Hands up if you're having fun this season Phoenix Suns fans? You should be, because you're lying to yourself if you saw this 11-6 start coming.
Just imagine if the franchise was in the Eastern Conference, we'd be talking about them as possibly winning a playoff series when the time comes. Instead they play out West, where harder tests are coming.
Suns' catch-and-shoot 3-point makes sure to regress soon.
One of the key components of head coach Jordan Ott's offensive scheme this season, and he has had great success with it, has been taking a ton of 3-pointers.
Andrew Schlecht and Alex Speers were speaking on their The Athletic NBA Podcast at the conclusion of another week of action, and mentioned that the Suns have shot 40 percent on catch-and-shoot 3-pointers so far this season.
A hugely impressive number, and you got the feeling the co-hosts were undecided of if that figure is sustainable or not.
If we start with the negative and assume that it is not, then when combined with a tougher slate of games on the horizon for Phoenix, they are surely going to drop back to the lower rungs of the Western Conference.
There's no reason to believe this will actually happen however, as the Suns' roster is set up perfectly to capitalize on these catch-and-shoot efforts.
The team has an offensive hub in Devin Booker who not only finds his teammates in the spots they want the ball, he's also more than capable of knocking down these efforts himself when the ball comes back to him.
Really though the Suns have a trio of Grayson Allen, Royce O'Neale and Collin Gillespie who continue to make these shots with excellent regularity.
Allen in particular has been so good that at this point it is fair to wonder if the organization should even trade him at all. He's brilliant at creating space with the threat of his range, while defensively coach Ott has gotten the most out of him.
The Suns have the third toughest remaining schedule of any team in the league, but that doesn't mean their 3-point shooting is definitely going to suffer.
Some good teams with legitimate playoff hopes have already tried and failed to slow them down, and there's plenty of inferior opponents to beat up on in there as well.
This smacks of yet more people trying to figure out how the Suns have exceeded expectations to start the season. The answer is simple, but people don't want to hear it.
When the front office and head coach are aligned, you have a superstar and an identity on the court plus role players exceeding expectations, you win games. The 3-point shooting has been a key part of that picture.