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The Suns should trade for DeAndre Jordan

By Adam Maynes

LOS ANGELES, CA - FEBRUARY 22: DeAndre Jordan #6 of the Los Angeles Clippers blocks a layup against Devin Booker #1 of the Phoenix Suns during the first half of the basketball game at Staples Center February 22, 2016, in Los Angeles, California. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using the photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES, CA - FEBRUARY 22: DeAndre Jordan #6 of the Los Angeles Clippers blocks a layup against Devin Booker #1 of the Phoenix Suns during the first half of the basketball game at Staples Center February 22, 2016, in Los Angeles, California. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using the photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images) /
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Let’s just put this out there: The Timeline is dead and should never be revived. Long live winning.

LOS ANGELES, CA – FEBRUARY 22: DeAndre Jordan #6 of the Los Angeles Clippers blocks a layup against Devin Booker #1 of the Phoenix Suns during the first half of the basketball game at Staples Center February 22, 2016, in Los Angeles, California. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using the photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES, CA – FEBRUARY 22: DeAndre Jordan #6 of the Los Angeles Clippers blocks a layup against Devin Booker #1 of the Phoenix Suns during the first half of the basketball game at Staples Center February 22, 2016, in Los Angeles, California. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using the photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images) /

For far too long, Suns fans have craved a taste of the playoffs again. Sure we want them to be better and do better than an 8-seed who succumbs to a sweep at the hands of a much more talented Conference pillar like the Golden State Warriors, but the opportunity to participate, to extend the season, to at least take that chance of upsetting someone, is too great and important of an experience to snub your nose at.

We too have been accepting – and occasionally eager – to lose for the opportunity of additional ping pong balls, only to time-and-time again miss out on drafting the truly best players at the top of the lottery.

It is time for Robert Sarver and Ryan McDonough to take the rebuild into their own hands, and out of the hands of luck, chance, and Adam Silver. It is time to find those pieces, available to be had throughout the league, that can once again help make the Phoenix Suns Great Again.

Believe it or not, I believe that not only can DeAndre Jordan be a piece of that puzzle, that he can be had, but that he should be acquired now.

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