The debate surrounding what the Suns will do with their first-round pick in this year’s NBA Draft will groan on until at least lottery night on May 14, but it’s never too early to get started.
Based on the Suns’ need for a point guard as well as Phoenix’s heavy and uncharacteristic studiousness of Murray State point guard Ja Morant’s game during the Ohio Valley Conference tournament in March, a small but growing perception that the Suns preferred Morant over Duke forward Zion Williamson materialized the past month or so.