Are The Phoenix Suns The Most Disrespected Team In The NBA? Plus, Can Devin Booker Be Top 10 Again?

Are The Phoenix Suns The Most Disrespected Team In The NBA? Plus, Can Devin Booker Be Top 10 Again?

On today’s show, it is a John Voida Wednesday. We are reacting together to the NBA top 100. Will Devin Booker ever be a top 10 player? Consensus again. Where will Jaylen Green be next year on this list? And I’ve got some players that just missed the list that are on the Phoenix Suns. What do they have to do to make that jump next year? Let’s talk about that and much more. You are Locked On Suns, your daily Phoenix Suns podcast, part of the Locked On podcast network. Your team every day. Welcome back into Locked On Phoenix Suns. My name is Benjaria, host of the Ben Garcia Show, Mornings on YouTube at 7 a.m., as well as a credentialed Arizona sports and more specifically Phoenix Suns media member. Thanks for making it locked on Phoenix Suns, your first listen here on this beautiful Wednesday morning, Tuesday night, question mark, however you may be listening. Don’t forget locked on Sunsreen available on all platforms including YouTube. So click that follow or subscribe button to do what thousands, dare I say millions of Suns fans have already done. Become every dare. get locked onto the Phoenix Suns right here each and every day. Joining me today, listen, we we had to work out some kinks. He’s busier on Sundays. He’s got things he’s got to do. The NBA season is fast approaching. We’re still working out the ins and outs of when he will be here, but he’ll still be here once a week. It’s a John Voya Wednesday, managing editor of Bright Side of the Sun and host of the Suns Jam Session podcast. Mr. Voida, good morning or good morning. Good evening. How are you? Good day. I like to tip my hat and say good day unto thee, Ben. How are you doing, dude? I’m good, man. It’s so fun to have you on. The people love you. The people absolutely love you, which is a little asinying because I was kind of hoping I’d bring on someone that people don’t love as much and maybe I’d get a little bit of praise, but it just turns out maybe people just dislike me and I think that’s actually a firm possibility. No. Uh, I appreciate anyone who does like me. I just like to think that I’m a fan just like you guys listening, you know, and I kind of come that’s like on the Suns Jam Session podcast. That’s always kind of been our vision between, you know, myself and Matthew Lissy, who’s been my co-host for coming up on six years now. It’s kind of like just hanging out with a couple of Suns fans at Marley’s and the kind of conversations that we’d have. And the goal of those conversations is to understand that not everybody’s going to agree. And the same thing’s going to happen with you and me, Ben, throughout, you know, all the time that we’ve had conversations in the past and we’ll have conversations moving forward is it’s it’s empathy for somebody else knowing it’s like we might not agree, but we do know that we’re all here for the same thing and that is the Phoenix Suns. God help us all. Yeah, you’re the fan and I am the just put on a pedestal big Journalism uh uh journalist broadcaster just eating away at facts and statistics. Well, you know, you’re hanging out. You take those facts and you get out of here. I have emotions. Here’s uh Hey, here’s the uh uh uh here’s a confession. I’ve only had Marley’s once. Can I say this? Because the Suns podcast and it was awful. What did you order? I don’t remember, dude. It was like the first year. Dude, the Jared Dudley is the best sandwich. I now I went I don’t even remember where I ate it at, but I remember I had it with my wife uh my mother-in-law that was then my my wife’s mom at the time. We weren’t married and we had it and I was stoked and it wasn’t good. So, I don’t know if I’m allowed to say that. I don’t know like I don’t know if Thunder I don’t know if Thunder Marley is going to pop up and just beat me up, but like my wife and I have a tradition. We’ll go to the Phoenix Symphony downtown and afterwards we’ll sneak out the side and go walk. It’s right next to Marley’s. And so it’s like you hear some beautiful classical music and you go and you smash on some nachos and some wings and a Jared Dudley chicken sandwich on chabatada bread. Oh, bro, you got to go back. Maybe you and I will go before a game this year, which actually I would love to do. You let me know. Let’s make that happen cuz there’s a Marley’s right by the Suns Arena now. I think it’s the only one left. The one up here, Desert Ridge just closed. I used to go that way. That’s the one I went to. I think it’s the one I went to. The nice thing about Marlies is I could always find a seat, which probably tells you something. But I that I loved it up here because I could just go. It’s