Had the Phoenix Suns somehow managed to field a competitive team over the past couple of years, they were never going to the NBA Finals because they were never going to upset the Golden State Warriors at the very top of the Western Conference.
The argument thus for Phoenix Suns tanking was often beset on that very idea, allowing for an acceptability of losing “today,” because it could mean long term winning “tomorrow.”
Well, nine years after the Suns have last made the playoffs, and now deeply entrenched it what will hopefully be THE final offseason needed to put together a playoff team beginning in 2020, there is hope too that the Golden State Warriors’ time at the top of the Conference – and thus the league – might finally be coming to an end:
Obviously the first big move that could happen to break apart the Golden State Warriors could be the loss of Kevin Durant should he chose to take his talents elsewhere, the prevailing theory being the New York Knicks.