Phoenix Suns
While everyone around the league was scrambling to make moves, GM James Jones and the Phoenix Suns were probably playing NBA 2K in their locker room, knowing that they are the best team in the league and did not really need to do anything in trade talks to prove so.
The Suns did find themselves a part of some small deals thought ahead of the trade deadline.
Phoenix acquired the likes of Torrey Craig for Jalen Smith and a second-round pick, as well as Aaron Holiday for cash considerations, but overall, the Suns are still the team to beat this season as they look to get back to the NBA Finals for redemption.
Following the trade deadline on Thursday night, the Suns backed up the fact that they are the best team in the league by getting a little bit of vengeance on the Milwaukee Bucks. Phoenix dominated Milwaukee 131-107 at home. Followed by a 27-point win over the Orlando Magic, Phoenix holds a league-best 46-10 record.
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Devin Booker has really been playing at an MVP-level this season as the Phoenix Suns’ primary scoring option, but future Hall-of-Fame point guard Chris Paul deserves to be in the MVP conversation this year.
Even dating back to his first season with the Suns last year, Chris Paul has been the best point guard in the league that nobody seems to want to give any credit to because we are simply expecting greatness from Paul night-in and night-out.
He is such a consistent player that we tend to turn our heads to what he does because he is not putting up 40, sometimes 50-point nights like other MVP candidates such as Giannis Antetokounmpo and Joel Embiid.
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Up-and-down the Suns roster, they have shooters, depth and extremely high-IQ basketball players, which is why they are currently the best team in the league.
They may have lost to the Bucks last season in the NBA Finals, but the Phoenix Suns have more depth and are a better defensive team than they were a season ago, which is why they should be the outright favorites to win the NBA Finals this season.
