As soon as a team wins the draft lottery there are questions about what that team plans to do with the pick. The Phoenix Suns are no exception.

With the absence of a sure-fire, once-in-a-lifetime prospect, there’s no guarantee what the Suns will do at No. 1. Plenty of speculation follows DeAndre Ayton, the center from down the highway at Arizona. However, if he was a lock, the Suns would’ve said so already.

Instead, like almost every team before them, the Suns are playing it coy. Their needs are numerous, and because of that, they haven’t dismissed the idea of trading the pick. Of course, the offer would need to be generous, but the Suns are keeping their options open.

Here’s an ESPN report, quoting GM Ryan McDonough:

“We’re certainly open to that. We’ll consider it,” McDonough said. “Obviously we’ll have more information closer to the draft than we do today, after we go through the workout process and the interview process and we get the medical physicals. So we’re open to that.

“I think if you look around the NBA as far as the veteran players, there are probably a few players we’d consider trading the pick for, not … just pick for player No. 1. So it’ll be a busy month for us.”

The Suns won the top pick in the draft lottery on Tuesday. After a league-worst 21-61 season, Phoenix had the best odds to win the lottery. Barring a trade, this will be the Suns’ first No. 1 overall pick in franchise history.

“I’ve been in the league 15 or 16 years now,” McDonough said. “I’ve never been with a franchise that’s had the No. 1 pick. So it’s a big responsibility, but especially in this draft with the talent at the top that we look forward to.”

“It is difficult,” McDonough said. “And I think people are jumping to conclusions as far as — there’s only one or two guys in the mix for us. There are more than that … there are a handful of guys.”