Phoenix Suns: Complete 2018 offseason grades

After a busy summer and an eventful night at the NBA Draft, how much better are the Phoenix Suns? Here are complete grades for their 2018 offseason.

The Phoenix Suns entered the 2018 offseason coming off their second-worst season in 50 years as a franchise. They won a league-low 21 games, posted the worst point differential in the NBA and had glaring holes pretty much everywhere on the roster except the wing.

After half a century of being one of the league’s most successful organizations without a single NBA championship or No. 1 draft pick to show for it, the Suns finally felt a warm ray of mercy from the basketball gods above when they landed the first overall selection in the 2018 NBA Draft.

General manager Ryan McDonough walked away from draft night with Deandre Ayton and three other rookies, adding to a glut of wings with Mikal Bridges and eventual two-way contract George King. He also may have addressed the point guard position down the road by snagging Elie Okobo in the second round.

From there, Phoenix had a quieter summer, with the team’s lone free agency signing being 3-and-D veteran Trevor Ariza on a one-year contract. The Suns later traded for Richaun Holmes, acquiring him for virtually nothing.

With that being said, they never really solved their issues at the 1, and following a trade of Marquese Chriss and Brandon Knight the problem got even worse. Ryan Anderson will help space the floor and overcome some of the offensive limitations of Dragan Bender, but with this team’s current lineup, there will be a ton of pressure on Ayton on the defensive end.

The Phoenix Suns got better over the summer, but with the need to still trade for a starting-caliber point guard, did they make up any ground on the rest of the loaded Western Conference? Here’s a look at their complete 2018 offseason, with grades for every single move they made in the draft and in free agency.