The Athletic ranks 1 Suns position as top 10 in the NBA

The Phoenix Suns have one of the better point guard rooms in the NBA, but according to The Athletic’s Law Murray, that’s about it.

The Athletic ranked all 30 teams by position, and the Suns are in the top 10 once. Here’s how Phoenix compares to the rest of the league:

• No. 8 at point guard
• No. 18 at shooting guard
• No. 18 at small forward
• No. 25 at power forward
• No. 28 at center

It’s noteworthy that these rankings evaluate the depth of the position on the team, so it isn’t just valuing the starters.

Murray argues that despite Devin Booker playing out of position at point guard, the depth the team has makes it the team’s biggest positional strength.

The Phoenix Suns have not always had ideal roster construction around Devin Booker. Once again, Booker is tasked with being the primary playmaker, although he at least has a strong backup in Collin Gillespie.

Gillespie broke out in a big way last season. He went from being in-and-out of the rotation a year prior to averaging 12.7 points, 4.1 rebounds and 4.6 assists while shooting 40.1% from distance and becoming a Sixth Man of the Year candidate.

Murray has the Suns’ wings in the middle of the pack despite Dillon Brooks coming off of a career-year and Jalen Green coming into this season healthy.

Green only played in 32 games last season due to nagging hamstring injuries, but he previously was a 20-point-per-game scorer in two of his first four seasons.

Murray also has the Suns’ big men near the bottom of the NBA because of Mark Williams’ injury. He said that leaves Oso Ighodaro and Khaman Maluach in a “timeshare.”

The depth is also a major question mark within the Suns’ power forwards, with it still unknown who out of Rasheer Fleming, Ryan Dunn, Koa Peat and Haywood Highsmith will provide viable minutes behind newcomer Miles Bridges.

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