Bledsoe, Goran Dragić (4) TD Garden
18,624 		37–28
66 March 16 @ Toronto W 121–113 Gerald Green (28) Markieff Morris (14) Goran Dragić (4) Air Canada Centre
18,717 		38–28
67 March 17 @ Brooklyn L 95–108 Markieff Morris (18) Channing Frye, Miles Plumlee (6) Ishmael "Ish" Smith (6) Barclays Center
17,401 		38–29
68 March 19 Orlando W 109–93 Goran Dragić (18) Miles Plumlee (9) Eric Bledsoe, Goran Dragić (6) US Airways Center
17,508 		39–29
69 March 21 Detroit W 98–92 Eric Bledsoe (23) Markieff Morris (8) Eric Bledsoe, Goran Dragić (5) US Airways Center
18,422 		40–29
70 March 23 @ Minnesota W 127–120 Markieff Morris (25) Markieff Morris, P.J. Tucker (8) Goran Dragić (6) Target Center
17,866 		41–29
71 March 24 @ Atlanta W 102–95 Eric Bledsoe (20) P.J. Tucker (11) Goran Dragić (6) Philips Arena
12,240 		42–29
72 March 26 @ Washington W 99–93 Goran Dragić (25) P.J. Tucker (9) Eric Bledsoe (7) Verizon Center
18,805 		43–29
73 March 28 New York W 112–88 Goran Dragić (32) Miles Plumlee (12) Eric Bledsoe (6) US Airways Center
17,106 		44–29
74 March 30 @ L.A. Lakers L 99–115 Gerald Green (22) Markieff Morris (12) Ishmael "Ish" Smith (5) Staples Center
18,355 		44–30
April : 4–4 (home: 1–2; road: 3–2)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
75 April 2 L.A. Clippers L 108–112 Marcus Morris (16) P.J. Tucker (11) Goran Dragić (8) US Airways Center
16,091 		44–31
76 April 4 @ Portland W 109–93 Gerald Green (32) Miles Plumlee (16) Ishmael "Ish" Smith (4) Moda Center
20,089 		45–31
77 April 6 Oklahoma City W 122–115 Goran Dragić (26) P.J. Tucker (7) Goran Dragić (5) US Airways Center
18,422 		46–31
78 April 9 @ New Orleans W 94–88 Gerald Green (21) P.J. Tucker (9) Goran Dragić (9) Smoothie King Center
16,256 		47–31
79 April 11 @ San Antonio L 104–112 Eric Bledsoe (30) Eric Bledsoe (11) Eric Bledsoe (9) AT&T Center
18,501 		47–32
80 April 12 @ Dallas L 98–101 Eric Bledsoe (29) Gerald Green (7) Eric Bledsoe (6) American Airlines Center
20,413 		47–33
81 April 14 Memphis L 91–97 Markieff Morris (21) Goran Dragić (6) Eric Bledsoe (5) US Airways Center
18,422 		47–34
82 April 16 @ Sacramento W 104–99 Archie Goodwin (29) Marcus Morris (6) Ishmael "Ish" Smith (8) Sleep Train Arena
17,317 		48–34
2013–14 season schedule

Player statistics

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
Leandro Barbosa* 20 0 18.4 .427 .280 .795 1.9 1.6 .4 .2 7.5
Eric Bledsoe 43 39 32.9 .477 .357 .772 4.7 5.5 1.6 .3 17.7
Dionte Christmas 31 0 6.4 .355 .290 .750 1.2 .3 .1 .1 2.3
Goran Dragić 76 75 35.1 .505 .408 .760 3.2 5.9 1.4 .3 20.3
Channing Frye 82 82 28.2 .432 .370 .821 5.1 1.2 .7 .8 11.1
Archie Goodwin 52 0 10.3 .455 .139 .673# 1.7 .4 .4 .2 3.7
Gerald Green 82 48 28.4 .445 .400 .848 3.4 1.5 .9 .5 15.8
Viacheslav Kravtsov* 20 0 3.0 .513 .000 .500 .9 .1+ .0 .1 1.0
Olexsiy "Alex" Len 42 3 8.6 .423 .000 .645 2.4+ .1 .1 .4+ 2.0
Marcus Morris 82 1 22.0 .442† .381 .761 3.9+ 1.1 .9 .2+ 9.7
Markieff Morris 81 0 26.6 .486 .315 .792 6.0 1.8 .8 .6 13.8
Miles Plumlee 80 79 24.6 .517 .000 .561 7.8 .5 .6 1.1 8.1
Shavlik Randolph* 14 0 6.8 .500† .000 .545# 1.8 .1 .2 .1 1.4+
Ishmael "Ish" Smith 70 1 14.4 .423† .043 .564 1.8 2.6 .7 .2 3.7
P.J. Tucker 81 81 30.7 .431† .387 .776 6.5 1.7 1.4 .3 9.4

