The Phoenix Suns need a dramatic makeover.
Over the last few weeks, we’ve seen a feverish outbreak of finger-pointing in an attempt to explain how the Suns — the most pleasant surprise of 2013-14 — are heading for the draft lottery for the fifth straight season.
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Gerald Green says he doesn’t know if his team wants him anymore, and he’s not wrong for wondering; Archie Goodwin believes this team’s lack of veteran leadership is the problem; Markieff Morris and Marcus Morris, to put it lightly, aren’t making any new fans as the subjects of an aggravated assault investigation…not to mention, you know, the time they directly called out the fans.
But wait, there’s more! Green’s agent blasted head coach Jeff Hornacek for his comments about his client’s defense, publicly questioning why Hornacek benched him in the first place. All in all, the last few weeks have been an ugly melodrama as the season drags toward its merciful conclusion.
The Suns have some questions to answer this summer about their personnel with three significant players becoming free agents. Green and Brandan Wright will become unrestricted free agents, but Phoenix’s summer plans begin with Brandon Knight, a trade deadline acquisition that the Suns are depending on to try and build any sort of positive spin heading into next season.
Before Knight could get comfortable alongside Eric Bledsoe — in a dual-point guard backcourt that the Suns are banking on for the future — he went down with an ankle injury. Knight’s time with the Suns was limited to 11 games with averages of 13.4 points, 4.5 assists and 2.1 rebounds per game and shooting splits of .357/.313/.828.
Brandon Knight is heading for a nice pay day this summer, which is why the Milwaukee Bucks traded this restricted free agent away in the first place. With Knight out for the rest of the season and a completely unclear picture of how he fits alongside Bledsoe, the question has to be asked: Should the Phoenix Suns re-sign Brandon Knight this summer?
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