Although the debate between drafting DeAndre Ayton or Luka Doncic with the first pick in the NBA Draft isn’t over, there will still be a full summer’s worth of work ahead for Suns’ GM Ryan McDonough regardless of who he selects. The draft is simply the first step in trying to return this franchise to respectability, winning and ultimately contending.
There are a lot of holes yet to be filled and the moves that the Suns will need to make following the draft will be different depending on who they decide to draft. Using their other draft picks to try and fill them is at best wishful thinking so the Suns will have to be active players in free agency and aggressively seek out trade partners to fill those holes with quality vets.