Report: Suns trade Ariza to Wizards for Oubre, Rivers (no third team)

Brooks who? Turns out Phoenix and Washington didn’t need a third team involved to get a trade done.

Phoenix gets a point guard, and the Wizards get a veteran presence in a trade that is straight up between the two: Trevor Ariza heads to Washington while Austin Rivers, Kelly Oubre are going to Phoenix, a story broken by Shams Charania of The Athletic and Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN.

The struggling Wizards get a veteran presence in their locker room — something the team where players don’t like each other and it shows on the court could use. Plus, Ariza brings a solid wing defensive and three-point shooting presence to the team (although he has struggled this season).

Phoenix has desperately needed a point guard and now they got a rotation level one in Rivers, plus the young Kelly Oubre fits better on the Suns’ timeline — with Devin Booker, Deandre Ayton and the rest — than the veteran Ariza.


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