The Phoenix Suns have stated their optimism about the playing status of Channing Frye, who missed last season due to an enlarged heart.

The Suns should learn in a few weeks if Frye will be able to return next season.

"We're optimistic he'll be able to play," Suns GM Ryan McDonough said.

The Phoenix Suns signed Alex Len, who the team selected with the fifth overall pick in the 2013 NBA Draft.

Len is a 7-foot-1, 255-pound athletic center, who finished a two-year career in College Park, Maryland, with an Honorable Mention All-ACC season in which he was also named to the All-ACC Defensive team.

The Phoenix Suns gained $5.65 million of cap space for any potential in-season trades by making the Caron Butler deal with the Milwaukee Bucks.

They appear likely to use that money to make an expected costly waiver of Michael Beasley more palatable.

Beasley would be owed $9 million of guaranteed salary over the next two seasons and his dead money would not be as big of an issue.

The Phoenix Suns have agreed to trade Caron Butler to the Milwaukee Bucks for Ish Smith and Slava Kravtsov.

Butler has found appealing the prospect of playing for his home-state team. He was traded from the Los Angeles Clippers to the Suns seven weeks ago and was expected to bring leadership to Phoenix.

Butler, 33, will make $8 million this season on an expriring contract but the Bucks could absorb most of that with $7.5 million of cap space.

It is unclear what the Suns have planned for Smith and Kravtsov.

The Phoenix Suns and Bucks are seriously engaged in trade conversations that would send Caron Butler to Milwaukee, according to a report citing multiple sources.

"Much respect for the organization of the Phx Suns#staytuned," Butler posted on his official Twitter account late Wednesday night.

Butler has reportedly thought about playing for his hometown Bucks and a possible deal could be consummated as soon as Thursday. Exact details of the trade are unknown.

The report cites that Carlos Delfino could miss the entire preseason and even a portion of the regular season.

Butler was traded to the Suns after two seasons with the Los Angeles Clippers.

Goran Dragic endorsed the Phoenix Suns’ offseason moves, including the acquisition of Eric Bledsoe.

"I’m really excited with what they’re doing," Dragic said. "I talked with Ryan [McDonough] and Jeff [Hornacek] a couple of times. They told me what they're doing and how they want to do things. I think it's awesome."

McDonough and Hornacek have expressed optimism over a proposed plan to start Dragic and Bledsoe together in the backcourt.

"He’s a mini-Lebron James," Dragic said of Bledsoe. "He’s got that big strength so when he's in the open court, he’s unstoppable. Like a lot of fans know, I like to play fast basketball. When I get the ball to the other guy, he’s going to run. We’re going to score a lot of points."

Alex Len expects to be ready when the Phoenix Suns open training camp in late September.

Len had separate surgical procedures on both ankles following his final season at Maryland.

“I’ve got two more weeks of rehab and then I’ll be back about 85-90 percent,” Len said. “I’ll be back for training camp and be ready for the season.”

Len has spent most of this year with a protective boot on one foot or the other.

“I’m trying to just focus on the other things,” he said. “Just learn the game because there are a lot of things I have to learn, different rules and stuff like that. I don’t really think about it. The doctors tell me to just not worry about it. Everything’s great. I’m feeling right. I don’t feel any pain so there’s nothing to worry about.”

Phoenix Suns forward Michael Beasley was arrested in Scottsdale on Tuesday morning and could be facing charges for drug possession.

Police stopped Beasley in Scottsdale at 1:15 a.m. Tuesday for a traffic violation in the area near Scottsdale and McCormick roads, according to the Scottsdale Police Department.

According to police, officers searched his vehicle after smelling marijuana coming from the car and confiscated narcotics located in the driver area.

Beasley was arrested on suspicion of marijuana possession and released from custody. He could be facing charges for drug possession.