Are The Phoenix Suns Legit?

Are The Phoenix Suns Legit?

The Phoenix Suns have flown under the radar as one of the hottest teams in the league while Superstar Kevin Durant has quietly been one of the best players and Phoenix fighting for a top six se despite constantly being banged up in a tight Western Conference the suns are

Not a team to forget about as they can go toe-to-toe with anyone and have a championship ceiling the suns are surprisingly capable on both sides of the ball with the ninth highest offensive rating and 13th highest defensive rating something that will be talked about way more later in the video

As they have been very good recently despite starting 14 and 15 they have turned their season around going 24 and 12 since the Christmas Day lost which sits sixth across the entire NBA and better than higher seeds Timber roles and the Eastern Milwaukee Bucks a big

Reason for that is because of the health of the main core of this team in that 36 game stretch Durant has missed just four matches Booker five and Beal six won the first 29 games Booker and Beal played to combin 17 the health of this team is not guaranteed with Beal consistently

Missing Tom over the last few seasons and Duran and Booker aren’t the most healthy players but if they are able to stay healthy then what they have been doing over the last couple months is not a fuk but what we should expect of them now this is a team that was criticized

As a group that could be taking too many mid-rangers and tough shots and though the suns were fine with that getting some the best mid-range Shooters in League NBA fans thought it could be detrimental but this team shock quality is Elite despite having the lowest rim

And three rate they sit third in shock quality only sitting behind the Celtics and Nuggets they are also first and adjusted offensive shot quality and top eight defensively with the second best shot quality record it really doesn’t matter if they take a lot of mid-rangers even though it is 2024 because Kevin

Durant and Deon Booker are just so good at it and they’re tough shot making once they get to their spots with both of them shooting over 45% on P field goals and aside from sh Alexander have the highest field goal percentage among the 38 most high volume pullup Shooters

Despite being top six in attempts with over 1100 command what was considered to be a big hole at point guard has really not mattered much this year this team has so many shot makers whether it is creators in isolation like Durant Booker and beel or guys that excel in off ball

Shot making which I will talk about later like Eric Gordon and Grayson Allen and their main three offensive characters having playmaking capabilities it has not been a detriment to this offense which sits as one of the best Kevin Durant deserves much of the praise he virtually single-handedly

Carried a damage Squad in the first 30th games the year and has had one of his best seasons in his career this year KD is averaging 28 and a half points which ranks fourth in League among qualified players and is doing it at 524285 Splits becoming just the second player to ever

Hit those marks joining 1984 85 MVP Larry Bird he’s on Pace to reach the third most total points in a single season in franchise history despite missing seven games and is currently destroying the previous 27.2 Point per game marked by Tom Chambers for single season points per game Durant has of

Course been one of the best players in isolation as one of his best skills but has also showed some skill on the pick and roll and post up he has been Elite off the ball too helping the offense move without an elite traditional point guard as he is making one and a half

Catch and two threes a game on 45% with a 65% effective field goal percentage on catch and shoot field goal attempts Durant has also been very underrated defensely having one of his best defensive seasons in recent memory and alongside Yousef nerkish have made some good defensive lineups with length and

Bigger guys that can move around and play different coverages and actions with fast hands though the sun’s defense was expected to be hoard it has not been that bad Deon Booker is a capable of Defender and be is excelling in his role and with less offensive pressure has

Taken a defensive leap with Phoenix they are ninth in defensive rating since Christmas Day and though they are streaky defensively the adjusted defensive shot quality shows that they aren’t bad and force teams to take unlikable and contested shots but one of the big main issues is defensive rebounding as the backup big situation

Is terrible 6’9 J Eubanks who is a consistent key part of the rotation and averages over 16 minutes per game since January 26th consistently gets cooked defensively and is not a great rebounder which is why you see these crazy rebound numbers by youf nerkish who has three games over 20 rebounds and averaging

Over 10 a game in less than 28 minutes this year bbo is becoming a more consistent player coming more into shape defensively and not getting exposed in actions anymore and even though he has those Great Moments and is still on a game to game basis he’s becoming more of

An actual player and depending on the game can heavily help the Suns dad young was signed after a buyout with the Nets and can Rebound in spot minutes but usually does not play though with how bad the backup big situation is could be an option the other big problem is their

Fourth quarter struggles Phoenix often simplifies their offense and CR time to an extreme amount with Durant and Booker going IO heavy as the sun sit below 500 in clutch games with a 17 and 19 record and she just 41.4% from the field they also have by far the worst plus minus in

