Phoenix Suns: 5 Keys To T.J. Warren’s Rookie Season

1. Develop A Three-Point Shot:

Considering the Phoenix Suns are the team that drafted Warren, this one’s a bit of a no-brainer. The Suns’ offense starts with pick and rolls and pick and pops for Goran Dragic and Eric Bledsoe. The primary option is getting to the rim, the second option is the screener either rolling to the rim or popping out for a perimeter jumper, and the third option is the point guard knocking down a pull up jumper when the help defense hesitates on who to cover.

But after that, the Suns thrive on ball rotation, particularly to the bevy of three-point bombers Phoenix used last season to make help defenders pay. P.J. Tucker became a ruthless corner three-point sniper, Gerald Green was raining down threes like mortars and the Suns made the sixth most threes per game in the NBA. If Warren wants to be truly effective in this offense, the 26.7 percent he shot from downtown last year will have to be his biggest area of improvement at the next level.