On Feb. 23 of last season, Shaquille Harrison made his NBA debut with the Phoenix Suns on a 10-day contract. He wound up playing in 23 games for Phoenix in 2017-18, averaging 6.6 points and 2.4 assists in a mostly reserve role, and is now the current presumptive favorite to be the starting point guard for the 2018-19 Suns. Wait, that can’t be right…can it?
Ordinarily no, but nothing screams Phoenix Suns basketball quite like the unknown hustle guy from last season playing reasonably well in Summer League and immediately being thrust into the starting lineup of a super-duper-pinky-swear not-tanking team.