As I sit back and reflect on the third week of the NBA season, I find myself pondering the same question I ask every week: What did we learn?
The Phoenix Suns went 2-2 this week, and my biggest takeaway is a reminder that, despite the rocky and occasionally frustrating path they’ve taken to get here, this team is ultimately performing relatively close to what we expected from an overall perspective. Think about it. Las Vegas projected the Suns to win 38.5 games this season. Based on our polling here at Bright Side of the Sun, the majority of respondents believed Phoenix would finish somewhere between 44 and 47 wins. What does that tell us? Regardless of which projection you subscribe to,…