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Welcome to Inside the Suns, your weekly deep down analysis of the current Phoenix Suns team. Each week the Fantable — a round table of Bright Siders — give their takes on the Suns’ latest issues and news.
Fantable Questions of the Week
Q1: Currently, the Suns have a 95% chance of ending up in the Play-In tournament. Between the other most likely play-in teams (Clippers, Trail Blazers, Warriors), which is the team you would least prefer to play against?
GuarGuar: I’d least like to play against the Clippers in the Play-In, but that seems like who our first game matchup is going to be. Ty Lue always has some unique defensive game plans against us, and I think he could junk up our offense. No Harden or Zubac is big, but they still are performing very well, and Kawhi has been at an All-NBA level.
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Diamondhacks: The fan in me would rather skirt playoff-tested coaches and superstars. The pretend-coach in me is more concerned with team pace, because we’ve notably struggled vs so-so (i.e., Play-In caliber) squads who play fast.
NBA Pace Rankings 2025-26
1st – Miami
2nd – Atlanta
3rd – Chicago
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8th – Portland
18th – GSW
28th – LAC
So, if Avdija is “back” healthy and pushing the pace, I’d be most averse to Portland.
Ashton: I am not using metrics here, but more of which game would I be most entertained to watch? For me, that is the GSW. This is not based on current playoff/seeding projections, but if the implosion of the Warriors happens during a Suns game, okay, cool. Keep in mind, I am a Steve Kerr fan.
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Then we get to spend the summer reading about all the possible trades that GSW can do to get younger. End of an era type stuff.
Yeah, Beat LA light and I like some of the youth movement out of Portland, but GSW and the Suns would pull the TV ratings.
OldAz: Easy. Golden State. Basically, to face the Warriors, either the Warriors have to get hot down the stretch and make up 2-3 games to finish in 8th, or the Suns have been passed by both Portland and the Clippers to finish in 9th, of that the Suns have lost game 1 of the play in and now face elimination against the Warriors after…
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