You have to make the playoffs to acquire a ring. And the Phoenix Suns know better how hard that may be.
Forty-eight wins did not get the job done this past year, but the Suns, undaunted, will provide the punishing Western Seminar another crack in 2014-15. This time around, they will have Isaiah Thomas rounding out a deadly three-guard rotation that–hopefully–will also include the recently paid Eric Bledsoe to get a full season.
Goran Dragic was an elite performer this past year, and he will seem to replicate the very remarkable individual offensive season we’ve observed in the post-Steve Nash Suns era.
Channing Frye’s death to the Orlando Magic will hamper Phoenix’s spacing on offense, but the group which led the NBA at fast-break points a year ago may play enough speed to make up for this loss.
The bad news is that the Suns may have yet another excellent season and fall short of the playoffs. The good news is they have sufficient limit flexibility to re-sign Dragic next summer and also pursue a significant free agent who could place them on the top.
This season will probably be too much fun to word a throwaway, but the fact is that the Suns are a year away from actually raising their own profile.
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