Phoenix Suns: Who Belongs In Their Backcourt For The Future?
The Phoenix Suns have a crowded backcourt between the Eric Bledsoe, Brandon Knight, rookie Devin Booker and more. Who should they keep moving forward?
The Phoenix Suns‘ 2015-16 season may be an unmitigated disaster, but their future is not as gloomy as it seems. In a lost season that began with playoff aspirations, the Suns have unintentionally geared toward a rebuilding movement, much like they figured to be before the 2013-14 season that saw them win 48 games and try to bypass the longer road back to the playoffs.
That building from the middle strategy has backfired in the worst way for a franchise that’s going to miss the playoffs for the sixth straight year, but general manager Ryan McDonough has still managed to stockpile young talent and a bevy of future first round draft picks to set this team back on the right course.
However, with most of the team’s young talent being located in the backcourt, the Suns will have some questions to answer sooner rather than later.
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With everyone healthy, Eric Bledsoe and Brandon Knight occupied the starting guard spots, with 19-year-old Devin Booker and third-year slasher Archie Goodwin competing for minutes at the 2-spot. Ronnie Price is the team’s backup point guard, but with so many injured Suns, interim head coach Earl Watson has trotted out guards on 10-day contracts and even Booker as fill-ins at the point guard spot.
In any case, the Suns’ backcourt logjam seems like it’s heading for a breaking point with 2014 first round draft selection Bogdan Bogdanovic coming stateside this summer.
Even if the Suns don’t re-sign Price in free agency, it’s time to take a look at the team’s many backcourt options and figure out their future role with this team, especially as it pertains to Bledsoe’s path to recovery, Booker’s emergence and Knight’s erratic play.
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