Losing as badly as the Suns did Tuesday night at home, their eighth loss out of 10 games to start the year, has a way of bringing attention toward what is missing on the basketball court: What could fix this mess?
Tanking, as aggressive as it was under general manager Ryan McDonough, can steal away the chance to develop rotation pieces found on the cutting-room floor of teams with championship dreams.
The Suns since their last playoff appearance -- despite all the intentional losing -- haven’t had a true player-development success story. Great young teams tend to find one or two diamonds in the rough while they’re investing in youth.