While signing your way on to a roster of your choosing is typically a privilege granted to draft picks only after they've proven themselves professionally, I can't help but respect that DeAndre Ayton is so confident in his perceived status as the #1 pick that he's put himself at risk of creating the most cringeworthy of collector's item. That picture is going to look really silly is he somehow ends up in Sacramento, but you have to imagine that Phoenix appreciates having a top-end talent actually lust after them for once. That's not to say the Suns should settle for the prospect that gives them the most attention like a self-conscious teenager. Though, considering their lack of success shooting their shots in free agency, I suppose I could understand why they might. With the amount of players that turned down opportunities to work out for teams in the lottery, it might not be the worst idea for them to take into account DeAndre Ayton's mutual interest. Granted, that interest is highly influenced by his desire to hear his name called prior to everyone else's so that his cash register rings the loudest, but you kind of have to take whatever you can get when your anchor sank the fastest in a fleet full of teams that were actively trying to lose ground...
In past years, that hasn't been the opportunity to take solace in a potential future-defining talent looking happy to have a Phoenix hat on his head and appear willing to partake in autograph sessions for their fans prior to being contractually obligated to do so. Being extremely tall for someone of his skill set should literally give DeAndre Ayton a leg up on the competition, but so should an attribute that's even more rare than a seven and a half foot wingspan...which is his desire to dig the Suns out of the NBA dumpster.
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