Recently, the #Timeline has experienced a boost in excitement for the future as the Phoenix Suns have played (mostly) competitive basketball over the past month on the backs of their draft pick kiddie corps.
20 year old Marquese Chriss has gone through the best 9-game stretch of his young career, scoring in double figures in 7 of 9 games, and putting up averages of 11.5 points (51% shooting, 37% on threes), 7 rebounds, 1.1 blocks and 1.2 steals per game in 26 minutes a night.
When Chriss suffered a hip pointer early in Sunday’s signature win over the Thunder, fellow 20 year old power forward Dragan Bender then produced the game of his career with 20 points (6 of 8 on threes), 6 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 blocks.