Let’s take a trip in the Phoenix Suns way-back machine. We are going to be traveling back the very short distance of five years to 2015. Before you walk off in an uproar, please note that I didn’t say this would be a fun trip! 2015 was the year of the failed “three play-maker experiment” and from the dissolution of that, the Phoenix Suns acquired Marcus Thornton in a trade that sent embattled guard Isaiah Thomas to Boston.
Coming into Phoenix, Thornton was averaging a tidy 8.9 points on 41% shooting from three-point range in just over 16 minutes of playing time a night, and the hope was that he could possibly be a positive bench piece for the Suns, a bit of a spark plug that could pile points in a hurry.