While many fans will focus on a long shot bid to bring Kevin Garnett to Phoenix, the Suns are also working feverishly behind the scenes to obtain something they thought they would have all along ? a lottery selection in the June 28 NBA draft.

The Suns have enough draft assets ? the 24th and 29th pick this year, and Atlanta?s now unprotected pick along with their own next year ? that they might be able to get themselves back among the top 10 picks, where there seems to be less of a consensus on players beyond superstars Greg Oden and Kevin Durant.

?We?re pretty intent on trying to move up,? Suns senior vice president of basketball operations David Griffin said. ?We feel like we?re close to moving up significantly, higher up than the teens. We want to get as high as we realistically can get. We have a lot of assets relative to picks, things people would be interested in.?

The Suns will bring in Florida?s Joakim Noah for one of two workouts tentatively scheduled for Tuesday, and he could be joined by other lottery-level players if Phoenix feels it is close to swinging a deal. Noah was a player the Suns scouted carefully during the college season when they expected to have a lottery pick.

?When you?ve watched the draft and the players relative to that pick and then you realize you have no shot at that group (after the lottery). It?s a bit of a shock,? Griffin said. ?There is a feeling that after Durant and Oden, there is a fairly large pool of picks where there isn?t a lot of difference, or where beauty is in the eye of the beholder.?