As of right moment, the trade deadline has passed. Heave haha. It’s always a hectic day, particularly if you’re surrounded by teams vying for the buyer position. It’s important to step back, assess what transpired, and consider how it may impact the Phoenix Suns going ahead.
Suns general manager James Jones managed to tighten some screws and make some roster improvements despite having few available assets. Indeed, get better.
Yes, I am aware of this. A few of you have sentimental ties to the folks on the periphery. This past summer, you made a firm declaration: “Yuta Watanabe is MY guy!” This squad will succeed because of him. I understand. Man, let it go. During his six months here, he participated in 29 games.
When free agency started this past July, there was a lot of buzz. The Suns didn’t have many weapons in their arsenal when they signed Bradley Beal to play with Devin Booker and Kevin Durant.
Most of the purchases they made were driven by necessity. However, the athletes they signed were athletic, young, and eager to prove themselves.
Despite having the chance this season, they failed to demonstrate it, which is the issue.
It has been a dismal season for the Suns bench. It puts more pressure on the superstars since their second-team group has not been consistent. Even if the celebrities are highly compensated for their performances, you should offer them time to relax. Alternately, they’ll collapse. The ideal scenario would be for you to enter your substitution patterns with some structure and self-assurance.
Phoenix bench this season?
- 27.4 points (last)
- 46.2 FG% (15th)
- 29.7 3PT% (last)
- 15.1 rebounds (15th)
- 5.4 assists (last)
- -42 plus/minus (22nd)
In order to get Royce O’Neale from the Brooklyn Nets and David Roddy from the Memphis Grizzlies, the Suns traded for Yuta Watanabe, Jordan Goodwin, Keita Bates-Diop, and Chimezie Metu this past off-season, defying all of our expectations.
Those young players aren’t solely to blame. It was a difficult circumstance to be in.
Being surrounded by brilliance and a potential Hall of Famer might make you hesitant and docile. During the game, it seemed like some of them were trying not to make a mistake instead of giving it their all.
Their attention was diverted from making the best choice to attempting to avoid making the incorrect one. As players, it is never a good idea to be in a frame of mind when they are deferring on offense.
As Royce O’Neale (and David Roddy) shouldn’t have any of those problems, the Suns sent those who cowered down from the moment away.
Eric Gordon is similar to RO. Sure of yourself. Founded. a history of accomplishment. Okay, success in a relative sense. He’ll hustle, take risks, and shoot the ball while he’s in the game. He won’t play as hesitatingly as the departing Suns did.
Given that the Suns don’t have the luxury of waiting for them to attempt to gain confidence, it was the appropriate decision to move past the summer’s failures.
On both ends of the court, Royce O’Neale will permit the Suns to do so. Roddy David? We will have to wait and see.
For the next few weeks, the buyout market will be a topic of intriguing discussion since the Suns still have two available roster positions. One deadline ends on March 1st, and players who sign with the organization before then can be included on the postseason roster.
