Phoenix Suns waive forwards Mamadi Diakite and Moses Wood

The Phoenix Suns on Monday waived forwards Mamadi Diakite and Moses Wood ahead of their preseason finale on Thursday.

The moves leave the roster with 18 players, three of whom are on two-way contracts and do not count toward the 15-player roster maximum.

Diakite and Wood were on exhibit-10 contracts that allowed their training camp deals to convert into standard contracts for the regular season, and big man Frank Kaminsky remains the only other player with that type of deal.

Barring outside signings or trades before the season begins next Wednesday, an open roster spot could be Kaminsky’s to lose.

Diakite and Wood could be options to land on the Valley Suns’ G League roster. The Valley Suns acquired Diakite’s rights in a trade with the Westchester Knicks before the NBA club signed him to an exhibit-10 deal.

Diakite has played four NBA seasons, appearing in 55 games for five teams after going undrafted in 2020.

He was a member of the 2020-21 Milwaukee Bucks team coached by new Suns head coach Mike Budenholzer.

Wood played for the Atlanta Hawks during this offseason’s NBA Summer League. He played in college at Washington, Portland, UNLV and Tulane, averaging 10.5 points on 44.1% shooting.

Phoenix Suns roster

Grayson Allen

Bradley Beal

Bol Bol

Devin Booker

Jalen Bridges (two-way)

Ryan Dunn

Kevin Durant

Collin Gillespie (two-way)

Oso Ighodaro

Tyus Jones

Frank Kaminsky

Damion Lee

Monte Morris

Jusuf Nurkic

Josh Okogie

Royce O’Neale

Mason Plumlee

TyTy Washington Jr. (two-way)

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