Take whatever issue you may have with the way the Suns dealt picks like they were hot potatoes or didn’t go out and sign the player you had in mind, but it’s hard to argue with the idea that the team will be better next season.
By adding Ricky Rubio, Cam Johnson, Aron Baynes, Dario Saric and Frank Kaminsky, Phoenix clearly targeted win-now players who could space the floor. According to one win projection model — FiveThirtyEight’s CARMELO — the moves were enough to nearly double the Suns’ win total.