No matter what sphere of life you’re talking about, there’s a constant: it comes at you fast. In the NBA, it seems to come at you at 5x speed.
Ask a Phoenix Suns fan. Last year, their squad proceeded all the way to the NBA Finals. This year, they won 64 games and were widely expected to do the same.
Que the narrator: “they did not do the same”. In fact, they didn’t get particularly close, as they were eliminated by the Dallas Mavericks in the Western Conference Semifinals. Now, a laundry list of questions surrounds this team.
Many of them revolve around Deandre Ayton. The Suns selected him with the first overall pick in the 2019 NBA Draft. It’s hard to say whether he’s lived up to the billing.
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On the one hand, he’s a reliable defensive big who finishes the pick-and-roll with great efficiency. However, he’s limited.
Is he too limited to offer a max contract? That’s the question the Phoenix Suns have to ask themselves this summer as he hits Restricted Free Agent. If they decide that he’s not, here are two trade packages that send him to the Milwaukee Bucks.
