The Suns’ Shocking Swap: How Trading Durant and Beal Sparked an Unbelievable Transformation

How is this possible? And how long will the Suns’ early success last?
The Suns Have a More Cohesive Lineup
While Durant and Beal are both gifted scorers, their skill sets were redundant with franchise centerpiece Devin Booker. All of them are great at scoring, but none of them excelled at passing, spacing, perimeter defense or rim protection.
Since all of them carried too much pedigree to bench in key moments, the Suns were left with just two spots to fill all those needs. There aren’t many players in the NBA flexible enough to wear all those hats.



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