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Suns deflect talk of basketball identity

When you are a near-franchise-worst 10-33 after more than half a season, there’s not a lot of good news to talk about. I mean, how much could have gone right if your record is so gawdawful?

Which is why we here at the Bright Side focus on the games within the game: player development, scheme development, offensive identity, defensive identity.

In this here article, I’m going to focus on a recent defensive identity being embraced by the young Phoenix Suns.

Since Kelly Oubre Jr. joined the team last month, the Phoenix Suns have led the league in deflections per game (18.