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Can Devin Booker lead the Suns to a better season?



Can Devin Booker lead the Suns to a better season?

Dave DuFour is joined by Doug Haller of the Athletic to preview the Phoenix Suns season. Doug gives his thoughts on the new look Suns, why they could be better without Kevin Durant, and why Devin Booker is the one of the most popular Suns players ever.

Host: Dave DuFour
With: Doug Haller
Executive Producer: Andrew Schlecht
Audio/Video Producer: Grayson Moody

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/nba/

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Timecodes:
00:00 – Intro
02:00 – Summer of change for the Suns
06:10 – This is Devin Booker’s team
07:59 – Will Jordan Ott turn things around?
10:30 – Will the Suns improve defensively?
13:27 – Expectations for the Suns “project”
15:23 – Potential upgrades to the roster
17:29 – Should the Suns’ have moved KD last summer?
18:22 – Most realistic outcome
20:07 – Concerns on Booker wanting to leave?

Thumbnail: Emilee Chinn / Staff via Getty Images Sport

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16 Comments

  2. @garyking8203

    I agree that the Suns will be better this year. I predict that they will be a top 10 defense, an excellent offensive rebounding team, and a lot more fun to watch. They will be borderline playoff team if things fall right. They are a young team, so player development is key.

  3. @psychobluesfxt

    Losing KD is obviously a big dip in talent but I think apart from the 4 spot they got significantly better in every other position in their starting lineup. No matter how you slice it, Jalen Green at age 23 is a better piece on an ascending team than Bradley Beal (sad to say that as a DMV guy but it's true, plus the albatross in playing in front of a home crowd that harassed his wife and kids) or Tyus Jones. Mark Williams is an upgrade over Nick Richards, and Khaman Maluach raw as he is, is an upgrade over the aging Mason Plumlee in case Mark misses some time. Helps that the FO finally got the message in how the league is moving towards younger coaches as the 10 year "phase out the old coaches" moment came in a big way the last couple of years league-wide.

    It helps that their rivals in the West are already starting to thin early on with injuries to key players in Memphis, Dallas, Houston. The Suns could jump out early and surprise people which gives them enough of a cushion to stay in the Top 10 as those other teams get bodies back.

  6. @tommartyn524

    I’m a die hard suns fan and I’ve been out on the Booker era suns since the 2022 mavs meltdown. Booker is a second option that we constantly try and put in the 1st option role. I honestly think Booker is the equivalent of Jamal Murray and the suns just got lucky in 2021. I think we’re gonna win under 30 games this year. We need to trade Booker while his value is high

  7. @marcr196

    Imo, as a Suns fan, I think they'll win roughly around the same number of games as last year. They won't have the effort and duplicative skillset problems they had last year but the drop in talent and the fact that they still have a size problem (they have no big wing NBA vets) means they'll face just as many issues, just different ones than last year.

  8. @jakeoliveira5086

    talking about free agency when it doesn’t really exist anymore. not for major guys. but chris paul, kevin durant, bradley beal, & jimmy butler all requested to be traded to phoenix in the last 3-4 years. the appeal is still there

  9. @michaelod324

    They seem to have this obsession with playing Devin Booker at point guard….

    Like yeah he’s fine at point, but you definitely get the best version of him when he’s playing shooting guard.

  12. @dugdru2

    We lost KD – but we were not tough enough with KD and Beal – bringing in Dillon Brooks, refocusing on Defence and letting Book Cook – it is going to be a good year for the SunS!

  13. @TheSergio1021

    Honestly I think the Suns have the makings of a Dark Horse. It's possible that they could just start firing on all cylinders at just the right time and make a playoff run.

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