Bright Side Of The Sun · Sep 22, 2022
Phoenix Suns going down an uncharted road in quest for championship
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Would you believe the Phoenix Suns are one of a small group of teams in the past decade who ran it back two straight training camps with the same pecking order after coming up short in a deep playoff run?
That’s a long sentence. Let me break it down.
Deep playoff run that came up short — winning at least one game in the Conference Finals but not the championship
Two training camps later — that’s two full off-seasons where the average NBA team changes 40% of its roster
Same coach
Same top two players
Looking back the last 10 years (for consistency in economical climate, in NBA terms)