A plan to select Luka Doncic with the #1 pick and make a run at signing Clint Capela that offseason was proposed to the Phoenix Suns in the lead-up to the 2018 NBA Draft, tweeted Marc Stein of The New York Times.

The team had also hired Doncic's national team coach Igor Kokoskov before the draft.

Suns owner Robert Sarver reportedly urged the team draft Deandre Ayton with the #1 pick.

Doncic finished with 42 points and 11 assists in the Mavs' 120-113 win against the Suns on Friday night.

Aron Baynes has had an excellent start to his first season with the Phoenix Suns.

The Suns traded for Baynes from the Boston Celtics and several contenders such as the Los Angeles Lakers hoped he'd be bought out and become a free agent.

Baynes will be a free agent next July.

“He is positioning himself for well over $10 million per year," said one team executive.