The Phoenix Suns might be heading home from the playoffs soon, but that doesn't mean it has been all bad for the franchise that many expected to win fewer than 20 games.
Ryan Dunn's lack of scoring huge issue for Suns moving forward
But if there is one player who has failed to take advantage of this unexpected postseason appearance, then it is Ryan Dunn.
The 23-year-old playing 25 minutes in Game 1, before seeing his time cut way back by head coach Jordan Ott in Game 2, as he only saw eight minutes of action.
Across all of that time, Dunn didn't register a single point. More than that, there were few occasions when he ever looked either capable of scoring, nor did he appear to have the desire.
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One one hand this is admirable, a guy who just wants to defend elite players and has no problem not being included offensively.
To watch Dunn play that is clearly what is happening, he is cool with standing in the corner or around the 3-point line in general and will take that shot if he absolutely has to.
Problem is, at no point across two seasons in the league has he shown any kind of consistency from deep. At 31.9 percent for his career, defenders don't respect him from that distance.
There have been several false dawns, but Dunn always regresses back to the mean quickly, and his chances of taking a leap vanish as a result.
This explains why his numbers took such a tumble between the first and second games. In those initial 25 minutes in Game 1 Dunn had only three shot attempts, all from beyond the arc.
Game 2 he didn't shoot at all, and you're not going to get close laying a glove on the Thunder if you don't have role players who can exceed their regular output in a couple of games.
With Oso Ighodaro having found his own place in this roster, and rookies Rasheer Fleming and Khaman Maluach also being trusted some in this series, Dunn is in a worrying position.
On certain nights in the regular season there looked like a version of Mikal Bridges in there, but despite his odd shooting form the current New York Knick was a much more reliable threat offensively.
Year three was when he really made that leap however, going up to 13.5 points each night, but there is little to suggest Dunn will follow suit. He is being left behind in The Valley.
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