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What outgoing salary structures existed for the Phoenix Suns in 2020-21?

Target: Chris Paul
decision date Nov 16, 2020 · incoming salary $41.4M

No resolved one-to-three-player combination clears the selected minimum-outgoing screen; 3 roster salaries are unresolved. This is not proof that no legal trade route existed.

Exact legality withheldComplete dated salary treatment, aggregation, apron, exception, consent, roster, trade-restriction and draft-rule evidence.

Salary screen

Era-correct minimum-outgoing screen — a screen, not a legality determination.
Rules era: 2017 CBA rulesGoverning lane: Non taxpayer expanded 175 100 plus5m or 125 100minimum outgoing $33.0MOver cap below or at tax proxy

A passing salary route is not a legal trade determination.

Outgoing salary routes

No passing route among resolved salaries; roster salary evidence is incomplete
0pass the salary screen
3fail the salary screen
3await a full legal review
0declared exactly legal

No passing route among resolved salaries; roster salary evidence is incomplete

Closest failing routes (3)
Blocked by the salary screen: Frank Kaminsky + Mikal Bridges — $6.10M vs minimum $33.0M
Blocked by the salary screen: Mikal Bridges — $4.36M vs minimum $33.0M
Blocked by the salary screen: Frank Kaminsky — $1.74M vs minimum $33.0M

Outgoing-player tray

The roster pieces the combinations draw from — and the basketball that would leave with each.
Mikal Bridges$4.36M

Salary resolved; player included in generated combinations

Basketball that would leave

PHX was highly dependent on Mikal Bridges. Removing him cost about 31.5% of event creation production, and lineups with him performed 5.9 points per 100 possessions better than lineups without him. The best supported replacement group was [Ricky Rubio, Aron Baynes, Dario Saric, Kelly Oubre Jr., Devin Booker] over 488 possessions.

rotation 58%Event creation at risk (31.5%)Critical basketball and lineup dependency
Frank Kaminsky$1.74M

Salary resolved; player included in generated combinations

Basketball that would leave

PHX had a supported lineup path without Frank Kaminsky: [Ricky Rubio, Kelly Oubre Jr., Devin Booker, Mikal Bridges, Deandre Ayton] at 8.6 adjusted net points per 100 possessions over 438 possessions. This is an observed option, not proof it is universally better.

rotation 22%Interior finish at risk (6.7%)Observed replacement path
Kelly Oubre Jr.

Salary unresolved; player excluded from generated combinations

Basketball that would leave

PHX had a supported lineup path without Kelly Oubre Jr.: [Ricky Rubio, Devin Booker, Mikal Bridges, Deandre Ayton, Cameron Johnson] at 4.6 adjusted net points per 100 possessions over 269 possessions. This is an observed option, not proof it is universally better.

rotation 55%Interior finish at risk (15.9%)Observed replacement path
Cheick Diallo

Salary unresolved; player excluded from generated combinations

Basketball that would leave

PHX had a supported lineup path without Cheick Diallo: [Ricky Rubio, Kelly Oubre Jr., Devin Booker, Mikal Bridges, Deandre Ayton] at 8.6 adjusted net points per 100 possessions over 438 possessions. This is an observed option, not proof it is universally better.

rotation 14%Interior finish at risk (4.9%)Observed replacement path
Ricky Rubio

Salary unresolved; player excluded from generated combinations

Basketball that would leave

PHX did not have a sufficiently supported observed replacement lineup for Ricky Rubio. The database keeps the functional-loss evidence but does not invent a replacement plan.

rotation 57%Passing at risk (32.1%)No replacement lineup is supported by the available evidence

Draft capital

Reconstructed control, never confirmed tradability.
WithheldNo dated pick-control interval was found. That is missing evidence, not proof that the team owned zero picks.
0 first-round candidate row(s)0 second-round candidate row(s)0 conditional claim(s)0 confirmed tradable

No pick is called tradable without complete Stepien and encumbrance evidence.

Observed completed trade

What actually happened — shown separately; it never rewrites the construction above.

Player-only package: 4 player(s) — outgoing cap hit $35.2M

This is a retrospective receipt and does not rewrite the pre-decision package screen.

basketball: Not scored or used to determine legality.legal rules: Rule-by-rule checks with unresolved inputs named directly.draft capital: Dated control candidates, conditions, Stepien and tradability remain separate.salary and cap: Package salary math and team financial-position proxy only.outcome and causality: Not inferred from a legal screen or observed completed receipt.availability and intent: Not inferred from package legality.price and market access: Not scored or used to determine legality.

Direct team link and basketball fit remain separate from salary construction, draft inventory, completed price, exact legality and transaction outcome.