This hasn’t been the worst season for the Phoenix Suns by any stretch of the imagination. The team is 34-24, after all. Five years ago, when the team finished 19-63, Phoenix was 11-47 at the 58-game mark. At that time we would’ve sold our Hydroflasks and NFTs for a few more Suns’ victories. Perspective, right?
Yet with the weight of the expectations that this team entered the 2023-24 season with, being the fifth seed in the Western Conference feels as if the team is failing. Despite their success relative to record, they are failing.