 Not too long afterward, Phoenix had their own meeting with Aldridge.While many reporters initially thought the Suns were dark horse candidates to woo Aldridge, recent moves like the addition of Tyson Chandler and a trade where they moved small forwards Marcus Morris, Danny Granger, and Reggie Bullock to the Detroit Pistons helped the Suns out in their pursuit to open up some cap space to sign Aldridge.Between their recent moves and the presentation the Suns gave to LaMarcus on July 1 (which included the aforementioned Tyson Chandler and Aldridge's former teammate Earl Watson), it helped get the Suns from being a longshot candidate to competing with the Spurs as the main candidates for the rights to sign LaMarcus Aldridge.