You can call it a homecoming. The Phoenix Suns introduced Deandre Ayton in front of local and national media for the first time in a press conference Friday. Mikal Bridges, the 13th pick of the NBA Draft, who the Suns traded 10th pick Zhaire Smith for, was also introduced.
For Ayton, it marked a return to the city he played high school basketball in and the state he made national headlines in as an Arizona Wildcat.
“It was mind-blowing, it was a dream come true. Seeing the reactions on my parent’s faces was unreal,” Ayton said of the moment he was selected.