like, hey, a big sporting event’s going on. Cardinals are playing. There’s a big Suns game, a draft. Me and my friends used to always meet up and go there. And I went there probably about two months ago. I was like, oh, this is And it used to be Ron Wolfsley’s before that, you know, his Wolfley’s restaurant. So that specific building, there’s something about it just doesn’t last. Man of the people. While I’m up here, my on top of my pedestal, shaking my fist like an old man screaming at Get your Dan Marley’s food out of here. All right, let’s talk some actual basketball. Always good to chop it up with you. Um, so Devin Booker and obviously the NBA top 100 came out. You’ve, you know, scoured the list. If it was locked on NBA, we’d be talking about how Victor Wanyama at seven is asinine because I feel like there should be a rule before you’re considered a consensus top 10 player. you have to win a playoff game. Uh Donovan Mitchell at nine. Um you know, I guess if you choke a one seed in in each conference at least once, I guess you get to move into the top 10 spot. Uh uh Jaylen Brunson. I mean, that’s you don’t want to hear my Jaylen Brunson rant on that. But anyways, over here, our our familiar friend, a guy that loves us both, Kevin Durant at number 11. I actually think that’s way like that’s way too high, but whatever. We say this isn’t locked on rockets. Devin Booker comes in at 18. Here is my um here’s my what is it? What do you call a theory why Devin Booker is at number 18? I I did the statistics last night. You kind of already know them. So, you know, I won’t bore you with them, but I think this is what happens when you are out of sight, out of mind. The guy isn’t old. He didn’t have a big injury. He didn’t completely fall off efficiency-wise. Like Devin Booker was still one of the best statistical ISO basketball players in the NBA. Did he shoot poorly from three-point land? Yeah, but you can make the argument Mike Benhen Holtzer making the dude chuck up threes who’s just a natural mid-range guy is uh you know, malpractice, but that’s what they did. I think people don’t aren’t here to get my actual top 10, but it does feel disrespectful. I think in the NBA you have anywhere between one to eight superstars. I think right now you have six of them I in the NBA right now, maybe seven. Deon Booker is not in that class, but I do think he is in like I don’t think he can lead a team to a championship win. We saw that against 2021, the team that had the actual superstar won it. Am I right? Is this just a clear um a clear example of out of sight, out of mind for Devin Booker who comes in at 18th behind guys? Like, dude, this is nuts, man. You need to talk. This is not just me, but this is nuts. Like, Kawhi Leonard, good player, physically sometimes available, emotionally never available. Evan Mobley, uh, hasn’t gotten out of the second round. Kate Cuttingham hasn’t won a playoff series yet. I think he’s won two playoff games in his life. That just feels a little disrespectful. I’ll stop filibustering now. Well, I I look at it this way, Ben. So, first and foremost, you know, lists, right? How who and and what generates this list and and what is their criteria because it’s subjective and that’s why we can have this conversation because it’s a subjective conversation. It’s not statistically based because of multiple reasons in which you stated relative to certain players who are higher on that list despite statistics or performance in the postseason not being as successful as other players on that list. the when when I first looked at this list, it was clear to me how this list was generated. This list was generated on regular season performance from a season ago, not postseason, because Jaylen Williams is number 20, right? The guy just won a championship and the second I believe he’s the second member of the Thunder on the list and he’s he’s at 20 with SGA, you know, being up up top at number two. So, the way that this list was generated was it was saying this is a list based on how we believe that these players are going to perform in the regular season based off of regular season performance last year and what we believe they’re going to be next year. So, they’re not taken into things that you are waiting in into the equation, which is how far did they perform in the postseason? you know, with the Cavaliers back-to-back exits early in the postseason, how do they have two guys essentially in the top what 13 14? Is it 12? No, 16. So, Evan Mobley and then and Donovan Mitchell being up there. So, with with and that was the best regular season team last year, one of them, right? So, the best Eastern Conference team. So the way that this list is generated is it’s saying, “Hey, these guys were really good in the regular season last year and or we project this these guys