The arena and the practice facility.
Those were basically the only two places in Phoenix that Chris Paul said he actually saw during his first year in the Valley. With his family in Los Angeles and COVID-19 protocols restricting the movement of every NBA team, Paul didn’t have the opportunity to set up the bowling nights or group dinners he typically would to help build the Suns’ chemistry. And he didn’t have years of playoff experience with his teammates under his belt to fall back on in place of those team-building moments.
Instead, Paul, Monty Williams, Deandre Ayton and Devin Booker had to seemingly figure everything out on the fly.