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Welcome to Inside the Suns, a deep down analysis of the current Phoenix Suns team in which the Fantable — a roundtable of Bright Siders — give their takes on the Suns’ latest issues and news.
Fantable Questions of the Week
Q1: What is your boldest prediction for the Suns’ 2026-27 season?
GuarGuar: My boldest prediction is we will be a Top 4 seed in the Western Conference this year. I think the cohesiveness and development of this group will show big time, and I also think we will have better injury luck overall.
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zenzino: Instructions said ‘3 or less’. Less? I don’t think so. I’m taking it to the limit! Shocking, I know.
Suns finish 5th or 6th seed and, due to some favorable matchups, make it to the Western Conference Finals.
Maluach has an ok start to the season but then hits his stride and wins the NBA Most Improved Player.
Goodie is Goodie all season long and makes NBA All-Defensive 2nd team. I’d say 1st team but the bias against being a Suns player will work against him.
Ashton: My boldest prediction? Is Rod trying to set me up for a positive answer? Though I suppose I could swing to the dark side and give out some predictions that would really make “Bightsiders” PO’ed. Let’s roll with the positive.
Suns miss fewer games than last season due to injury concerns and rest management issues.
Let’s take it a step further. Sun fans actually get true updates on players’ status reports rather than the same mealy-mouthed spoon-fed crap we get season after season. “Oh, it’s just tweaked a little” turns into 4-6 weeks out. I like transparency.
Do I believe these to be true? Probably not.
Rod: I’m not sure how bold this one is, but I think Ryan Dunn is going to be a key rotation player for the Suns this year. He’s looked both confident and competent in preseason, and has obviously regained Jordan Ott’s trust.
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I think the Suns will not only be a top 10 defensive team this year, but in the top 5 defensively. Overall, they’ve ranked only 17th in preseason, but in 1st quarters (played mostly by 1st and 2nd unit players) they ranked 4th in defense.
By the time the playoffs roll around, the return of Mark…
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