* – Stats with the Suns.
† – Minimum 300 field goals made.
^ – Minimum 55 three-pointers made.
# – Minimum 125 free throws made.
+ – Minimum 70 games played or 800 rebounds, 125 steals, 100 blocks, 1400 points.

Awards and records

Awards

Week/Month

  • Power forward Markieff Morris won his first ever Player of the Week award for his improved production that he created while off the bench from the week of November 4–11, 2013 by creating 22.8 points on 69.8% shooting, 8 assists, and 2 steals per game. It's also the first time since Amar'e Stoudemire in 2008 that a Suns player won the Western Conference's Player of the Week award.
  • Coach Jeff Hornacek won his first Coach of the Month award for his 10–3 month with the Suns during December. It's also his first award he'd earn as a head coach in the NBA.
  • Guard Goran Dragić won his second ever Player of the Week award, as well as the first he received with the Suns by averaging 26.8 points on 63.9% shooting and 69.2% three point shooting, 6 assists, and 4 rebounds while averaging 29.2 minutes per game in all four victories during that week, with two full games having Goran recovering from an elbow injury during their road game against the Milwaukee Bucks from the week of January 27–February 2, 2014. It's also the first time since the 2006–07 NBA season where the Suns would have more than one player winning the Player of the Week Award, with Steve Nash winning it three times and Amar'e Stoudemire winning it once during that time.[20]

All-Star

Records

Team records

  • Jeff Hornacek became the first Suns head coach to ever start out his season as a new coach with 4 wins and 0 losses at home.
  • The Suns would allow the Cleveland Cavaliers only 6 points in the entire third quarter on January 26, 2014. This ties a record that the Suns would hold a team down a career-low in points during a non-overtime period (with the first two times occurring in February 28, 1999 against the Golden State Warriors and February 21, 2002 against the Memphis Grizzlies, both of which would occur in the fourth quarter).[21]
  • Ishmael "Ish" Smith would provide the team's lowest three-point percentage of players that have attempted 20 or more three-pointers in a season.

Milestones

Team milestones

  • Their 14-9 start is the best start the Suns had for the regular season in over three years.
    • Continuing their start into a 28–18 record as of January 30, 2013 makes their start also the best they had since the 2007–08 season.
  • During the road trip from January 25–30, 2014, they got their first road trip winning sweep since 2010.
  • The Suns' 30–21 record before the NBA All-Star Weekend begins was the best pre-All-Star Weekend record since the 2007–08 NBA season.
  • Leandro Barbosa would surpass center Neal Walk as the Suns' 15th best scorer of all-time on February 18, 2014. He would score his 6,011th point with a minute left in the first quarter against the Denver Nuggets on the road. He'd only score the two points he made in the first quarter, along with grabbing two rebounds and putting up one assist in a close 112-107 overtime victory over Denver.
  • Goran Dragic's 40 point performance on February 28, 2014 against the New Orleans Pelicans would be the first since Amar'e Stoudemire back in 2010 that a Suns player would record 40 or more points in a single game.
  • Their 41st victory against the Minnesota Timberwolves on March 23, 2014 helped make the Suns get their first .500+ season since the 2011–12 NBA season (or 2009–10 NBA season due to it being the last season with a full schedule at hand).
    • Their 42nd victory they got against the Atlanta Hawks a day later also guaranteed that the Suns would have their first winning season since the 2009–10 NBA season.
  • The Suns' six-game winning streak they had starting with their March 19, 2014 home victory against the Orlando Magic is the longest winning streak the team had since the end of the 2009–10 NBA season.
  • Goran Dragić would surpass center and current assistant head coach Mark West as the Suns' 30th best scorer of all-time on March 28, 2014. He would score his 3,762nd point halfway in the first quarter against the New York Knicks at home. He'd end up scoring 32 points (18 points in the first quarter), along with grabbing two rebounds and put up four assists in a blowout 112-88 victory over New York.
  • Goran Dragić would surpass shooting guard Joe Johnson as the Suns' 29th best scorer of all-time on April 6, 2014. He would score his 3,848th point with 3:50 remaining in the second quarter against the Oklahoma City Thunder at home. He'd end up scoring 26 points in the entire game (19 points in the second quarter), along with grabbing two rebounds and putting up five assists in a close 122-115 victory over Oklahoma City.

