Hindsight

[LesGrossman]

If i'm not mistaken, it all came down to having ONE more game in the win column at the end. I felt like many games through the reg season we lost games because of stubborn decisions, because of Ayton, but also because of Booker and Monty and certainly Rubio and Saric, too. Do you remember one particular game that infuriated you the most? Do you think everyone should ask themselves what they could have done better or do we take the easy path and simply blame Ayton?

[MrMiyagi]

I honestly don't want to think negatively about this season. Our guys grew into being contributors of a winning team. Sometimes things just take time. Had the season finished as usual, we might not have improved as much as we did in the bubble. We probably had no right to be this close to a playoff birth to begin with, makes no sense to me to play the blame game.

[itlnsunsfan]

25 game PED suspension. Some things you can't control. Injuries happen. Sometimes the team won't be on the same page. The PED suspension was completely avoidable. You can't tell me we don't win one more of those 25 games with Ayton on the court.

[SunsLyf3]

Team wise we got better in just about every statistical category and are developing good culture. Can't be mad at the way they went out since they took a few steps in the right direction.

[Flying Colors]

Funny how this season ended similarly to the year we won 48 games. Barely missed the playoffs due to one game. I feel slightly more hopeful at the end of this season then i did at the end of that one because at least now we are full of pieces that we know haven't hit their ceilings as opposed to the squad we had in 13-14.

[BobbieL]

Ayton suspension
Young team learning to win
Some injuries to the bigs at same time
Tyler played pretty poorly at times