“We targeted Grayson (Allen) as someone who can help us,” James Jones said at media day ahead of the 2023-24 season, just days after acquiring the guard as part of the Deandre Ayton trade.
It was a drive-by mention in a longer answer about the trade return, but Allen proves night after night that he is invaluable to this Phoenix Suns team.
Nearing the halfway point of the regular season with the Suns sitting at 19-18, Allen is second on the team in games started (32) behind Jusuf Nurkic (35) as well as second in minutes (1069) behind Kevin Durant (1110).