The Suns Misfit roster is hard to succeed with Beal and can't beat the Nuggets

Less than a week after the Nuggets won the championship, the Suns made a move, and their trade with the Wizards was nearing completion, as follows:

The sun gets: Bill.

The Wizards get: Paul, Shamet, multiple second-round picks, multiple draft picks.

The deal may have a third party joining, so it's still ongoing, but as long as nothing else, Beal will come to Phoenix and form a Big Three with Durant and Booker, plus Ayton, which is the Phoenix four-star battle team.

I have to admire the determination of Suns owner Ishbia, who was a guard at Michigan State University and won the NCAA championship with the team. It was during those days that Ishpeare ended his dream of professional basketball.

"When I first arrived in college, I still had professional dreams, but after seeing the level of the starters on the team, I knew I couldn't play in the NBA," Ishbia said. ”

Ishbia deeply understands the importance of talent, so when he had a chance to get Durant last season, even though Suns president James Jones mentioned the drawbacks of the reduced roster depth and increased luxury tax brought about by the trade, Ishpeare still pressed the operation switch, he was trying to raise the team's talent ceiling.

However, the Suns failed to achieve as much success as Ishbia had hoped and were eliminated by the Nuggets in the Western Conference semifinals. In terms of process, the Suns were the team that caused the Nuggets the most trouble in the playoffs, and the Nuggets lost a total of 4 games, 2 of which were given by the Suns. Booker and Durant won two games with a stand-up single, but after Budu, the Suns' third scorer in that series was Ayton, who averaged only 10.8 points per game, and the Nuggets went straight to the pinch after losing two games, and Boude held the ball and pinched whom, and the Suns' weakness with few firepower points was beaten by the Nuggets, and the series was lifeless.

Judging from the Sun's current operation, the revelation brought to them by losing to the Nuggets is that if there are not enough firepower points, add it, and add a Bill head office.

From an offensive point of view alone, Beal is very good, can develop with the ball and can also catch without the ball, he has worked with Wall, has full experience in empty-handed running and receiving and projecting, and it is not difficult to integrate into the Suns in terms of offensive fit.

But with the Suns sending away the starting point guard and important bench in order to get Beal, is their roster built in a way that suits the championship?

Bill and Booker are both No. 2, if the Suns want to put a pure point guard in the starter, Booker will play the No. 3 position, which means that it is a three-guard configuration in terms of height, and the size is obvious, needless to say Jokic, that is, Aaron Gordon finds a misplacement to eat a few waves of hard food, the Suns can't bear it, you can refer to the Heat in the Finals.

If the Suns don't put three guards, they can let Booker play No. 1, Bill No. 2, Orkogi play No. 3, with Durant and Ayton, the size has improved, but the shortcomings are also prominent, there is no excellent 3D, Okogie played the Nuggets in the second round last season is the starter, averaging 2.2 points per game, shooting 31% from the field, and 0 of 6 three-pointers, he is equivalent to providing opponents with a point to let go.

In addition, Okogie is not strictly a Suns player, and his contract has expired. The Suns' main rotation players last season, only Durant, Booker, Ayton, Paul, Shamet, Payne (not fully guaranteed) were on contract, and when the Beal deal was completed, Paul and Shamet would leave the team, meaning that there were only five players on the Suns' roster.

Durant, Beal, Booker and Ayton will have a combined salary of 162.9 million next season, which has exceeded the luxury tax threshold (162 million), and the Suns cannot use the full middle class, once the Suns raise the total salary to the ultra-luxury tax line of 17.5 million in order to build a lineup, it will trigger the second luxury tax line stipulated in the new collective agreement, and the luxury tax middle class will be stripped away, leaving only the veteran base salary available.

The Suns replaced the lineup after Beal, no point guards, no 3D, average defense at the backcourt, no substitutes in the front court, trapped by salary conditions, the Suns' follow-up signings have little room for operation, it is good to be able to piece together the lineup, they will rely heavily on the play of the Big Three, and these three last season combined attendance rate of 61%, durability is worrying.

The Sun's style of play is still a pattern of stars taking turns from the current point of view, this style is okay in the regular season, but in the playoffs, in the face of the Nuggets, this inside crushing, the forward is tall, the backcourt is equipped with 3D and ball-holding strong points, there are three-dimensional attacks with inside and outside physique, how many chances do the Suns have?

Since the Lakers won the championship in 2020, the championship model has a template, the inside line must have a basket protection master, the forward line must have enough physique and defense, the backcourt must have a ball-carrying attacker and 3D type assistant, the Sun's Ayton is soft when it is hard, the 35-year-old Durant is a father and a mother, and the backcourt firepower reserve is no problem, but there is no candidate who can fight against the opponent on the defensive end.

The Suns' lineup is too "partial", this top-heavy lack of intermediate transition configuration, heavy offense and light defense of the play, is the barrier between the team and the championship, breaking the wall needs to raise the offensive output to the limit, but then there will be injury danger, the Nets in 2021 are like this, that Nets also have Durant.