Suns first NBA team in half a century to post 10+ game improvement three straight years

The headline is quite a mouthful, so just take away the bottom line. GM James Jones and head coach Monty Williams have led the Phoenix Suns out of the depths of hell to the pinnacle of Olympia in three years.

Last year, the Suns became only the third team in history to climb from bottom-two (19 wins in 2019) to top-two (51 wins in 2021) in two years or fewer. The other two teams were iterations of the Boston Celtics.

*courtesy Phoenix Suns media relations

This year, the Suns have become only the second team in league history, and first since 1973, to finish with 10+ more wins than the previous year for three consecutive years.