NBA salary cap exercise: What player would every team amnesty?

Phoenix Suns – Frank Kaminsky

This fun run for the Suns in the bubble has highlighted some of the positive moves the franchise has made over the years. Sure they gave away TJ Warren, De’Anthony Melton and Josh Jackson (with picks attached) for cash, waivable contracts and Jevon Carter. But they used that money for Ricky Rubio. Less than ideal road to a solid ending. The team also took Deandre Ayton over Luka Doncic when their coach at the time had coached Doncic on the National Team, but this is getting off-topic.

Speaking of Ayton, the team does not need as many centers as they have on the roster. Ayton is a great young prospect and had he not been suspended for 25 games this season the Suns would be more firmly in thick of this race for the final playoff spot than they already are. Aron Baynes is the perfect veteran presence for this team and brought a toughness they sorely needed.

So this all begs the question: why is Frank Kaminsky here? He is a little too old to be part of the young prospects and a little too old (and mediocre) to be a veteran presence. As the third center on this team his number are fine but the things that previously set him apart are no longer doing so. He has dropped to 33.9 percent from long range after shooting 36.0 percent last year and 38.0 percent the year prior.

There simply is not a role for Kaminsky on this team and $5 million for basically nothing feels wasteful. It does not help his case that he may be the only member of the roster without a necessary role.