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NBA: The Big Question Facing Every Team In 2015-16

By Gerald Bourguet

Oct 20, 2015; Salt Lake City, UT, USA; Oklahoma City Thunder forward Kevin Durant (35) dribbles the ball as Utah Jazz forward Gordon Hayward (20) defends during the first quarter at EnergySolutions Arena. Mandatory Credit: Russ Isabella-USA TODAY Sports
Oct 20, 2015; Salt Lake City, UT, USA; Oklahoma City Thunder forward Kevin Durant (35) dribbles the ball as Utah Jazz forward Gordon Hayward (20) defends during the first quarter at EnergySolutions Arena. Mandatory Credit: Russ Isabella-USA TODAY Sports /
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Sep 28, 2015; Phoenix, AZ, USA; Phoenix Suns guard Brandon Knight (left) and guard Eric Bledsoe pose for a portrait during media day at Talking Stick Resort Arena. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports /

Phoenix Suns

Will The New Dual Point Guard Backcourt Work Out?

With Brandon Knight re-signed to an identical five-year, $70 million extension that Eric Bledsoe agreed to last summer, the Phoenix Suns locked in their new backcourt for the foreseeable future. Goran Dragic and Bledsoe worked like gangbusters together until the Isaiah Thomas addition crowded things, and the Suns’ playoff hopes are riding on a similar chemistry developing between Knight and Bledsoe.

The addition of Tyson Chandler provides Phoenix with a veteran locker room leader, while the arrivals of Mirza Teletovic, Jon Leuer and rookie Devin Booker will bolster the Suns’ perimeter shooting. But outside of internal development from players like Bledsoe, Knight,, T.J. Warren, Alex Len and Markieff Morris, that backcourt dynamic will determine where Phoenix winds up.

For a few years now, the Suns have teetered in that dangerous middle ground between just missing the playoffs and going home in the first round. Phoenix was too good to tank in 2013-14 and they’ve been trying to rebuild from the middle ever since. In 2015-16, it will take an awful lot of chemistry from that dual point guard scheme to get the Suns back in the postseason.

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