No matter what your specific goals in life are, you share a common goal with everyone else: progress. That’s true for NBA teams as well.
Whatever you’re trying to do, you’re trying to make progress. With that in mind, we wish that progress was always linear. It isn’t. Sometimes, you have to take a step backward in order to prepare for two steps forward.
Every team in the league is trying to progress towards the same goal – winning an NBA championship. On the other hand, it’s far from an easy goal to reach.
It’s one the Phoenix Suns have come close to achieving in recent years. This club made the NBA Finals in 2020-21 and followed that up by winning 64 games last season.
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Unfortunately, there’s so much turmoil surrounding the Suns that some observers wonder how long they can keep this group together.
By contrast, the Orlando Magic haven’t sniffed title contention since Dwight Howard was an MVP candidate. Still, there is plenty of optimism surrounding this dynamic young core. Could they take a step forward this year by acquiring Chris Paul?