When a team underperforms in the standings, the offseason feels like a monumental opportunity to dramatically improve.
So it has been for the Suns the past three summers now, as each new draft class, unexpected trade targets, and accomplished crop of free agents bloom while the thermometer shoots up past 100 degrees. It always feels like they’re needing to turn a page.
Mostly, though, they’ve chosen to stay out of the biggest deals and haven’t been all that aggressive. Outside of trading up from No. 16 to No. 10 on draft night in 2018 to nab Mikal Bridges, and from 13 to 8 to take Marquese Chriss in 2016, the Suns haven’t really gone all in in any meaningful way.