You know the deal. The vaunted Phoenix Suns are a measly 21-24 and sit in 12th place in the Western Conference with less than half the schedule left to play.
Considering they started the season 16-7 and were awarded Player of the Month, Player of the Week and Coach of the Month through November — that was just six weeks ago! — how did everything fall so awfully apart?
Basically, because almost all the best players stopped showing up to work, leaving just Deandre Ayton and Mikal Bridges to lead a ragtag team of deep bench players into every contest for the past few weeks.