The G League team makes its fourth trade of the month,
Well would you look at that, another trade for the Valley Suns. General manager Brendan Sabean executes his fourth trade of the month and brings in point guard David Stockton, sending Jahlil Okafor and Garrison Brooks to the Indiana Mad Ants.
Stockton is the son of John Stockton, who was a pretty elite point guard in his own right.
Most recently, Stockton played for the G League Ignite and averaged 6.5 points and 4.8 assists in four games playing alongside prospects, such as No. 5 pick Ron Holland and No. 11 Matas Buzelis.
When he played for Indiana, he averaged 13.3 points and nine assists.
Stockton has proven himself as a table-setter at the G League level, there’s no question about that, but this move definitely looks like one that might have the name recognition element involved as well.
Not that Jahlil Okafor and Garrison Brooks don’t provide their own name recognition a former Duke Blue Devil and a former UNC Tar Heel.
Really, there’s so much murkiness to a G League roster at this point on the calendar because returning player rights are only rights and not guarantees that a player will be on the roster.
Plus, so many of the Valley players, such as Jaden Shackelford and Mamadi Diakite, are signed to training camp deals for Phoenix which have to play out first.
What moves have the Valley Suns made this month?
In total:
In: Jaden Shackelford, Mamadi Diakite, Kaleb Johnson and David Stockton
Out: Theo Maledon, Trevion Williams, Justin Smith Jahlil Okafor, Garrison Brooks and a 2025 first-round pick
It’s already been total facelift from the expansion draft list ahead of the team’s media day and training camp down the line.