Gambo says the Phoenix Suns want a ‘combo guard.’ Four players make the most sense

Coby White

While most Phoenix Suns fans would prefer that the 6th overall pick is traded in a package to land the team a veteran player or two (there had been rumors of flipping the 6th overall pick for Lonzo Ball), it is unlikely that the pick is moved and that they will make the selection they have been handed.

If that does end up being the case, North Carolina’s Coby White might be the absolute best player the Suns could target as a combo guard this offseason.

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His biggest flaw is his age.

Not only is he 19-years-old, but he would also be another in a long line of players the Suns have added to their roster recently out of the draft, potentially prolonging their growth towards a regular playoff team.

However, he is 6’5″ and might continue to grow for the next two years, was a good scorer at North Carolina where he averaged 16.1 points whil also dishing out 4.1 assists his freshman year.

While those stats are not out of this world by any means, still consider his age and lack of long-term collegiate development. If he was able to put up 16 and 4 his freshman year, imagine what he could have averaged as a junior.

Of course, that means that the Suns would still have to wait two years to see what he potentially  could have averaged as a junior in college, meaning that for the next two years they have to wait for him to develop.

But if could buck the trend of early entrants into the NBA draft and makes an impact right away, they will have a diamond in the rough.

Coby’s shooting statistics do not compare to Ball’s when he was at UCLA (Ball shot 41.2% from 3 whereas White average 35.3% and Ball shot 55.1% from the field while White averaged 42.3%), but at least White does not have a weird shooting form that might have been the cause of Ball’s slow development, and the saving grace of White’s early entrance into the Association.

The Phoenix Suns should have options at point guard this offseason, and while there is no Steve Nash available to them, there is no shortage of legitimate point guards who are better passers than they have now, and all could be the perfect combo guards that the franchise so desperately needs.