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The Suns re-signed Deandre Ayton (right) and extended Devin Booker\u2019s deal this offseason.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Phoenix Suns<\/b><\/h3>\n
2021-22 record:<\/strong> 64-18<\/p>\nKey additions:<\/strong> Damion Lee, Josh Okogie (free agency)<\/span><\/p>\nKey subtractions:<\/strong> JaVale McGee, Frank Kaminsky, Aaron Holiday (free agency)<\/p>\nLast season:<\/strong> After ripping through the season with an NBA-best 64 wins, the Suns were surprisingly vulnerable and lame in the playoffs, and their issues came almost without warning. They were first staggered by the New Orleans Pelicans (who were without Zion Williamson) in the first round, then got floored by the Dallas Mavericks in the semifinals. It qualified as an upset because the Suns had more depth and talent but ultimately had no answers in that seven-game series. There was also an undercurrent of drama in Game 7: Center Deandre Ayton was benched all game after simmering all season because the Suns refused to extend him. Phoenix got solid results from All-Stars Devin Booker and Chris Paul, and Mikal Bridges made the All-Defensive first team, but a second straight NBA Finals trip wasn\u2019t in the works.<\/p>\nSummer summary:<\/strong> It was all for naught. It fizzled. It was ultimately much ado about nothing. It was the supposedly feisty stare-down and showdown between Ayton and the Suns over \u2014 what else \u2014 money, but Ayton got the bag, the Suns retained their gifted big man, everyone hugged it out and declared victory and moved on.<\/p>\nSee? Nothing to see here.<\/p>\n