If you're a Phoenix Suns' fan and you supported the team through the center rotation that the franchise turned out during the Kevin Durant/Bradley Beal, we've got a medal here with your name on it. Seriously though, some of the bigs chosen to replace Deandre Ayton were bad.
Slide of Drew Eubanks continues since leaving Phoenix.
Although Jusuf Nurkic is often painted as the big man who the Suns pinned their hopes on, and who contributed to it all going so wrong, Drew Eubanks gets a much easier time of it. This despite Nurkic actually looking like a center worth trading for with the Utah Jazz this season.
Drew Eubanks should never touch an NBA floor ever again
— Optimistic Kings Fan (@KingsOptimist) November 27, 2025
Granted Eubanks was only ever supposed to be a backup, and the franchise was stuck in the second apron and he was all they could afford, but just look at the options they have at their disposal now. Mark Williams is obviously the massive upgrade here, but even Nick Richards is better.
Rookie Khaman Maluach will be one day soon, while Suns fans would rather the undersized Oso Ighodaro out there over Eubanks. Since leaving The Valley, the 28-year-old has been on three teams, which should tell you all you need to know about the trajectory he has been on.
A stint with the Utah Jazz brought little joy, before the L.A. Clippers took a punt on him. The funny parallel there being that Los Angeles appears to be a step behind the Suns when it comes to giving talent a try, having also taken a chance on Beal and Chris Paul. None of them have worked out.
Which made the recent meeting between the Suns and the Sacramento Kings in the Emirates NBA Cup all the more interesting. It was the Suns who picked up the win, and Eubanks who finished with a game score of minus 12. The second worst mark on the team, although he did start.
That was more down to necessity than anything else, with star Domantas Sabonis having suffered a meniscus injury. That 22 game stretch for Eubanks back in 2021-22 in which he averaged 14.5 points in a shade under 30 minutes each game has never felt further away.
He also doesn't shoot threes in an era when pretty much everybody does. Those who can't or won't can usually dominate inside, but for all of the fight Eubanks brings, being a beast in the paint isn't on the scouting report either.
The setup to get the best out of him has to be just right, and ironically this current version of the Suns would have had more use for him. Head coach Jordan Ott having created a defensive scheme where Eubanks could have played more as four. Instead he continues to slide out of the NBA altogether.