It’s May 1. The Phoenix Suns’ season is over. I did not think this would be the case when, like The Avengers in Endgame, the team assembled last September for training camp. The level of talent on paper was the best we’ve ever seen in the Valley of the Sun. A paper championship loses to scissors every time, and that came in the form of the Minnesota Timberwolves in the First Round.
We’re all slowly coming to grips with the reality that the season is over. The players have dispersed and are sitting on golden beaches with curacao-colored cocktails in their hands.