The Suns have spent 5 ½ months recovering, retooling and revamping for a reboot from a 23-59 season.
The clean slate officially starts Monday with Earl Watson taking the Suns to Flagstaff for his first training camp as head coach. Key players are back in the fold. Familiar faces are being reintroduced. Fresh faces are joining a youthful look.
To the Suns, it merely is switching from fourth gear to fifth gear. The Suns players, but for the injured P.J. Tucker (back surgery) and Leandro Barbosa (post-Olympic rest), have been working out together four days a week this month.