to be really good in the regular season next year.” And when you take when you look at it through that lens instead of instead of looking it through the lens that you’re looking at it through, which isn’t wrong because you’re looking at it almost as like the GOAT debate, right? It’s like when you start having that debate about like LeBron and Jordan and disrespected like Kareem Abdul Jabbar, you start to talk about the championships, the Allstar games, and all the accolades of these specific players and how far they’ve re they’ve gone in their postseason careers. You could have that same you could look at this list through that lens, but in my opinion, like Devin Booker being at 18, I’m absolutely fine with that. I I take a look at the players ahead of him and the only one who I kind of get a little tingly about is perhaps Evan Mobley. Uh Kawhi Leonard maybe just because he’s somebody who’s you know he he go plant a couple trees before I really start to believe that you should be number 17 there Kawhai. So I don’t feel like Devin Booker’s never been necessarily being disrespected because again through the lens that I’m looking at it the Suns underperformed last year. They’re projected to be a subpar team. So through that lens, I don’t think that this is a disrespect for for Deon Booker. And I don’t really mind the list. Yes, maybe Victor Webyama is a little too high because everyone’s extremely hyped on him. But outside of that, I really don’t have a lot of issues with kind of how the front end of this list was generated. The back end, we’ll talk about that later. I roll my eyes at the at the Victor Wimbeyama thing because it’s I I think he’s going to be awesome, too. But like, can we win a playoff game? Like just a play. Can we make the playoffs? That’s all I care about, right? I’m just asking for the bare minimum before we make guys top 10. Um, the other thing is I guess playoff success doesn’t matter. Donovan Mitchell continuously chokes in the playoffs. Jaylen Brunson can’t get past the Indiana Pacers. Evan Mobley is in the same spot as as Donovan Mitchell right now. Will Devin Booker ever be seen like next year or actually ever in Deon Booker’s career? Will he ever be a top 10 locked-on player uh or any list for that matter ever again? And if he will be, what would it have to look like? It all depends on these next two seasons in my opinion to answer that question. And do I think it can happen? I’d like to be somewhat optimistic. I’d like to think that it could happen because we’ve seen year after year what Devin Booker is capable of as as an elite scorer in this league. But as you mentioned, kind of the team success that drives these ratings, uh, not necessarily in the postseason, but in the regular season, it’s going to be a real challenge for him over these next two years. But if he can take a team like this Phoenix Suns team that we’re about to experience in the 2025/26 season and elevate them to a team that doesn’t even make the play and they make the playoffs straight up, he’ll shoot back up. But I think that a lot of I mean, when you look at that list, there’s a lot of old heads that are about to fall off of it. Kevin Durant, his days are numbered, right? Uh especially if he continues to be upset with how the Rockets play him relative to usage. LeBron James, he’s a season or two away from dropping off of this list, but you do have some young guns in there as well. Uh Steph Curry is also another one on those list. So, there’s a possibility and we’re right at that kind of sweet spot for Deon Booker as he’s in his prime for the next two or three seasons. If he’s ever going to get up to the top 10 again, it’s going to have to happen in these next two to three seasons. Will I think it’s going to happen? Unfortunately, I don’t think it’s going to because we’re in kind of a long haul with Devin Booker. This next year’s a rebuilding year, so next summer we can really reload and retool around him based on what we have and what we think we need to uh make relative to adjustments. And so, it’s all going to have to be not next season, but a season uh ahead of that, next summer. That’ll be his best shot to put put himself in a position to be successful with that team. So, it’s a long way to say probably not, Ben. We’re reacting to the NBA top 100 list as voted on by locked on podcast hosts of each team. Where did you rank Deon Booker? 