Oubre Continues Building Suns Culture from the Sidelines

The Phoenix Suns announced last week that Kelly Oubre Jr. would miss the remainder of the season following a procedure on his sprained left thumb, but the man known as Tsunami Papi still plans on making his impact from the sidelines.

Since arriving in Phoenix, Oubre’s averaged a career-high 16.9 points with 4.9 rebounds, 1.4 steals and 1.0 block in 40 games, but beyond the numbers, Oubre has helped develop and grow the Suns culture inside their locker room.

“That’s one thing I can say Kelly did a great job,” Deandre Ayton said about his teammate. “Energy wise he changed this whole team around. He’s making everybody embrace being a family. We don’t always have to be in each other’s business…