The New Orleans Pelicans play the Phoenix Suns Thursday night on national TV in what would have been a “last year’s number 1 pick versus this year’s number 1 pick” matchup between our Zion Williamson and their Deandre Ayton.
Unfortunately for basketball fans in Arizona, Louisiana and everywhere in between, Zion hasn’t appeared in a regular season game yet and Ayton has been suspended 25 games due to performance enhancers.
So, sorry about that, casual NBA viewers!
SURPRISE SURPRISE
The Suns (7-6) are certainly the surprise team of the league through the first month of the season, as they’ve put together the league’s 9th best net rating with early-season wins over the Clippers and Philadelphia, along with one-point losses to Denver and Utah.