The Phoenix Suns made their NBA Draft move by pushing their way into the first round to select Koa Peat, and fans won't have long to wait to see him in action.
All indications suggesting he will appear at Summer League early next month in Las Vegas, and when that happens it will give the Suns the chance to pull off the perfect long-term roster move for the franchise.
Phoenix could have trio of future starters playing together in Vegas
We're obviously talking best case scenario here, but there is a world in which the Suns play and start three young guys who one day soon could all be starting an actual NBA game as the core of what the Suns are trying to rebuild around Devin Booker.
Peat is the latest piece to the puzzle, and those Aaron Gordon comparisons sure are encouraging. But there is also center Khaman Maluach, who like Peat is also 19-years-old and who received invaluable experience in the playoffs against the Oklahoma City Thunder.
With Mark Williams coming back on the kind of team-friendly contract that the front office can easily move, the stage is set for Maluach to make a run at becoming the center of the future in The Valley. He already has his backup in Oso Ighodaro in place as well, and forming any kind of chemistry with Peat would be an excellent result of their Summer League experience.
Then there is Rasheer Fleming, who like Maluach got some run in the postseason. His most natural position may overlap with Peat, although he's already much the better shooter and if he continues developing as a two-way threat he makes a ton of sense alongside the Univeristy of Arizona standout.
Owner Mat Ishbia has preached a long-term approach to building a winner around Booker, and by potentially having three key future contributors play together this summer, he is backing up that claim.
The organization still has veterans like Dillon Brooks, Grayson Allen and Collin Gillespie to win games, which may make this two timeline proclamation from ourselves recently look very foolish.
As long as Booker remains onside with knowing these youngsters are going to take time and reps together to get to the level required, then this kind of roster building makes sense. In reality it is also the only way the Suns can get better, thanks to the failed Kevin Durant trade and having to stretch-and-waive Bradley Beal.
The prospect of the Suns' future taking their first steps together in Las Vegas is an exciting one.
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