The Phoenix Suns recently proved on both their media day and the subsequent training camp for the regular season that they certainly played the page on the Kevin Durant era. He was seen the respect that he earned from Devin Booker when he first addressed the media, while Kaman Maluach said that KDs ever belong to his favorite sneakers.
But this is a team that is moving ahead with Dillon Brooks who sets the tone defensively, and with 11 new players to try to fit together. Durant’s start of life with the Houston Rockets did not go brilliant either, with point guard Fred Vanvleet for the season with a torn ACL. News that also affects the future of the Suns.
Rockets will quickly realize that Durant does not solve everything.
Houston still has to be rightly seen as one of the top teams in the Western Conference, but having an Elite Point Guard does their chances of winning it all. Amen Thompson can get a chance to be the playmaker there, while Reed Sheppard’s time should certainly be now or never. It is ironic that they could have had a solution in Jalen Green – the most important player she gave up.
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But all this Vanvlet injury is to emphasize a painful reality that discovered the suns about the two plus seasons of Durant in the Valley. As great a player as he is, simply having him in your selection does not solve all the other problems you have. In the case of the Suns it was a lack of depth and not a quality center, and they tried to get durant to connect both holes.
The lack of help meant that he was expected to wear a huge offensive charge every night – what he generally managed to do – but that is not enough if you try to fight. Durant was also used as a center in certain line-ups, absolutely not the way you want to use a man who is about to turn 37 years old.
The rockets will try to go through more sets because of their lack of floor general, but that will not destroy the fact. They may have better two-way players than the Suns could even have dreamed in Thompson and Alps Sengun, but they also expect that the superstar will take out any close postseason match in which they hope to be.
Let us not forget that Durant was not always able to expect that it would be foolish in his career earlier. This also does not take photos in the future Hall of Famer – he did everything he could in Phoenix to win it all and did not have the help – but rather a warning for the rockets that is only because Durant is now in the city, does not guarantee that even one Playoff series is winning.
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