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Imagining the Suns’ most exciting 2017-18 lineup

By Joseph Lowery

PHOENIX, AZ - NOVEMBER 16: Eric Bledsoe #2 of the Phoenix Suns is welcomed to the starting lineup against the Los Angeles Lakers on November 16, 2015, at Talking Stick Resort Arena in Phoenix, Arizona. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2015 NBAE (Photo by Barry Gossage/NBAE via Getty Images)
PHOENIX, AZ - NOVEMBER 16: Eric Bledsoe #2 of the Phoenix Suns is welcomed to the starting lineup against the Los Angeles Lakers on November 16, 2015, at Talking Stick Resort Arena in Phoenix, Arizona. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2015 NBAE (Photo by Barry Gossage/NBAE via Getty Images) /
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We are oh-so-close to training camp, and yet still oh-so-far. What could tide us over until tip-off on October 18th? Entertaining lineup analysis.

PHOENIX, AZ – NOVEMBER 16: Eric Bledsoe #2 of the Phoenix Suns is welcomed to the starting lineup against the Los Angeles Lakers on November 16, 2015, at Talking Stick Resort Arena in Phoenix, Arizona. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2015 NBAE (Photo by Barry Gossage/NBAE via Getty Images)
PHOENIX, AZ – NOVEMBER 16: Eric Bledsoe #2 of the Phoenix Suns is welcomed to the starting lineup against the Los Angeles Lakers on November 16, 2015, at Talking Stick Resort Arena in Phoenix, Arizona. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2015 NBAE (Photo by Barry Gossage/NBAE via Getty Images) /

Even though the season has not started yet, we are all very aware of who Head Coach Earl Watson is likely to start.

Eric Bledsoe will be the starting point guard, as well he should. Devin Booker will be the Phoenix Suns’ starting two-guard. Depending on whether Watson is looking for veteran experience or youthful energy, either T.J. Warren or Josh Jackson will be the starting small forward.

Moving to power forward, Marquese Chriss will almost certainly start at the four, leaving Tyson Chandler to lead the team from the center spot.

Okay, so we (probably) know who the starters will be. But what if we threw all of that away?

What if, instead of looking at the players that best fit each individual position, or the players who best complement each other on the court, we looked at the five most exciting Suns players and mashed them into one lineup?

No more slow-moving veterans – sorry Jared Dudley and Tyson Chandler. No more strict, classic lineup basketball, although it is not like NBA teams are particularly constrained by positions anyway…

Instead of a traditional one through five lineup, we are going to take a look at one semi-plausible group of five that would probably get outscored on a per-minute basis, but just might  prove to be one of the most entertaining groups in NBA history. So, who made this five man lineup? Let’s find out.

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