The Phoenix Suns have leveraged much of their future to build their team. While they do have picks, they do not have much control over them. Suns’ owner Mat Ishbia reminded us of this during his press conference on Wednesday.
“If fans like to look in the future and say, ‘Hey, I really like that 2031 draft pick, because maybe that seventh-grader is gonna be really good and we’re gonna draft them and one day he’s gonna be a player’. You ain’t going to like the Phoenix Suns,” Ishabia stated. “Because we’re gonna say draft picks are to get great players.