Brandon Duenas is the Deputy Manager at Bright Side of the Sun, a credentialed media member, and a writer since 2020. An Arizona native, he brings several years of professional sports journalism, and communications experience.
Jusuf Nurkic was originally acquired in hopes of being an offensive hub who could help unlock the Suns’ stars offensively with his playmaking from the top of the key.
The defense wasn’t ever expected to be great, just solid.
Size and playmaking. It made sense on paper, I guess. But then I zoom back out and think about it from a team with hopes of winning a title and being “all-in” and it goes back to making zero sense.