He went to the doctor because of his illness! He dismantled the finals lineup and both groups of the Big Three failed. His vision was really bad.

Since losing the championship in 2021, the Suns have been crazy about signings in the past four years in order to seize the opportunity. But what is disappointing is that although they achieved the league's first record of 64 wins and 18 losses in the 21-22 season, they unexpectedly stopped in the Western Conference semifinals. Since then, they have had a lineup that ranks among the top five in the NBA on paper every year, but the final results have repeatedly disappointed. From the initial finals, to successive stops in the semi-finals, to now being unable to even enter the playoffs, they seem to have reached a low point.

In fact, the team's intentions over the years are good. After all, it can gather a lot of stars, and it stands to reason that it can guarantee the lower limit. But the problem is that they are becoming more and more "crazy". They are obviously not the players that the team needs. They still choose to make a desperate move, make direct trades, and form superstar lineups many times, but they always fail. Nowadays, it is even more common to treat headaches with the help of the head, and foot pain with the help of the feet. Let's take a look at what failed signings the Suns have made in recent years!

formed the Big Three twice, but failed both times.

First of all, let’s talk about the two most important operations of the Suns in recent years, which are the formation of the Big Three. In the 22-23 season, although the team encountered a wave of injuries, they still retained the lineup that had the first record in the league before the trade deadline, and before the trade deadline, they were still able to get the fourth record in the Western Conference. As long as all members can recover, they still have a chance to break out of the Western Conference. But the team did not choose insurance, but used Mikal Bridges, Cameron Johnson and multiple draft picks to trade for Kevin Durant.

However, although Durant averaged 26 points, 6.4 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game, his arrival broke the team's original tactical system. As a result, the team had to accommodate Durant, and Chris Paul and DeAndre Ayton were gradually marginalized. If it weren't for Devin Booker's hot touch, they might even have been swept by the Nuggets in the Western Conference semifinals that year.

In the 2023 offseason, if they can keep Paul and Ayton and allow Durant to be more integrated into the team system, they will also have a chance to continue to compete for the championship. But this time they chose to gamble again. Not only did they send away Ayton for almost nothing, they also traded Paul for Bradley Beal without introducing a qualified point guard. Bill and Booker's functions 3 are almost overlapping. Both need a certain amount of ball rights, but neither is good at organizing. Therefore, the Suns' lineup is very deformed. They both struggled very much in the games they played as point guards.

On the offensive end, the team is completely focused on three-person singles. If the touch explodes, then the team can win. But if someone has a bad touch, then they will lose. In the 23-24 season, the three of them were able to help the team enter the playoffs. Last season, it completely collapsed. Bill became the target of public criticism. Even though he could contribute 17 points, 3.3 rebounds and 3.7 assists, the overall efficiency was not bad, but he was not helpful at all. With Durant and Bill leaving one after another, the team's two big gambles in the past few years have all ended in failure, and now the team has fallen into a quagmire.

Treat headaches, treat headaches, and blindly make signings.

There is actually another reason for the Suns' failure in recent years, which is the blind signings we mentioned at the beginning. For example, in this year's draft market, considering that the team's interior has been empty since Ayton left, they actually went crazy to strengthen the interior, first selecting Kaman Maluachi from Duke University, and then selecting Rasheer Fleming in the second round.

But the problem is that the team has already acquired Nick Richards, Oso Iguodaro, and Royce O'Neal, who can play as a center in the small ball lineup. In addition, Mark Williams was acquired in the offseason. The team's center position has suddenly become extremely crowded. Using so many resources to exchange for these centers means a waste of resources to a large extent. This is not good news. In the future, some of these centers will definitely be traded. Whether they can obtain the resources originally invested by the team will be unknown.

Not only that, the overall performance of the players introduced by the team in the past few seasons is not satisfactory. Although the point guard Tyus Jones searched for last season can contribute 10.2 points, 2.4 rebounds and 5.3 assists, his on-court role cannot be compared with the data. At the end of last season, he was even directly abandoned by the team. The signed Damian Lee spent a long time recuperating from injury after joining the team, thus wasting a contract.

Not only that, in the process of trading Durant, they acquired Jaylen Green. Although he was ranked second and has contributed 20.1 points, 4.3 rebounds and 3.4 assists in his career so far, he has never been able to meet the expected performance. Moreover, his playing style and functions also overlap very much with Booker. Dillon Brooks, who arrived with him, is a good addition to the back line. Therefore, in summary, the team has fallen into this strange circle over the years, and it should be noted that in the next few years, the Suns are likely to remain in the Western Conference, and I am afraid there is still a long way to go before the next rise.