Suns already have a Dillon Brooks problem that fans will hate

It only took a single regular season game, but already the Phoenix Suns look to have won back over their fanbase thanks to a come from behind victory over the Sacramento Kings. To do so having been down by as many as 20 in the second quarter was even more impressive, with head coach Jordan Ott keeping his rotation tight in using only 10 players.

Devin Booker led the way with 31 points, and in doing so proved that the franchise doesn't need to worry about how they use him or who plays alongside him. He's going to succeed in The Valley no matter what. New recruit Dillon Brooks also excelled defensively, but it was a tale of two halves of the court for the former Houston Rocket.

Brooks needs to be more selective with his shooting.

As we've already discussed, there is no way Brooks should be taking 24 shots in a game when Booker is out there. That was five more than the franchise cornerstone, and he managed 22 points in the process. Not the kind of efficiency you can continue to win games with, and in truth a better opponent than the Kings would have made them pay.

Brooks was a sneaky important member of the Rockets last season because he defended at an elite level - annoyed opponents like in the video above - and was a capable 3-point shooter. Prior to that however was a stint with the Memphis Grizzlies, and that ended in part because Brooks thought he was higher up the pecking order there than he truly was.

Beefing with LeBron James and inserting himself into the center of everything that was happening on the court is exactly how you don't want Brooks to be out there, yet that was how his tenure in Memphis is remembered by many. He was less selective with his shooting back then as well, and we saw shades of this in his Suns debut.

It is fair to point out that Jalen Green was missing, and that somebody needed to pick up the offensive slack. But Grayson Allen - a teammate of Brooks going back to their days together on the Grizzlies - appeared more than capable. Brooks acting and playing like another guy he once shared a locker-room with in Desmond Bane.

The Orlando Magic traded for him this offseason to be the final piece to their own puzzle, but Brooks is nowhere near the offensive player Bane is. Both are strong and love getting physical, but that is where the comparison stops. Fans then would rather seen Brooks stop hoisting up a lot of shots, and get back to what he does best - and has already shown he can do - in defending at an elite level.