This isn’t a ranking.
Frankly, it needs a leap of faith to get a franchise that’s done little to deserve you. 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 may consider another change after this season. There’s also a troubling trend of dysfunction within the business.
But this really is a players’ league, and the Suns have some of the best up-and-comers in the business.
Devin Booker is 22 years old and already 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, ought to be a first-team All-Rookie lock and only the third NBA freshman to ordinary 16 points and 10 rebounds throughout the 2000s.
That’s probably it for potential celebrities, but players such as TJ Warren, Josh Jackson, Mikal Bridges and (if he’s re-signed) Kelly Oubre Jr. are all capable of tackling complementary roles. And 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 expand.
