The Phoenix Suns and Jae Crowder agreed that the veteran forward would stay away from the team until his trade request could be fulfilled. Now, it seems like the Suns might be closing on trading Crowder.

Marc Stein of Substack reported that there were "credible rumbles" that a Crowder trade had some progress. This came after Crowder put up a cryptic Instagram post showing a clock.

Jack Fischer of Yahoo Sports followed up Stein's reporting by saying that the Suns appeared close to finalizing a three-team trade prior to their game against the Golden State Warriors on Wednesday night.