Preseason Preview: Suns face defending champion Warriors

When: Monday, Oct. 8, 7 p.m. PT

Where: Oracle Arena

Watch: NBATV

Listen: 98.7 FM

Throughout the pre-draft process, many posed the question of whether Deandre Ayton could stay on the floor against teams like the Golden State Warriors: Would he be effectively played off the floor, or be the one big who could swing the pendulum a different direction? It’s a super small sample size in preseason, but the Suns’ No. 1 pick definitely looks the part of a quick-twitch big who can switch onto smaller scoring options with little issue.

In three preseason games, Ayton has nine blocks. On top of that, most of those swats have come from Ayton’s natural gifts of verticality, a la Roy Hibbert. Friday against…