13. I had him at 13 which I thought was fair. I think he’s still in the class of the be one of the best twos in the league and not the shooting guard position too. I think he’s the second best shooting guard in the league. But I think in terms of like number ones, number twos, number threes, like Booker is one of the best Robins in the NBA. I actually think that the best I actually think he can be the best Robin in the NBA. And I think we saw that at spurts with with Kevin Durant. So I just thought it was it was a little far for a guy like Evan Mobley who I guess is younger and a little taller. So you know, man. So by that theory, Devin Booker at 13, he’s the best Robin in the league. There’s 12 Batman’s in your opinion. No, I think that there are superstars and fringe stars and stars. And so I think you have your all stars, your fringe stars where or superstars where I think Devin Booker is kind of in that realm, but there’s a couple of guys better. And then I think like on this right here like I would consider Joic, Sheay, Giannis, Luca, Ant to all be bonafide superstars. And I also consider people are going to get upset about this and I understand if they don’t agree. I also consider Steph to be in that class, LeBron and KD because they’ve been grandfathered in. They just grandfathered in and I can see them still take over games for large stretches of times in their old age. But I wouldn’t argue with anyone if they’re like they’re not there anymore. So those I’m not as high as on Ant as many people. I would say I would I I agree with your with that list minus Anthony Edwards. And and I know that’s probably an unpopular opinion. He’s been to two Western Conference finals back to back. Uh but I there’s something there I just don’t see that puts him in that superstar category which you mentioned. Those superstars like every one of those guys you mentioned I I feel could win an MVP. I don’t feel like Ant could win an MVP. So that could be a good barometer for you. Mine is if you have any of those six to eight guys on your team, you can win a championship regardless of what’s around them, you can win a championship. Doesn’t mean you will, but it means you can absolutely compete for one. Um, let’s move over to Jaylen Green, who came in at number 92. You know that. Um, people think I’m a little mean on Jaylen Green, so let’s try to gas the dude up a little bit. Let’s what what is the best version of Jaylen Green? Where would he be at next year if he does the things that we want him to do? And we’ll do that and talk about and talk about we’ll do that and much more next. First, today’s show is brought to you by my wonderful friends over at FiveHour Energy who at this point right now having a there is 5Hour Energy. Um time to fuel up and turn it up with five hour energy transfusion. This grape, ginger, and lime flavored shots bring the iconic taste of a golf course favorite to an non-alcoholic boost. 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It’ll keep me up till 3 in the morning. Dude, I’m somebody who’s like, I can’t do caffeine after 1 in the afternoon or I’m just like up. That’s That’s naturally wired. No, I’m naturally wired. That’s because you’re That’s because you’re 29 going on 85. Yeah, I’m just in my 40s and always wired. I have natural energy. Uh Jaylen Green comes in at the 92nd spot in the NBA top 100 locked on players list as voted by by locked on podcast host. Um I’ll give you my take and we’ll do the same thing that I can get yours. I think this was very fair for Jaylen Green. In fact, I actually think it was a little gracious to Jaylen Green because these 80s to 90s players, I think these are players that are either upand cominging players in the league and you see like Josh Giddy, Brandon Miller, maybe even Jones. Yeah. God, dude, we we talked about that last night. That that’s atrocious. I guess playing games doesn’t actually matter or contributing to winning, but whatever. or you’re a valuable role player, like a superstar role player. So, Nas Reed, uh Josh Hart’s in here, DeAndre Hunter’s in there, and here comes Jaylen Green on this list. I think just based off of pure talent, and of course, 20 points a game last year on the second best team in the West. Um, I think this is very fair for Jaylen Green. And I do think if we’re keeping it positive for him, if he fixes the things that we believe he needs to fix, which and I said this in a short about this uh placing for Jaylen Green, shoots a little bit less and is a little bit more efficient, even if that means he makes he’s only averaging 18 points a night, but he’s doing it efficiently or 17 points a night, he’s doing it efficiently, that is going to shoot him up into the star budding star tier because he’s not just scoring points, he’s doing it efficiently. and because I do think he can be a plus defender. He’s got the length. He’s got the lateral quickness to do so. He’s an athlete. He just needs to buy into it. Uh you saw Jaylen Green at 92. What does he have to do? And uh what does he have to do to I think the guy, if he has a really good season, can move into like the top 40. Um so what does he have to do to be kind of that be that kind of guy? And where’s your faith there? Uh uh I agree with that and