As the road becomes narrower to the NBA Finals, there will be more eyes that set in on Deandre Ayton and the Phoenix Suns.
With Ayton in particular, critics have always been bold in the seven-footer’s intensity when it comes to competing on both ends of the floor.
Ayton, who’s heard the whispers before, responded sarcastically to it on Monday.
Deandre Ayton on people questioning his motor: “Man, I don’t know what that is. Motor? Come on, I play both ends of the floor. My name is Dominayton, I anchor the Phoenix Suns on both ends of the floor.