Injuries and personal missed games

  • October 30, 2013: Markieff Morris missed out on the opening game of the regular season due to a one-game suspension related to an incident happening with Serge Ibaka during a preseason game against the Oklahoma City Thunder. Emeka Okafor would also miss the entire season due to a neck injury he received during training camp with his former team, the Washington Wizards, on September 18, 2013.[22]
  • November 3, 2013: Goran Dragić injured his left ankle during a third quarter play against the Oklahoma City Thunder. He would miss three more games as a result of the injury. Olexsiy "Alex" Len would also be listed as day-by-day on his progress due to his left ankle rehabilitation. He would miss 7 games with those concerns before returning to play against the Sacramento Kings on November 19, 2013.
  • November 19, 2013: Eric Bledsoe injured his left shin due to a collision with teammate P.J. Tucker during practice. He would miss six games because of it before returning to play on November 29, 2013, against the Utah Jazz.
  • November 20, 2013: Olexsiy "Alex" Len re-injured his left knee after a home game against the Sacramento Kings a day after returning to play. He would miss close to two months worth of games before returning on January 7, 2014, against the Chicago Bulls.
  • December 30, 2013: Eric Bledsoe swelled up his right knee in a collision play against his former team, the Los Angeles Clippers, during the third quarter. His swollen knee later on resulted in a torn meniscus, which left Bledsoe out for two months and a near fortnight. This injury helped influence the Suns to re-sign Leandro Barbosa to the team for the rest of the season. Bledsoe would finally return on March 12, 2014, at a home game against the Cleveland Cavaliers.
  • January 15, 2014: Leandro Barbosa was out for two games due to a right shoulder sprain that he'd get after the road game against the New York Knicks. He'd return on January 19, 2014, for his first home game with the Suns in 4 years against the Denver Nuggets immediately after he signed his second 10-day contract.
  • January 23, 2014: Archie Goodwin gets assigned to the Suns' D-League affiliate, the Bakersfield Jam, for two games. Goodwin would return to the Suns for the road game against the Cleveland Cavaliers on January 26, 2014.
  • February 5, 2014: Archie Goodwin gets assigned to the Bakersfield Jam once again for two more games. Goodwin would return to the Suns on February 10, 2014 before the Suns played against the two-time defending champion Miami Heat at home and the All-Star Weekend began.
  • February 21, 2014: Leandro Barbosa injured his left big toe after their 100-94 home victory against the Boston Celtics. He would miss five games in the process before returning on March 2, 2014, against the Atlanta Hawks.
  • February 26, 2014: Goran Dragić injured his right ankle during the fourth quarter against the Minnesota Timberwolves. He would miss only the last road game against the Utah Jazz before coming back on February 28 against the New Orleans Pelicans.
  • March 4, 2014: Miles Plumlee was out for two games due to an injured knee before coming back in a road game against the Golden State Warriors. This resulted in rookie Olexsiy "Alex" Len to be the team's starting center during their first home game against the Los Angeles Clippers, as well as their first home game against the Oklahoma City Thunder (with Len starting in place of Plumlee for the Warriors game as well before taking over the starting role for the rest of the season). Leandro Barbosa also fractured his right hand during the home game against the Clippers. As a result, Barbosa would miss the rest of his last season with the team.
  • March 12, 2014: P.J. Tucker served a one-game suspension due to an on-court incident involving Blake Griffin in a loss to the Los Angeles Clippers.
  • April 11, 2014: Goran Dragić injured his right ankle during their last match-up against the New Orleans Pelicans. He missed only the last road game against the San Antonio Spurs before he came back a day later against the Dallas Mavericks.

