PHOENIX — “Tanking” the season didn’t quite get the desired results for the Phoenix Suns.
They entered the draft lottery with the second-best odds to land the No. 1 pick. Instead, they are back at No. 4, a spot the Suns may have occupied anyway even if they hadn’t benched a healthy Eric Bledsoe for the final 15 games of the season.
Still, it’s a high pick in a draft that Suns general manager Ryan McDonough rates as among the best he’s seen.
“This is my 15th draft now in the NBA since 2003,” he said, “and this is one of the top two or three groups.