Storyline that will dominate Suns' media day could not be any more obvious

The long and winding offseason is almost over for the Phoenix Suns, as later this month they will have their media day ahead of some preseason games in Macau in China. A summer that has seen plenty of necessary change, although just what the future holds for this group is unclear. Fans remain cautiously optimistic - as they should - but this team is going to struggle to win 35 games.

Credit must also be given to the front office for attempting to fix the biggest issue that this roster had. The Jusuf Nurkic at center experience was not a good one - and in rookie Khaman Maluach and Mark Williams coming across from the Charlotte Hornets - the Suns have most certainly upgraded the position. They also have Nick Richards, for now at least.

Point guard dilemma will dominate media day conversation.

When the players do get in front of the media for the first time, it is obvious that the point guard situation is something that is going to be brought up often. The Suns do have three natural ball-handlers on their roster currently in Collin Gillespie, Jordan Goodwin and Jared Butler, although it is likely only one of Goodwin or Butler are going to make the final roster.

None of those guys are close to being a starter level floor general, although Goodwin did prove he could fill in during a successful stint with the Los Angeles Lakers last season. You could also make the case that - as the Suns aren't trying to win this season - then starting any one of these three shouldn't be a problem. This is where the main issue lies.

The Suns have to start both Devin Booker and Jalen Green - the two best offensive players that they have - it is just unfortunate that they play the same position. Green at 23-years-old has never been a lead ball-handler before, although some will point to the fact he looked comfortable doing just that while with the Houston Rockets when Fred VanFleet was out with injury.

For what it is worth - and it is not much - the 3.4 assists Green managed last season was right in line with his career average. But having put up 21 points per game last time out - and averaging over 17 points as a rookie - it is clear that playmaking is not Green's strongest attribute. If anything Booker is the better of the two at that, which only adds to the intrigue here.

In the last two seasons, Booker has managed the two highest assist outputs of his career. This was done while Kevin Durant and Bradley Beal were in town, so it made sense for Booker to sacrifice some of his looks in order to facilitate Durant in particular. But if everything is all about the 28-year-old in The Valley once more - and it most certainly is - then surely he has to assume the lead scoring role?

You could argue that this is a good problem to have, after all elite scoring is the hardest skill to find in this league. But right now Booker looks the more likely to change how he plays for the good of the team, even though we all know it is not going to lead to a deep playoff run. The franchise has to keep him happy if they want him to stick out this "re-tooling" process, will being a point guard do that?

There is still one available point guard out there who is going to the Hall of Fame that the Suns could look to bring in, but we all know that would be a mistake. There is no doubt then that this is going to be the main topic of discussion for both players - plus head coach Jordan Ott - when they open their doors to the media on September 23rd.