It didn’t take long for Kentucky shooting guard Malik Monk to make an impression on Suns executives when they took him out to dinner Monday night.
“You can tell there’s a confidence in his game,” Assistant General Manager Pat Connelly said.
Confidence? That doesn’t begin to describe Monk’s self-belief. After his solo workout for the Suns on Tuesday – which included running 25 laps in the team’s infamous three-minute sprint – this exchange occurred:
“What’s your shooting range?”
“I don’t have any,” Monk said, his smile wide. “As soon as I walk in the gym.