It’s no secret that the Suns seemed to have learned their lesson after quickly hiring Earl Watson after his interim period two seasons ago. This time around after canning Watson following a historically bad three-game initial stretch, Jay Triano was tasked to put together a resume to keep his job through a 79-game rigor.
So far, Triano has done well after being thrown into the fire.
He has slowly innovated Phoenix’s system towards a blistering pace with even more ball movement. The addition of Elfrid Payton has seen the offense continue to blossom — including Josh Jackson seeing significant growth under Triano’s tutelage — but the defense seems systematically broken.