The Phoenix Suns are coming off the back of an awful 36 win season, which prompted wholesale changes this offseason. There's a new head coach in Jordan Ott in town, while Kevin Durant and Bradley Beal were sent packing. Clearly the whole organization is again centering itself around Devin Booker, which seems the smart decision given where they're at in the Western Conference.
To the surprise of absolutely nobody, the Suns didn't feature on both the NBA Opening Night fixtures that were recently announced, or the Christmas Day slate of games. Which is just as well as this team needs a season or two in the wilderness to put themselves back together, as opposed to being humbled on national television on the unofficial curtain raiser for the season.