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Phoenix Suns: 2016-17 First Quarter Grades

By Gerald Bourguet

Nov 27, 2016; Phoenix, AZ, USA; Phoenix Suns guard Eric Bledsoe (2) and Brandon Knight against the Denver Nuggets at Talking Stick Resort Arena. The Nuggets defeated the Suns 118-114. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports
Nov 27, 2016; Phoenix, AZ, USA; Phoenix Suns guard Eric Bledsoe (2) and Brandon Knight against the Denver Nuggets at Talking Stick Resort Arena. The Nuggets defeated the Suns 118-114. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports /
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At the (approximate) quarter mark of the 2016-17 NBA season, here are individual grades for the most important members of the rebuilding Phoenix Suns.

Phoenix Suns
Nov 27, 2016; Phoenix, AZ, USA; Phoenix Suns guard Eric Bledsoe (2) and Brandon Knight against the Denver Nuggets at Talking Stick Resort Arena. The Nuggets defeated the Suns 118-114. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports /

About a quarter of the way through the 2016-17 NBA season, the Phoenix Suns haven’t had many surprises for us. They’re a bad basketball team by pretty much every measure, the most obvious of which is their 6-16 record, but that’s to be expected of such a young group.

The Suns are the NBA’s third-youngest team, so the emphasis is clearly on long-term growth rather than more unrealistic goals like making the playoffs this year. But through the team’s first 22 games of the season, what have we learned about this inexperienced team?

In order to pick apart the performances of Phoenix’s hodgepodge collection of young talent and veterans, we’re going to go through the roster with some individual first quarter grades.

Rather than waste our time with some of the team’s older guys who will be non-essential pieces in the next chapter of Suns basketball, we’ll be focusing on the team’s bigger names, young cornerstones and their marquee offseason addition.

Without further ado, here are first quarter grades for the people you really care about: Alex Len, Jared Dudley, the rookies, Brandon Knight, Eric Bledsoe, T.J. Warren, Devin Booker and head coach Earl Watson.

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