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The Numbers
- NBA Rank: 23
Conference Rank: 11 
Phoenix Suns
There are no accounting issues, no trading issues, no reserve issues, no previously unknown problem issues.
Kenneth Lay, while acting CEO of Enron
The Brief
In response to the Suns taking the season off from competitive basketball, I'm about to put as much effort into this review as they are into this season.
The Story
Steve Kerr once famously referred to a trade he made as one of the worst in NBA history. Much like the coming season, you can lay the blame for that trade at the feet of their terrible owner Robert Sarver.
Last Year
| Player | Minutes | Age | WP48 | Wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goran Dragic | 2581 | 27 | .147 | 7.9 |
| Luis Scola | 2184 | 33 | .029 | 1.3 |
| Jared Dudley | 2170 | 28 | .124 | 5.6 |
| P.J. Tucker | 1910 | 28 | .184 | 7.3 |
| Marcin Gortat | 1876 | 29 | .097 | 3.8 |
| Markieff Morris | 1837 | 24 | .001 | 0 |
| Michael Beasley | 1554 | 25 | -.114 | -3.7 |
| Shannon Brown | 1402 | 28 | .032 | .9 |
| Jermaine O'Neal | 1029 | 35 | .061 | 1.3 |
| Wesley Johnson | 953 | 26 | -.035 | -.7 |
| Sebastian Telfair | 795 | 28 | .003 | .1 |
| Kendall Marshall | 702 | 22 | .020 | .3 |
| Marcus Morris | 370 | 24 | -.011 | -.3 |
| Hamed Haddadi | 235 | 28 | .036 | .2 |
| Diante Garrett | 149 | 25 | -.036 | -.1 |
| Luke Zeller | 58 | 26 | -.282 | -.3 |
Indicates that the player is no longer with the team.
This team was excruciatingly terrible last year.
This Year
| Player | Position | Minutes | Age | WP48 | Wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goran Dragic | 1.1 | 2710 | 27 | .126 | 7.1 |
| Marcin Gortat | 5.0 | 2635 | 29 | .147 | 8.1 |
| Eric Bledsoe | 1.3 | 2453 | 24 | .121 | 6.2 |
| P.J. Tucker | 2.1 | 2030 | 28 | .178 | 7.5 |
| Markieff Morris | 4.0 | 1848 | 24 | .002 | .1 |
| Alex Len | 5.0 | 1573 | 20 | .016 | .5 |
| Marcus Morris | 3.9 | 1378 | 24 | -.017 | -.5 |
| Archie Goodwin | 2.0 | 1202 | 19 | .030 | .8 |
| Gerald Green | 2.6 | 983 | 28 | .020 | .4 |
| Kendall Marshall | 1.3 | 797 | 22 | .043 | .7 |
| Shannon Brown | 2.3 | 673 | 28 | .028 | .4 |
| Malcolm Lee | 2.0 | 396 | 23 | .093 | .8 |
| Channing Frye | 4.3 | 280 | 30 | .016 | .1 |
| Dionte Christmas | 1.0 | 192 | 27 | .056 | .2 |
Indicates that the player is new to the team.
It doesn't matter who's on this team now. They're not even trying to win.
The Wrap
You're still reading? Fine, here's the Suns updated roster, after the Gortat trade:
| Player | Team | Age | Simple Pos | Minutes | WP48 | Wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goran Dragic | PHO | 27 | 1 | 33.9 | 0.126 | 7.3 |
| Eric Bledsoe | PHO | 24 | 1 | 30.7 | 0.121 | 6.4 |
| P.J. Tucker | PHO | 28 | 2 | 28.0 | 0.178 | 8.5 |
| Markieff Morris | PHO | 24 | 4 | 25.4 | 0.002 | 0.1 |
| Alex Len | PHO | 20 | 5 | 24.5 | 0.016 | 0.7 |
| Marcus Morris | PHO | 24 | 4 | 19.7 | -0.017 | -0.6 |
| Miles Plumlee | PHO | 25 | 5 | 17.2 | -0.014 | -0.4 |
| Archie Goodwin | PHO | 19 | 2 | 15.0 | 0.030 | 0.8 |
| Emeka Okafor | PHO | 31 | 5 | 12.3 | 0.134 | 2.8 |
| Gerald Green | PHO | 28 | 3 | 10.0 | 0.020 | 0.3 |
| Ishmael Smith | PHO | 25 | 1 | 8.4 | 0.012 | 0.2 |
| Channing Frye | PHO | 30 | 4 | 6.6 | 0.016 | 0.2 |
| Dionte Christmas | PHO | 27 | 1 | 4.9 | 0.055 | 0.5 |
| Viacheslav Kravtsov | PHO | 26 | 5 | 3.5 | 0.098 | 0.6 |
| Simple Wins | 27.3 | |||||
On the plus side, they all get to live in Phoenix!
The Second Opinion Arturo is bored
Cool story bro.