Transactions

Trades

June 27, 2013
 To Phoenix Suns
United States Archie Goodwin
United States Malcolm Lee
 To Golden State Warriors

Serbia/Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Nemanja Nedović

July 2, 2013 Three–team trade
To Los Angeles Clippers
United States Jared Dudley (from Phoenix)
United States J.J. Redick (from Milwaukee)
 To Milwaukee Bucks
2014 second round pick (from Toronto via Phoenix)
2017 second-round pick (from L.A. Clippers)
To Phoenix Suns
United States Eric Bledsoe (from L.A. Clippers)
United States Caron Butler (from L.A. Clippers)
July 27, 2013
 To Phoenix Suns
United States Gerald Green
United States Miles Plumlee
2014 lottery protected first round pick
 To Indiana Pacers

Argentina Luis Scola

August 29, 2013
 To Phoenix Suns
Ukraine/Soviet Union Viacheslav "Slava" Kravtsov
United States Ishmael "Ish" Smith
 To Milwaukee Bucks

United States Caron Butler

October 25, 2013
 To Phoenix Suns
United States Chukwuemeka "Emeka" Okafor
2014 Top-12 Protected first round pick
 To Washington Wizards
Poland Marcin Gortat
United States Kendall Marshall
United States Shannon Brown
United States Malcolm Lee

Free agents

Additions

Player Signed Former team
Dionte Christmas Signed 2-year deal worth $1.3 million Italy Montepaschi Siena
Leandro Barbosa Signed two 10-day contracts / 1-year contract worth $650,359 Boston Celtics / Washington Wizards / Brazil Esporte Clube Pinheiros / Phoenix Suns[a]
Shavlik Randolph Signed 1-year deal worth $306,036 Boston Celtics / China Foshan Dralions[b]

^ a: During this season, Barbosa played under the Esporte Clube Pinheiros in the Novo Basquete Brasil league. However, before that time, Barbosa played with the Boston Celtics up until he had a season-ending injury with the team on February 12, 2013. He then got traded to the Washington Wizards nine days later, only to never play a game for them in the process. After his first 10-day contract ended with the Suns, he signed a second 10-day contract immediately afterwards before finally staying on the team for the rest of the season on January 27, 2014.
^ b: Throughout most of this season, Randolph ended up playing for the Foshan Dralions as one of the team's two different foreign players the team's allowed to have during their season. However, before playing in China with Foshan once again, Randolph had played under the Boston Celtics and remained with the team until he was waived on August 1, 2014. Because Foshan was eliminated from playoff contention before Randolph was signed onto the team on March 1, 2014, he did not have to worry about any penalties that might have been received from China.

Subtractions

Player Reason left New team
Hamed Haddadi Waived Iran Foolad Mahan Isfahan / China Sichuan Blue Whales / Iran Mahram Tehran[c]
Jared Dudley Traded Los Angeles Clippers
Wesley Johnson Unrestricted free agent Los Angeles Lakers
Jermaine O'Neal Unrestricted free agent Golden State Warriors
Luis Scola Traded Indiana Pacers
Alex Oriakhi Signed a new contract France Limoges Cercle Saint-Pierre / Israel Hapoel Holon / Erie BayHawks / Sioux Falls Skyforce[d]
Diante Garrett Unrestricted free agent Oklahoma City Thunder / Tulsa 66ers / Iowa Energy / Utah Jazz[e]
Caron Butler Traded Milwaukee Bucks / Oklahoma City Thunder[f]
Michael Beasley Waived Miami Heat
Marcin Gortat Traded Washington Wizards
Kendall Marshall Traded / Waived Washington Wizards / Delaware 87ers / Los Angeles Lakers[g]
Shannon Brown Traded / Waived Washington Wizards / San Antonio Spurs / New York Knicks[g]
Malcolm Lee Traded / Waived Washington Wizards / Philadelphia 76ers / Delaware 87ers[g]
Viacheslav "Slava" Kravtsov Waived China Foshan Dralions[h]

