Mario Hezonja: Phoenix Suns 2015 Draft Profile
By Scott Chasen
Conclusion
In a perfect world, Hezonja falls to 13 and his talent is too great for the Suns to pass him up.
Actually, I take that back. In a perfect world, LeBron James opts out and comes to Phoenix, everyone forgets to draft Karl-Anthony Towns, he falls to 13, and the San Antonio Spurs win less than 10 games next year without getting a top-three lottery pick somehow.
But none of that is going to happen.
If Hezonja were to be available at eight or nine, than I think it would be okay for the Suns to at least explore a trade to see if they could move up, but really, that doesn’t seem likely at all. And then again, even if it did happen, and let’s say they gave away the Morris Twins. The team would have absolutely zero frontcourt depth, which would be a pretty big problem, especially given how injury-prone Alex Len has been.
To go back to what I said on the last slide, Hezonja is great for this team in a vacuum. As a prospect, he can do a lot of things, and there is no doubt he’d be incredibly entertaining to watch. I also wouldn’t mind seeing him go down to Bakersfield and attempt ~1.5 billion shots per game.
Realistically though, there is almost no way this works out, and it’s probably not worth spending too much time on. If you want to focus attention on a wing, it seems like Kelly Oubre Jr. and Sam Dekker (or even Devin Booker) are much closer to the Suns’ drafting range, although for me, I’d still like to see them take a big in the upcoming draft.
Or just trade for DeMarcus Cousins. That’d be awesome.
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