PHOENIX — Five coaches in five seasons.
Josh Jackson, Dragan Bender and Marquese Chriss in the lottery.
Win seasons of 23, 24, 21 and 19 games. Consecutively.
The goat.
Yes, its been a rough half-decade in the Valley of the Sun, and the most recent offseason offered few clues that it would get much better. Having an NFL player sit in on coach interviews? Trading down from the sixth pick to select a player most ranked in the 20s and 30s? Giving away picks just to dump Jackson?
Let’s just say it was hard to get really excited about the 2019-20 Suns.
Well, that’s why they play the games. A month into the season, Phoenix sits at 7-7; if the season ended today, the Suns would be in the playoffs. With two of last year’s playoff teams (Golden State and Oklahoma City) shadows of their former selves, and two others (Portland and San Antonio) struggling mightily, the West seems as wide open as it has been in ages to accepting multiple…
