twolves97 wrote:Suns got some really nice young pieces. Booker is an all star and a great shooter. Ayton should be a stud. Josh Jackson showed flashes and I think he will develop into an Igoudala type player. Bridges is an awesome 3 and D guy. Okobo is the steal of the draft in my opinion he shouldve gone in the late teens. One of there other young players on their roster (Payton, Chriss, Warren, Bender) should pan out. They have a really nice young core and have one of the best 5 year outlooks in the league.
Thoughts?
They have amazing talent and if everyone pans out, they have an amazing young core to built around.
They still have to prove a lot though:
Can they properly develop their players?
Can they play defense?
Their defense does not look that good, can they defend individually (Booker and Ayton are big questionmarks), and can they defend as a team? Their interior defense and perimeter defense is highly questionable. If Ayton can't defend, it is very hard to see how they can win (even an amazing offensive talent like KAT has huge concerns regarding his ability to defend well enough to be a net positive in tough games).
In my opinion it mostly depends on how well Ayton is able to defend. Is he good enough to stay on the floor against their competitors without being a weakness for which you can gameplan, they are promising. Their salary structure, location and talent should attract high-end free-agents to fill their potential weaknesses and if they can create a winning culture on the way, they should be a contender at last in 3-4 years.