When center Deandre Ayton got suspended for 25 games due to using a banned substance, the hype from a first-game blowout was drained immediately. However, the Suns have rallied so far in the first ten games of the season and look like a legitimate playoff contender. The play of the team as a whole is largely to thank for this but there’s one player who’s been out of his mind so far this season and that’s center Aron Baynes.
Baynes’ play is a major factor why the Suns haven’t been missing Ayton so far and we saw a microcosm of that in the Suns game against the Lakers.