The Phoenix Suns are closing their busy offseason with a bang entering training camp next week.

Deandre Ayton, Phoenix’s only No. 1 overall draft pick in franchise history, was sent to the Portland Trail Blazers in a mammoth three-team trade deal on Wednesday. He was Phoenix’s five-year starting center who helped lead the team to the 2021 finals.

Phoenix got four players in the deal: Jusuf Nurkic, Nassir Little, and Keon Johnson from Portland; and Grayson Allen from Milwaukee.

Now, Phoenix has 19 players on its current roster. That will be whittled down to the league’s standard 15 before the team’s regular season tips off on Oct. 24 at the Golden State Warriors.

Meet the new players.

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Jusuf Nurkic

Position: Center

Height: 7-foot

Age/years of experience: 29/nine

Career statistics: 12.3 points, 8.6 rebounds, 2.3 assists, 1.2 blocks, .502/.292/.671

Salary owed in 2023-24 season/contract years left: $16.8 million/three

Outlook: The Bosnian big Nurkic is a burly 290-pound formidable rim protector and rebounder for Phoenix’s new defensive-minded coach Frank Vogel’s system. Nurkic produces close to a double-double like Ayton, and is solid passing big will likely be Phoenix’s starter to replace him. But Nurkic’s health has been a concern for most of his career, especially since January 2019. He’s played 153 games since then, including 52 last season (all starts), and has just four seasons appearing in over 60 games. Nurkic adds depth in the middle for Phoenix with his former Portland teammate Drew Eubanks, Bol Bol, and Udoka Azubuike.

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