During the first month of the regular season, it took only 11 days for head coach Igor Kokoskov to tweak his starting lineup. After trading Brandon Knight and Marquese Chriss to Houston for Ryan Anderson and De’Anthony Melton, Kokoskov initially decided to roll with Anderson as his starting power forward alongside Deandre Ayton.
But no more than two weeks after the regular season opener, Anderson went from starter to end of the bench guy who likely won’t see any minutes in a Suns uniform ever again.