[9][10] The season was suspended by the league officials following the games completed on March 11[11] after it was reported that Rudy Gobert (and a referee by proxy) tested positive for COVID-19.
Bukstein was moved back to his original assistant general manager role by that time, while Jeff Bower became the senior vice president of basketball operations.
[18] Nelson left the Suns to be the new head athletic trainer for the New Orleans Pelicans, reuniting with David Griffin and Alvin Gentry there.
[5] Monty Williams agreed to a five-year deal to coach the Suns on May 3, which became effective on May 12 at the conclusion of the 76ers' playoff run against the eventual 2019 NBA Finals champions, the Toronto Raptors.
[24] In this updated coaching staff, the Suns confirmed the official firings of both Steve Blake and Larry Greer from the team.
Due to them having a tied record with the Cavaliers at the end of last season, a tiebreaker coin-flip to determine which team acquired the second-best odds for a top pick in the draft was held.
The first trade involved trading small forward T. J. Warren to the Indiana Pacers and their second-round pick of the draft (which became small forward KZ Okpala of Stanford University) to the Miami Heat for cash considerations from Indiana for the purpose of opening up their salary cap in free agency.
[34][35] George King also had a two-way contract that expired this season, though he played for the Utah Jazz's Summer League team instead.
[36] The next day, both Troy Daniels and Richaun Holmes agreed to new deals to join the Los Angeles Lakers and Sacramento Kings, respectively.
Charlotte Hornets power forward/center Frank Kaminsky III also agreed to a two-year deal worth $10 million later that day, which was later signed on July 17.
[40][41] Four days later, Kelly Oubre Jr. agreed to a two-year extension worth $30 million to return with the team, which he signed on July 16.
[47] Ray Spalding also agreed to a non-guaranteed deal with the Atlanta Hawks a day later on July 31, though he was waived before the preseason even concluded on October 8, 2019.
On September 27, 2019, the Phoenix Suns announced the signing of Auburn point guard Jared Harper on a two-way contract, as well as the training camp signings of Texas Tech forwards Tariq Owens and Norense Odiase and Ratiopharm Ulm guard David Krämer, a born Slovak raised in Austria that competitively represents Germany.
[61] When the NBA announced their plans to resume the 2019–20 season, they opened up a brief period from June 22 to July 1, 2020, where teams can expand their rosters to 17 players properly (meaning two-way contracts would play in the 2020 Playoffs due to the aftermath of this season's suspension) if they don't already have enough players to play with during their stay in Orlando, though even teams that aren't competing in Orlando will be able to make similar moves as well.
Tariq Owens, their only remaining two-way contract left for the season, was later confirmed to not join the Suns in Orlando for July & August as well, though he was out for his own personal reasons.
On March 11, 2020, the NBA postponed the rest of the regular season, effective after the end of most of the league’s games played that night.
This period left most of the regular season games scheduled throughout March and April in jeopardy of cancellation due to the long suspension.
On June 4, the NBA agreed to resume the regular season for 22 teams, including the Suns, behind closed doors at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Orlando, Florida.
However, they did not reach the play-in tournament due to the Portland Trail Blazers having a better record and the Memphis Grizzlies having the tiebreaker over Phoenix this season.
^ b: Both Frank Kaminsky and Cheick Diallo held deals that were only fully guaranteed if their respective team options were approved by next season.
^ d: Tariq Owens originally signed a training camp deal on September 27, 2019 for a shot at competing for an open two-way contract.
[111] ^ e: Tariq Owens previously signed with the Phoenix Suns as an undrafted free agent from Texas Tech University during their original training camp period for the season on September 27, 2019 before being waived by the end of the preseason.
He then joined the NBA G League affiliate Northern Arizona Suns by November 8, 2019 before rejoining Phoenix as the team's second two-way contract for the rest of the (initial) regular season on January 15, 2020.
^ h: Cameron Payne initially signed with the defending champion Toronto Raptors on July 25, 2019, but he did not make it to their regular season roster on October 19 after being dismissed from training camp.
After that point, he joined Houston's NBA G League affiliate team, the Rio Grande Valley Vipers, on November 8 before signing a two-way contract with the Charlotte Hornets on January 15, 2020.
He then played with the Stelmet Enea BC Zielona Góra in Poland on January 17, 2020, though neither team would finish their respective seasons due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
However, they would recover to play for more games in Orlando for the rest of the regular season and playoffs afterward, including being involved in the 2020 Western Conference Finals against the eventual champion Lakers.
However, Bender spent most of his season with the Wisconsin Herd, albeit with him also playing a few games with the Bucks before being waived by Milwaukee (with guaranteed money) on February 10, 2020.
Crawford was replacing guard Spencer Dinwiddie, who caught the COVID-19 virus back in June and was not recommended to travel with the team, during the Nets' time in Orlando, Florida.
After that point, Bolden initially retired from basketball early altogether at 25 years old in order to pursue a career with cryptocurrency in mind.