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Skylar Diggins-Smith brings immense knowledge, dynamic personality to Suns broadcast team

Skylar Diggins-Smith’s morning workout started with on-court instruction.

She recruited two Mercury staffers to pose as defenders, and grabbed a chair to use as a screener. Diggins-Smith then mimicked Suns All-Star Chris Paul in the pick and roll, demonstrating a variety of ballhandling, passing and shooting options available depending on how the defenders play.

“This is what he likes to do,” Diggins-Smith says as she starts to dribble to her left before making a big switch to her right hand. “He can come off of this screen, throw it over the top (and) snake.