Overview
- The trade was made official Monday, July 13, 2026, with Phoenix sending Grayson Allen, Royce O’Neale and its unprotected 2033 first-round pick to Charlotte for Miles Bridges, a 2029 first-round pick and a 2027 second-round pick.
- Phoenix reduced projected team salary by about $6.2 million, a move that drops the club below the NBA’s first apron and clears room to use the taxpayer mid-level exception for role signings.
- Miles Bridges is entering the final year of a $22.8 million contract and will be extension-eligible this offseason, and he has joined Suns teammates at summer league activities in Las Vegas.
- Charlotte took back two rotation veterans and added an unprotected 2033 first-rounder plus multiple second-round picks in a package that increases the Hornets’ draft capital and payroll flexibility.
- The deal was delayed until linked multi-team transactions cleared a six-month trade restriction on Mouhamadou Gueye, and it marks the fourth trade between the Suns and Hornets since January 2025.