Yahoo: Suns' starters largely subpar

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00:01Welcome to our deep dive into the Phoenix Suns preseason projections.

00:05Preseason games and rankings mean something until they don't once the regular season begins in the NBA.

00:11As of now, Yahoo Sports has the Phoenix Suns projected starting lineup in order of star power,

00:16about where one would expect minus Kevin Durant and Bradley Beal, below average.

00:21According to Yahoo Sports writer Ben Rohrbach, Phoenix lands at number 22 out of 30 teams,

00:27with only Dylan Brooks at the projected fourth best star option and earning an above average

00:32ranking for his position, number 13. The projected starting five by level of star power,

00:38not position was listed as follows. 1. Devin Booker. 2. Jalen Green. 3. Mark Williams. 4. Dylan Brooks.

00:465. Ryan Dunn. With Jalen Green likely to miss the first few games of the 2025-26 season,

00:53the ideal lineup will take some time to fully shape up. Center Mark Williams, who was traded to

00:58the Suns in late June from the Charlotte Hornets, has been handled with care in the preseason as the

01:03team hopes to crack the code on his lengthy track record of injuries. Booker is expected to be more

01:08of a floor general, as he was early in his career with Phoenix, and is considered the league's 16th

01:13best option at the 1. Three-time NBA MVP Nikola Jokic of the Denver Nuggets was named the top number

01:19one option. When healthy, Green is expected to be the 20th best option at the 2 on the court,

01:24whereas Williams is number 27 at the 3, and second-year pro Dunn is number 23 at the 5.

01:31For context, the Suns ranked one better than the Milwaukee Bucks and one worse than the Indiana Pacers.

01:38Phoenix posted an average star power score of 19.8, which was good enough to be ahead of three teams in

01:44the Western Conference, New Orleans Pelicans, number 24, Portland Trailblazers, number 25,

01:51and Utah Jazz, number 27. The Houston Rockets came in ninth with Durant as their one, who was named the

01:5812th best option in the NBA, Suns and rest of Western Conference starting five rankings 1,

02:04Oklahoma City Thunder 2, Denver Nuggets 3, Minnesota Timberwolves 4, Golden State Warriors 5,

02:11Los Angeles Lakers 6, Houston Rockets 7, San Antonio Spurs 8, Los Angeles Clippers 9, Sacramento Kings 10,

02:22Dallas Mavericks 11, Memphis Grizzlies 22, Phoenix Suns 1, New Orleans Pelicans 2, Portland Trailblazers 3,

02:30Utah Jazz. Do you think the Suns can outperform these preseason expectations?

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