Few decisions have defined the mess that has been the Phoenix Suns quest to return to the NBA Finals quite like trading for Bosnian big man Jusuf Nurkic. At a time when the franchise had Kevin Durant - and needed even an above average center to pair alongside himself and Devin Booker - the front office instead opted for Nurkic.
A trade that ended up getting them Grayson Allen - who despite his own shortcomings has had a much better time of it in The Valley - and costing them Deandre Ayton in the process. Not that the Suns wanted to keep Ayton - he had to go - but the return of Nurkic and Allen is more underwhelming now than it was then.