There is no shortage of physicality on this Suns team. Alex Len has put on 40 pounds – the good kind – since being drafted fifth overall in 2013. P.J. Tucker has made an NBA living by getting his pickup truck frame in opponents’ faces and on the floor. Tyson Chandler earned the title of “enforcer” straight out of high school. Eric Bledsoe is a 6-1 tank.
Yet when it comes to toughness, Suns Head Coach Jeff Hornacek feels different muscles come into play.
“When you say tough, I don’t always think it’s physical,” he said. “Yeah, it’s a big part of it, but a lot of it is mental.