The Suns have released 2nd year small forward Taylor Griffin. Griffin played in 8 games (0 starts) for the Suns last season and he averaged 4.0 minutes, 1.3 points, 0.3 rebounds and 0.1 assists per game. The Suns won’t miss Griffin at all as he’s barely a good enough player for the D-League.

The Suns have acquired 31-year old small forward Hedo Turkoglu from the Raptors for 27-year old SG Leandro Barbosa, 27-year old power forward Dwayne Jones and a trade exception. Turkoglu should fit right in with the running style of the Suns. He played in 74 games (69 starts) for the Raptors last season and he averaged 30.7 minutes, 11.3 points, 4.6 rebounds and 4.1 assists per game. Turkoglu has now played in 752 games (443 starts) in his 10 years in the NBA and he has averaged 28.2 minutes, 12.2 points, 4.3 rebounds and 2.9 assists per game. Barbosa was a solid player for the Suns. He played in 466 games (109 starts) in his 7 years with the Suns and he averaged 25.1 minutes, 12.6 points, 2.4 rebounds, 2.6 assists and 1.0 steal per game. Dwayne Jones only played in 2 games (0 starts) for the Suns last season and he played 7 scoreless minutes getting one rebound. I like this move for the Suns.

The Suns have acquired 27-year old SG/SF Josh Childress from the Hawks for a second round pick in the 2012 NBA Draft. The Suns have done a 5-year, $34 million dollar deal with Childress. He played his last two seasons in Greece appearing in 57 games in which he averaged 27.2 minutes, 14.5 points, 4.6 rebounds, 1.1 assists and 1.0 steal per game. Childress has also played 4 years in the NBA in which he appeared in 285 games (67 starts) and he averaged 31.3 minutes, 11.1 points, 5.6 rebounds, 1.8 assists and 1.0 steal per game on 52.2% shooting from the floor. I really like this move for the Suns as they essentially gave up next to nothing for Childress.

The Suns have re-signed PF/C Channing Frye to a 5-year, $30 million dollar deal. Frye played in 81 games (41 starts) for the Suns last season and he averaged 27.0 minutes, 11.2 points, 5.3 rebounds and 1.4 assists per game. Frye also is a sharp shooter as he hit 43.9% of his shots from 3-point range. Frye has now played in 359 games (135 starts) in his five years in the NBA and he has averaged 21.6 minutes, 8.9 points, 4.7 rebounds and 0.9 assists per game. This was a good move for the Suns as Frye played well for them last season.

The Suns have signed 27-year old forward Hakim Warrick to a 4-year, $18 million dollar deal. Warrick played in 76 games (6 starts) last season for the Bulls & Bucks in which he averaged 20.5 minutes, 9.6 points, 4.1 rebounds and 0.7 assists per game. He has now played in 383 games (89 starts) in his five years in the NBA and he has averaged 21.5 minutes, 10.1 points, 4.3 rebounds and 0.7 assists per game. Warrick could wind up getting a ton of playing time for the Suns if Amare Stoudemire is indeed gone which is what it’s starting to look like.

UPDATE: (7/9/2010) - This wound up being a sign and trade deal with the Bulls. The Bulls will get a 2011 second round pick from the Suns for Warrick.