Film Study: On the ebbs and flows of Deandre Ayton

Photo by Barry Gossage/NBAE via Getty ImagesI don’t know how many times I’m going to talk about Phoenix Suns center Deandre Ayton before I can assuredly say that I know his place in the league. With Devin Booker, it’s a piece of cake. Cream of the crop shooting guard, an All-NBA level talent year in and year out, night in and night out. You know what you’re going to get from him.

I know I’m a little late on my pie analogy with Thanksgiving in the rear view, but since pies are a lot less sturdy than the piece of cake that analyzing Booker is, let’s call Ayton a pie. This works well because his game tends to function like a pie. Sometimes it’s the best thing you’ve ever seen, sometimes it’s…