The Phoenix Suns were once a perennial playoff team. A franchise the league and it’s fans could count on as a postseason contender every single year.
A blue chip franchise.
Even when they did miss the playoffs nobody believed that they were going to be down for long, and history regularly proved that to be true.
Then in 2010-11 everything changed.
The Suns missed the playoffs – and they haven’t been back since.
Here’s the thing though: for the first time in franchise history they openly tanked for the last three seasons, and we were okay with it.