Of the 50+ years in Phoenix Suns history, 2017 may have been the low point for the franchise.
The club was coming off of a 24-win season, one that followed a 23-win season, and was preparing to embark in what would ultimately be a 21-win season.
Suns owner Robert Sarver was aggressively digging a hole with the Phoenix faithful, yet steadfastly refused to drop the shovel.
Suns head coach Earl Watson attempting to turn the tide in Phoenix with love and peace, not X’s and O’s.
Watson would not turn the tide.
And Watson’s agent, Rich Paul, sat in the middle of what was an extraordinarily tumultuous time for professional basketball in Phoenix.