Phoenix Suns
PREDICTED FINISH: 29th 21-61
ACTUAL FINISH : 29th 26-56
What I got right: I got this one virtually intact. The Suns remain a team with plenty of raw and unpolished talent. The real bullseye was calling out team defense as the key statistic. The Suns finished dead last in the NBA. That drug the team down to the 29th place for the season. The problem with this team is the depth chart. They placed two rookies at power forward and a third buried on a depth chart behind two great veterans as point guard. Tell me again why this team never dealt with the Philadelphia 76ers?
What I got wrong: I saw Dragan Bender as the key rookie, when the reality is that Marquese Chriss was the true rookie workhorse. But I saw this team as a confederation of talent and I still see that. While there is certainly plenty of talent and potential, I don’t see much of a team in the making.
ORIGINAL PREDICTION
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