Despite that recent disappointing loss to the Golden State Warriors, no Phoenix Suns fan can complain about how this season has panned out.
Missing Devin Booker and Jalen Green for any amount of time is never fun, and in truth Green's hamstring issues are concerning, but there has been so much to like about this campaign.
Suns are here because of roster moves they didn't make
But if you go back over the last few years, the franchise has managed to pull themselves out of this nosedive in large part because of the roster moves they failed to make.
James Harden surprisingly traded Los Angeles for Cleveland at the deadline, but there was a minute there when it looked like The Valley could be in play.
We all know how that would have ended, although it always seemed a slim possibility. One player who certainly did want to head to Phoenix was Jimmy Butler, and it very nearly happened.
If not for Kevin Durant refusing to go back to the Golden State Warriors, Butler would likely be a Suns player right now. That too would have been a disaster, as Durant would have been traded away and the organization would still be stuck trying to win now with Butler.
Contrast that with this season, and while the Suns are trying to win as many games as possible, they are ahead of schedule in a way they never would have been if Butler was on the roster.
Who knows if he would have torn his ACL in Phoenix, but at 36-years-old he's not exactly a long-term solution. Green and Dillon Brooks on the other hand? That outlook is much better.
What about Domantas Sabonis? The Sacramento Kings big man linked with the Suns at several points throughout this season, although we all know that is the wrong player to go all in on.
Sabonis would have been the best player on this list of guys to actually add, but Mark Williams has been brilliant this season and Sabonis does not move the needle enough to warrant a trade.
Instead it was getting the most out of Durant and buying out Bradley Beal that was the catalyst for real change, not getting attracted by those bigger name players.
Reality is going to bite in the coming years if the Suns can't get over the hump with Booker as the cornerstone. But all of these non-moves have put the team in position to be competitive.