So many moves made the last two summers appeared to nudge starting forward T.J. Warren further and further into the Phoenix Suns past rather than its present or future.
The natural small forward started next to rising star Devin Booker the last two seasons, but during that time the Suns drafted like-sized players at #4 overall (Josh Jackson, 2017) and #10 overall (Mikal Bridges, 2018) before spending all their free agent money this summer on 10-year veteran Trevor Ariza,
All of a sudden, the Suns had five talented players for four rotation spots (two starters, two backups) along the wing and it’s Warren who appeared to be the odd man out.