Staying with the 27-and-under core of Devin Booker, Mikal Bridges, Cameron Johnson and Deandre Ayton led by culture coach Monty Williams could have meant a half-decade championship window for the Phoenix Suns. They’d grown together. They trusted each other. Any year could have been the breakthrough, like the Bucks eventually did in 2021 after years of coming up short together.
They traded that for a bigger window with less durability. The new tandem of Kevin Durant and Devin Booker probably only has a two year championship window, considering Durant will be 35 years old next year.