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The Phoenix Suns should have acquired Kyrie Irving

By Adam Maynes

BOSTON, MA - NOVEMBER 16: Kyrie Irving #11 of the Boston Celtics, wearing a mask due to a facial fracture, looks on during the first quarter against the Golden State Warriors at TD Garden on November 16, 2017 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)
BOSTON, MA - NOVEMBER 16: Kyrie Irving #11 of the Boston Celtics, wearing a mask due to a facial fracture, looks on during the first quarter against the Golden State Warriors at TD Garden on November 16, 2017 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images) /
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The Phoenix Suns would be GOOD

PHOENIX, AZ – NOVEMBER 13: Devin Booker #1 of the Phoenix Suns during the NBA game against the Los Angeles Lakers at Talking Stick Resort Arena on November 13, 2017 in Phoenix, Arizona. The Lakers defeated the Suns 100-93. 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. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)
PHOENIX, AZ – NOVEMBER 13: Devin Booker #1 of the Phoenix Suns during the NBA game against the Los Angeles Lakers at Talking Stick Resort Arena on November 13, 2017 in Phoenix, Arizona. The Lakers defeated the Suns 100-93. 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. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images) /

Well, at least presumably. Unfortunately Earl Watson would likely still be the Suns’ Head Coach if Phoenix trades for Kyrie and acquires any other talent, the Suns likely begin to win at at least a decent clip, and therefore they are stuck with a coach who would have still been the worst coach in the NBA.

Phoenix would at worst, I would argue, be at .500 at this moment in the season, and likely several games ahead of .500. The team would have a point guard who knows how to lead a team forward, and whose offense would have opened up so much for the rest of the young Suns on the roster.

While the team without Kyrie struggles to find any rhythm, with him, especially when seeing what he is doing in Boston, the team would undoubtedly be winning this season. And doesn’t winning cure all ills?

If the Suns don’t have to fire Watson (as much as they needed to), that alone would have alleviated the franchise from some of the dark cloud that has hung over them so far this season. Had they been able to trade Bledsoe (the fourth top-talent player in the past five years to demand a trade from Phoenix) and not worry about his eventual demand, that dark cloud turns into nothing more than a Phoenix haze.

Then had they been winning, the discussion of whether or not Devin Booker would eventually demand a trade is alleviated. In fact, the discussion about whether or not the team is in a funk is entirely eliminated, and in fact the conversation is replaced with the conversation of “can this team be a championship contender in the next two years?”

So let’s assume that the Suns are winning and looking good. Let’s say that if nothing else, the backcourt of Irving and Booker propels the Suns into playoff contention. How much fun would this team be to watch right now? How many more people would be at the games? Might they actually sell them out now?

There would be one question handing over the Suns, even with all this newfound pleasantness…

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