Perhaps no single player arrived in Las Vegas with more anticipation than Deandre Ayton.
Although media and fans alike wondered how much Ayton might dominate against his competition, the Suns brass may have been more curious to see how he would play as an NBA center in a style very different than that to which he had become accustomed to.
As new head coach Igor Kokoskov notes in the below clip, the pick & roll is one of the most powerful parts of NBA basketball, and Ayton simply hasn’t had a lot of exposure to it.