A wise man once sang, “You’ve got to know when to hold ‘em. Know when to fold ‘em.” If James Jones is able to accurately assess the state of the Suns, this is when to fold ‘em.
The Phoenix Suns (21-24) are incapable of making a deep playoff push as constructed, even when they are healthy, and they have no ability to address the glaring weaknesses that prevent them from going further.
Let’s examine the big weaknesses first.
Power Forward: The Suns rotation at this position is just bad. Either they’re small forwards playing out of position (Cameron Johnson, Torrey Craig), sitting at home and pouting (Jae Crowder), or are just not NBA talent (Ish Wainwright, Dario Saric).