I cannot express the content feeling that entered my heart when Phoenix Suns first-round rookie Ryan Dunn shot an off-the-dribble jumper from a Miles Plumlee dribble-handoff on his first possession in the NBA.
It didn’t go in, but Dunn’s shooting profile at Virginia ranged from conservative to hesitant, so this display of willingness and decisiveness was a welcome one considering the hope that his preseason performance instilled.
It was part of a tight overtime win on Wednesday, 116-113, over the Los Angeles Clippers in the new Intuit Dome.
That content feeling stuck around as he first took the defensive assignment of James Harden, who was quickly subbed out and shifted Dunn’s assignment to shifty guard Kevin Porter Jr.