Mock Trade Sends Suns' Dillon Brooks to Lakers for $66 Million Duo

Aug 12, 2025 8:47 PM EDT

The Phoenix Suns are set to enter next season with an almost completely different roster than what they had last season after making major changes to it this offseason.

Of course, the Suns broke apart their star trio of Devin Booker, Keivn Durant and Bradley Beal as they traded Durant to the Houston Rockets and bought out Beal’s contract, allowing him to sign with the Los Angeles Clippers.

Phoenix Suns stars Devin Booker (1), Bradley Beal (3) and Kevin Durant (35) — Source: Kiyoshi Mio-Imagn Images

Now Booker is the only remaining star from their big three and he is set to be the centerpiece of Phoenix’s future after they signed him to a massive contract extension this summer.

For the Suns, they have done a solid job of building a younger roster as they landed Jalen Green, Dillon Brooks and Mark Williams via trades and also selected Khaman Maluach, Rasheer Fleming and Koby Brea in the 2025 draft.

While the Suns have made some major moves this offseason, more could be on the way before the start of next season as multiple players continue to be in trade rumors.

Suns predicted to send Dillon Brooks to Lakers

With this in mind, SB Nations’ Jacob Rude recently released a mock trade that would see the Suns send Brooks to the Los Angeles Lakers for two players.

In the trade, the Suns would send Brooks to the Lakers in exchange for Gabe Vincent and Maxi Kleber.

This would be an interesting trade for both teams involved and one that does not make a ton of sense for the Suns to make.

Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James (23) defends the ball from Houston Rockets forward Dillon Brooks (9)

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Of course, the Suns could look to trade Brooks at some point before next season’s trade deadline as they may try to add more young talent to their roster but to swap him for two veterans who struggled last season does not make a ton of sense for Phoenix.

For the Lakers, adding Brooks to their roster would be a massive upgrade after losing Dorian Finney-Smith in free agency as the veteran forward would give them a solid scorer and great defender alongside Luka Doncic and LeBron James.

Houston Rockets guard Dillon Brooks — Source: Cary Edmondson-Imagn Images

Despite this, the Suns would likely want more in return in a potential trade for Brooks that would likely require Los Angeles to include draft capital and a young player.

Because of this, it is highly unlikely that the Suns would consider this offer for Brooks, especially before he even suits up for their franchise.