Jae Crowder #99 of the Phoenix Suns attempts a shot over Steven Adams #12 of the New Orleans Pelicans (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)
The Phoenix Suns made the leap as a team this season that the New Orleans Pelicans were hoping to make.
After going undefeated in the bubble last year, the Suns traded for Chris Paul and went from a 34-39 team to 51-21, grabbing the second seed in the Western Conference along the way.
Paul rightfully gets a lot of credit for this, as he was the guy who brought it all together, but the Suns’ role players also played a big part.