Last Year's Record: 23-59
1. What Significant Moves were made during the off-season?
After trying and failing to lure LeBron James and LaMarcus Aldridge in successive off seasons, the Suns did not target any top-level free agents this July. They instead focused on getting the most out of the NBA Draft and, having succeeding there, used free agency to sign placeholders and locker-room good guys Jared Dudley and Leandro Barbosa, who were teammates on the last Suns playoff team in 2010.
The biggest move the Suns made in the off season was to trade up in the first round of the Draft, parlaying several extra picks into a second Top-8 selection Marquese Chriss to pair with Dragan Bender in an attempt to speed up the rebuilding process.