The Suns are second-best to win the West and have the fourth-best probability of winning a championship in 2024.
Oddsmakers agree that having Devin Booker and Kevin Durant is a strong base.
In terms of building their roster, the Phoenix Suns still have a ways to go. They are not yet a finished good.
With the NBA Draft, free agency, and trade market at their disposal, general manager James Jones hopes to completely overhaul the team this offseason in order to better develop around their two superstars, Devin Booker and Kevin Durant. Furthermore, we all know that Jones is not one to scour the market for up-and-coming talents, so I use the term “NBA Draft” very lightly.
Ish Wainwright is one of the seven players that Phoenix currently has under contract. Picture Lucille Ball saying, “ewwwwww,” at this point.
Ageing point guard Chris Paul needs to make some decisions, we don’t know if new head coach Frank Vogel can actually turn Deandre Ayton into a Tesla or not, and the contracts of Cameron Payne and Landry Shamet aren’t worth as much on the open market as they were before the CBA.
Phoenix is beginning the season with the fourth-best odds to win a title on DraftKings Sportsbook, opening at +850, despite this and the uncertainty that they will face.
That’s a lot of assurance for a group that is far from perfect.
It only serves to highlight the respect that Durant and Booker have for your squad. Booker is in the height of his career, and both of them are outstanding players. For the second season in a row, the team failed to go past the second round because they lacked the necessary time to gel, even though they cut KD out from under them.
It is anticipated that James Jones and Mat Ishbia would navigate the offseason with competence and skill, building a roster around these two players that will equal success.
Naturally, the other clubs with higher chances than Phoenix heading into the offseason are the Denver Nuggets (+450), Boston Celtics (+550), and Milwaukee Bucks (+650). Denver won their first championship as a team in history by cruising through the NBA postseason with a 16-4 record. It is the most dominant performance we have witnessed in fifteen years, with the exception of the 16-win 2017 Warriors.
As an aside, good on Phoenix for accounting for two of those defeats.
Take that +850 and run with it if you trust James Jones and Mat Ishbia. The gravel and switchbacks that face Phoenix are rough and rugged, and the ascent of the mountain is a considerable distance. There are a lot of movements ahead of them, and we’ll need to beat the odds if the Suns are to achieve their goal of winning their first-ever championship. Those odds seem to be +850.