The fourth quarter with a negative3 as the 29th rank T don’t even crack a negative 1 and a half they score less than 25 and the offense completely falls apart but that isn’t to lose hope post Allstar break they have been marginally better in the last 12 minutes and if

There is an offensive Duo that I would expect to figure it out Booker and Durant are up there and arguably number one with tough s banking being a must in the playoffs and especially in close games in the playoffs those are two guys that can fix these struggles and carry

The offense when it matters just want is hop in here asking if you enjoy the videos please subscribe it would help a lot and it would mean a ton to me and like 99.7% of you aren’t subscribed but back to it while I did mention this earlier this team has been very

Successful off the ball Grayson Allen has had a huge part in that and may be one of the most important role players this season in the entire NBA while he has always been a gritty Defender and pest similar to Patrick Beverly he’s having his best offensive season of his

Career and it really isn’t close Allen is avering a career high 13.1 points per game with three assists additionally career high but what he has done best is shooting with a league leading 47.9% 3point percentage yes graay Allen is leading the NBA in historic League wide shooting outbreaks above alltime

Great like Steph green Daman Lillard and even Specialists who are having very good years like Duncan Robinson and Malik Beasley as a team the sunset seventh in catch and Sh 3o percentage at 38.7% making nine a game and five players making one or more with of course Grayson Allen but also Eric

Gordon Leading The Way with more than two a must for this team to do good is for Durant Booker and be be healthy like previously mentioned but they have been very good when they played together in just over 500 minutes together they have a plus minus of plus 95 the 11th highest

Out of any Suns Trio despite playing in 25 games the least games out of any of those top 11 lineups though that Trio has not been great defensively the offense is absolutely amazing like we expected shooting over 54% from the field and 42% from three they scored

1,328 points which would be on Pace for 126 points over a normal 48 minute game interestingly over 300 of the minutes with all three of these players are with Grayson Allen and Yousef nkit which is genuinely one of the best and most efficient offensive lineups in the

League shooting 56.7% from the field and 45.5% from three with Allen of course helping that number and that lineup scoring 86 points on Pace for 131 over a 48 minute game looking across all of their top lineups where there seemingly has not been much continuity aside from

The most common to with just those two having more than 75 minutes but a main focal point is the Deep balls a bunch of their High lineups having a 40% or more three-point percentage the defensive Duo of Kevin Durant and Yousef nurkic have positive defensively and been in

Underated Duos despite at this point in both of their careers being on the downfall defensively and Royce O’Neal is also part of some solid defensive three man lineups like ktie nurkic and Royce or KD Booker and Roy this team has found things that work defensively and in the

Last month before the postseason will be a mission to Zone in on the positives defensively this team being built by star power and one of its weaknesses is not having a great bench build this spor cast is better than expected actually translates very well to the playoffs as

Kevin Durant is undoubtedly good enough to be the one on a championship team which people underrate how good you have to be to be a one and they can go toe-to-toe with anybody and they sit around 500 with teams above that Mark overall the star power and playoff

Experience with Durant and Booker is extremely rare as arguably only one or two other teams have that talented of a Duo and the playoffs are really where it matters for this team though will be very useful to escape the plan and get a top six seed which will be very close

This team will be judged on the playoffs trading virtually every single tradeable pick to get Stars Kevin Durant and Bradley beeld to bolster this team short term means that the window is not big KD is 35 years old and since the Achilles rupture in 2019 he has not reached 60

Games until this year he also is not known for staying on a team for an extended amount of time and other star Bradley Beal has been consistently injury-prone the last few seasons this window is very short and most likely they only have a few seasons to win a championship with this one potentially

Being the best chance this Championship or bust for the Phoenix Suns who have already had some playoff success and made the finals in the Devon Booker 2020s era but that is a realistic goal though they are not in the tier one of contenders like the nuggets and Celtics

Mentioned in the last video their star power playoff experience and shooting gives them a legit path to win a championship team as that is something Champions need and in such a close Western Conference every series will be a battle but it would be very hard to bet against the healthy Sun Squad

The Phoenix Suns are led by Kevin Durant and Devin Booker, and are one of the hottest teams in the league with an elite offense. The Suns are NBA championship or bust but with guys like Bradley Beal, Grayson Allen and Jusuf Nurkic stepping up, the Suns are dangerous!

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0:00 Intro
0:15 Two-Way Emergence
0:35 Health
0:55 Shot Quality
1:54 Kevin Durant
2:45 Defense
3:14 Defensive Rebounding
3:54 Fourth Quarter Struggles
4:17 Fourth Quarter Improvement?
4:44 Off-Ball Success
5:28 Lineups
6:55 Playoff Outlook