What this also has meant, for small market teams in the Western Conference like the Phoenix Suns, is that there won’t be any playoff pushes, or seasons of relevancy for a few more years. The back end of the playoffs (seeds 6-8), that the Suns could even begin to dream of, will now be fought over by teams who are much more equipped for success in the short term.
Fortunately for Suns fans however, there has been a hashtag surfacing around the Twittersphere that has started to gain traction, #TheTimeline.
This hashtag is a way for Phoenix Suns fans to feel optimistic about their squad full of youngsters that have promise, but are not near battling for playoff seeding in the West just yet.