This is not a particularly confident ranking.
Frankly, it needs a leap of faith to get a franchise that is done little to deserve one. The Phoenix Suns are creeping toward the close of a fourth consecutive season with a sub-.300 winning percent. They’ve had four distinct coaches during that stretch and could consider another change following this season. There’s also a troubling tendency of dysfunction within the business.
But this is a players’ league, and the Suns have some of the greatest up-and-comers in the business.
Devin Booker is 22 years old and an explosive scorer (25.1 points per game). Phoenix’s mishandling of the point guard spot also compelled him to develop as a shot-creator, and he has responded with a career-best 6.7 assists per contest. Deandre Ayton, 20, should be a first-team All-Rookie lock and also only the third NBA professional to ordinary 16 points and 10 rebounds during the 2000s.
That is probably it for possible stars, but players such as TJ Warren, Josh Jackson, Mikal Bridges and (if he is re-signed) Kelly Oubre Jr. are capable of handling complementary roles. With this core still place to rise through the Suns’ own first-rounders and an incoming selection from the Milwaukee Bucks, the ability base will continue to enlarge.
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