There’s a theory that playing a bunch of unproven kids at once to find the diamond is like throwing a handful of al dente spaghetti at the wall to see what sticks.
These past two years, the Phoenix Suns have been testing that theory to its limits. Eight of the top nine players in total minutes played last year were 26 or younger, and five of those were age 21 or under.
The problem is that the spaghetti analogy just doesn’t “stick.” At all.
The first strands are more likely to stick than those that follow.