5 reasons the Phoenix Suns were prudent in not re-signing Dario Saric

Playing with Devin Booker and Deandre Ayton might be really hard

The Phoenix Suns’ last two seasons have been case studies in how not  to build a team around a superstar scorer such as Devin Booker.

Nobody seemed to be able to score with him on the court (or at least wanted to take offensive opportunities from him), and thus he has been a one-man show who has never had the supporting cast to make the team a winning one.

With Monty’s new offense, however, and a legitimate floor general in Ricky Rubio, there is a chance (hopefully a really good  chance) that that all changes this season and Booker has a supporting cast that can play well with the All-Star hopeful.

And then there is Deandre Ayton.

The running joke is that Rubio was acquired less to run the offense, and more to get the ball to the former first overall pick.

With Booker scoring at will and Ayton strategically clogging up the paint, it might  be difficult for Sarvic to find the shots that he needs to be an effective scorer.

Obviously, we can all hope that the Rubio-led offense will be at least somewhat similar to those offenses ran by both the Golden State Warriors and Houston Rockets in which the team runs fast and hard and shots fly over defenses – an offense that would perfectly suit the Saric.

But until we see it in action, and until James Jones knows  that the stretch-four is going to be capable of filling in that need with impunity, any thought of throwing a large extension his way would just seem unnecessary.