Bright Side Of The Sun · May 17, 2018
The Suns’ options on draft night with the first overall pick in hand
Tuesday’s lottery had to break the right way for the Suns to come away from the offseason in position to finally move on from their tired, played-out rebuild. Now, with No. 1 in hand, the Suns can begin to devise a plan for the next step in this critical offseason -- the draft.
The Suns will have picks Nos. 1, 16, 31 and 59 come June 21, giving them flexibility to target and acquire up to four rookies. It’s a flexibility well-earned in this fifth year of Ryan McDonough’s tenure -- the product of hundreds of losses and mostly savvy asset management that should allow the Suns to control the flow of the draft, including their choice of can’t-miss prospects at the very top.