Suns ’10 Worst NBA Draft Day in History

The Phoenix Suns They are stuck in a non-human country. Despite Trio Kevin Durant, Devin Booker and Bradley Beal, Phoenix found himself from a playoffs with small records of 36-46 to finish the season 2024-25. After the season, the The sun trades Durant to Houston rocket And now the suns started towards the path of uncertainty.

Included in the trawl for Durant was 10. and 59. Choose in 2025 years NBA draftwhich was added to the suns in 29 and 52. However, the draft days are not a great part of the history of phoenix basketball history, given the amount of mistakes given by the franchise. Here’s a look at the 10 worst NBA drawn daily history errors.

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Markieff Morris has established a reputation in the NBA as a service power forward for several teams. He even won the LaS Angeles Championship. However, while the sun enjoyed its contributions, it turned out to be a problem after them trades with brother twins Marcus. It also did not help still exist better options that are still available on the draft with Leonard, Jimmy Butler, and Nikola Vucevic was elected after lottery guys.

9. Earl Clark – 2009

At the Draft NBA 2009. The sun are owned by the final lottery selection with the 14. General choice. They used that choice at the University of Louisville Star Earl Clark. However, it was a different story for Clark at the NBA level. He was a quiet 2.8 points per game to 37% recording from the field as a whole in the uniform sun. To make things worse, it has left the NBA more after six seasons as a passenger.

8 Kendall Marshall – 2012

Kendall Marshall was a clean dimer. But while he was an elite passerby, that’s pretty all he was good. In fact, Marshall fought in other departments such as defense and limited offensive game. Unfortunately, the UNC Card Career NBA lasted only four seasons. Marshall only set 3.0 points per game for Phoenix, which was a total waste on the lottery.

There was a handful of elite look at the Draft NBA 2018, including the Suns’s front office, focusing on Fit’s Around Devin Booker, a team waived the Draft Aton Deandra Aton, who was anchored by Front Croncourt.

Aton transformed into the center for the starting point. However, his limited offensive game would not put it in the status of an elite superstar at the same level with young people and Doncić. The change of ownership and overhaul of the Roster finally finished AITON’s mandate in Phoenik.

6 Alex Len – 2013

Supreme Petor The choice is great for a blue chip prospail. Unfortunately, the sun were one of the poor teams on the draft NBA 2013. year, which missed double NBA MVP Giannis Antetokounpo and four-way NBA defensive player of the year Rudi Gobert.

Instead, Phoenix settled on the Ukrainian big man Alex Len. Despite its size, Len was a nephactor in the NBA in the largest part of his career. He managed to stay in the NBA as a reserve center, just an additional warm body to appear the front judgment of any team. LEN was certainly not worth defying.

5. Trading Avai Luol Deng – 2004

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A good reason for the Suns’ trouble is their draft of the day. In addition to questionable drafting, the front office Phoenix is ​​also traditionally guilty in creating some worst trades draft night. At the draft NBA 2004. The sun chose Luol Deng with the seventh entire choice.

It was actually a firm choice, until they decided to replace him for a first-class choice and a naturalized Lebanese big man Jackson Veroman, who lasted only in the NBA for two seasons. The call of the first round showed that the multiple champion of contest on Palozi Nate Robinson, which was also later packed in agreement for Veterans Kurt Thomas and Dijon Thompson. Nevertheless, Deng is a carved of more performance of all stars than all other players mentioned.

4. Trading Avai Rajon Rondo – 2006

In another questioning draft day of trade, on the NBA draft 2006. The Phoenix made a firm choice by selecting the Rendo 21. years. Years. However, Rondo is traded in Boston Celtics along with Brian Grant and Cash. In return, the sun received the first round in the next and draft draft, which became the Spanish guard of Rudi Fernandez. As athletic and entertainment Fernandez could be with Steve crew, ours, Phoenik decided to only trade him in Portland Trail Blazers for cash.

The NBA draft 2016 was a series of errors that the sun made despite the ownership of four drafting dialings, including three first rounds and a pair of lottery voters. Two phoenix’s first-round guys were used on Georgios Papagiannis and Scal Labissierre. They both didn’t last long in the NBA. However, they are also first handed in Sacramento Kings for eighth total selection, Marques Chriss, which proved to be a problem with a cabinet.

2 Josh Jackson -2017

A year after the catastrophic draft NBA, the sun had another lottery, because the team had privilege to choose the fourth general choice for the second level year. With the fourth general choice of draft NBA 2017. year, Phoenix chose Kansas Star Josh Jackson.

He had tools to become an elite shooter in the NBA. However, out-of-court questions and questioning the recording persuaded everything that they would never fulfill these expectations. Jackson played five seasons in the NBA in the NBA as a passenger before taking his rank in the NBA G-League.

1. Dragan Bender – 2016

The worst draft bust for the Sun, Dragan Bender was complete disappointment. In addition to Phoenix’s expensive mistakes on the Draft NBA 2016 year, Bender’s choice was most up. The fourth total selection on average is on average only 5.3 points per game in the sun uniform. Unlike his European counterparts, Bender was another case of a high international talent that was crumpled under pressure and simply could not adapt the NBA style game.