^ c: During the off-season, Haddadi played for the Iranian Foolad Mahan Isfahan basketball team during the 2013 FIBA Asia Champions Cup in September. The team won the Champions Cup, but his performance ended up gaining interest to the recently Chinese Basketball Association promoted Sichuan Blue Whales, who used to play in the Chinese National Basketball League until winning that basketball league's championship and being promoted by the CBA. He officially signed with Sichuan on September 28, 2013 and continued to play with the team until the end of the 2013–14 CBA season. After his season with Sichuan ended, which included a respectable first season CBA record for a new team, Haddadi decided to return to his home nation once again to play for Mahram Tehran at the Iranian Super League on February 19, 2014 for the rest of the season.
^ d: Second-round rookie Alex Oriakhi decided to sign with the French Limoges Cercle Saint-Pierre team on July 31, 2013, after having a lackluster showcase on the Suns' Summer League team. However, after playing in France for a few games, Oriakhi decided to leave Limoges on November 8, 2013. Three days later, Oriakhi decided to play for the Israeli team known as Hapoel Holon. Oriakhi would continue to play in Israel until December 21, 2013 where he decided to return to the U.S.A. to play for the D-League's Erie BayHawks in Erie, Pennsylvania. He'd continue to play in Erie until February 7, 2014 where he got traded to the Sioux Falls Skyforce in South Dakota. Even though Oriakhi is currently playing basketball for the Miami Heat's D-League affiliate, his NBA rights are still retained by the Phoenix Suns.
^ e: On August 30, 2013, Diante Garrett signed with the Oklahoma City Thunder as a means of trying to make it to their roster. However, while Garrett did end up playing for the Thunder, he was ultimately waived by the Thunder before the NBA's regular season began on October 25. Garrett then signed up for the D-League's Tulsa 66ers on Halloween and then was traded to the Iowa Energy the next day (while not officially playing for either team as well) before finally playing for the Utah Jazz on November 13, 2013.
^ f: Even though Caron Butler never played with the Suns, he still wound up being a part of the team for around 6-7 weeks before being traded to his hometown team in the Milwaukee Bucks. Butler would continue to end up playing for the Bucks until he got waived on February 27, 2014. He'd end up signing onto the Oklahoma City Thunder four days later on March 1, 2014.
^ g: In the trade in which the Suns sent Kendall Marshall, Shannon Brown, and Malcolm Lee to the Washington Wizards, all three of those players were waived by the team immediately afterwards. Therefore, while each of those players was traded to the Wizards alongside Marcin Gortat, only Gortat stayed on their roster once the trade came to pass. Marshall would end up playing for the Delaware 87ers in the D-League on December 3, 2013 before signing a multi-year contract with the Los Angeles Lakers on December 19, 2013, while Brown would end up signing two 10-day contracts to play for the eventual champion San Antonio Spurs (while also waiving shooting guard and former Phoenix Suns training camp candidate Othyus Jeffers from their team) on February 1, 2014, only to then get waived after finishing his second 10-day contract with San Antonio on February 21, 2014, and then signing with the New York Knicks alongside former Suns player Earl Clark on February 26, 2014, before officially staying with the Knicks for the rest of the year on March 20, 2014, after successfully completing his second 10-day contract on March 10, 2014; Malcolm Lee would miss the entire 2013–14 NBA season being making an agreement to play with the Philadelphia 76ers on September 24, 2014 before being cut after the pre-season ended on October 25, 2014, and then sign with the affiliated Delaware 87ers in the D-League on November 3, 2014, before returning with the 76ers on December 5, 2014 to play an official game for them before being waived six days later when the 76ers traded Brandon Davies to the Brooklyn Nets for Andrei Kirilenko, Jorge Gutiérrez, and a 2020 second round pick (he'd end up playing with the 87ers again two days later and remained there until January 30, 2015).
^ h: Throughout the rest of the season, Viacheslav "Slava" Kravtsov did not sign with a new team in either the NBA or in an international country, regardless of whether it's in his home nation of Ukraine or a new nation altogether. In the summer, however, he did participate in Ukraine's first ever FIBA World Championship in 2014. On September 16, 2014, Kravtsov signed a new contract to play for the Foshan Dralions (which would later be officially named the Foshan Long-Lions by the time Kravtsov signed with them) of the Chinese Basketball Association (which coincidentally enough was his replacement's former team before signing with the Suns late in the season).

See also

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