Former Intel CEO Andy Grove is credited as having said: “Success breeds complacency. Complacency breeds failure. Only the paranoid survive.”
A rookie campaign for the Phoenix Suns that saw Ulis win the Western Conference Rookie of the Month award for April and average 16.1 points and 8.5 assists in 39.5 minutes per game after the strategic resting of Eric Bledsoe has given way to a sophomore season of reality checks. From Feb. 7 to Mar. 8 of this season, Ulis appeared in just two games, playing less than 10 minutes in both. This followed him losing his starting point guard role in late January to best friend and natural shooting guard Devin Booker.