I think that’s where he should live. I think this is a travesty. I think 92 for Jaylen Green is absurd because if you take a look at all those players that you mentioned, they’re all third and fourth offensive options on their team. Whereas you have Jaylen Green who is going to be the second offensive option on this team. He should be ranked higher on based on his talent, based on what his projected usage is going to be and based based on his youth. I mean, he is like you mentioned young upcoming uh budding potential superstar. He is around Christian Brawn. That guy’s like the fifth option on the Nuggets. Yakob Purle is one behind Jaylen Green. Like respectively, pack your bags and get out of here. It’s ridiculous. Uh I don’t normally get worked up about these things, but and I’m not in somebody who’s like living in the Jaylen green camp. You know that by talking to me. Listeners and watchers, you know that. I have my doubts. But to think that he’s 92 overall is just absolutely ridiculous. And what that does, and again going back to my previous point about Devin Booker and the and the top end rankings here, it’s clearly this list is generated based on how people feel that the the Phoenix Suns are are going to do this season. It it’s and the only way that they can kind of justify it’s like, well, you know, if if we just take them down a little bit, if we take their players and we only give them two, you know, I mean, Christian Brawn is the fifth nugget on this list. the second son doesn’t come until 92 overall. So, it’s just it’s a reflection of what they think the the regular season’s going to be. I don’t think it’s a reflection of his talent. I don’t think it’s a reflection of his capability. And I don’t think it’s a reflection of where he if like does does locked on do like an end ofear list, too. No, this is the first time we’ve done the list. We sat down Ringer and ESPN’s list. We want to do our own. They they need to do an end of year one. So, one thing that I do on Bright Side of the Sun every year and we’re in the process of doing it right now. It’s called Suns Rank where I literally I I published an article a couple days ago and I said, “Okay, I’ve got four different options, four different tiers for our teams. We have our contributor, you know, or our uh pretty much same thing you were saying, right?” Yeah. Yeah. Stars, role players, bench guys, end of bingo. And and I have all my my uh my readers, they fill out a poll and they kind of tell me who they think should be in what. And then by tier I go through and I’ll go, “Okay, so the the the top tier is Devin Booker and Jaylen Green.” And they’ll vote on who they think is the best player on the Sun and the second best player. And we rank the roster from top to bottom at the beginning of the season, but we do it again at the end of the season to see how much the variance has occurred. And I pray that Locked On does it at the end of the season because there’s no world where Jaylen Green is in the 90s at the end of the season. Ben, it’s just absurd. Um, you know, that’s so funny. Maybe, maybe. And like to all the people in the comments section who have been very upset with me about my concerns about Jaylen Green, uh, I think I get it now. I think I get it because you being so upset about it and being kind of on the same island that I am about Jaylen Green. Um, maybe maybe I’m a bit too harsh on the guy. Maybe that’s an eyeopening thing that listen, you’re not just here, you’re not just a pretty face, you’re actually contributing to the show. Um, let’s talk about who just missed the list. I got a couple of Phoenix Suns players who just missed the list. Um, maybe we’ll do some guesses maybe who you think it might be and then we’ll get into it and let’s do that next. Closing out the show. Um, so while we’re kind of and we’ll do this together, maybe you and I will do this next week. we’ll we’ll rank the best players on the Suns or at least give them positions and roles or maybe we’ll wait till the Bright Side of the Sun does that. We could, you know, talk about it on here as well and and help promote that for you. But, um, who do you think was the first Sun left off this list? I bet you I can guess. So, again, uh, on Bright Side, I put the poll out and tier one’s the cornerstones, tier two is the pillars, til three is the wild cards, and tier four is the depth pieces. And there was a couple players who got more than a uh a substantial amount of votes for being cornerstone players. Now, obviously being tier 2, the pillars is where the majority of their voting landed and that’s why that’s where they’re going to land. But my first guess is the guy who had the highest uh percentage, 24% of the people who voted on it said he should be a cornerstone. That’s Dylan Brooks. God, that’s my guess. You’re the worst. Yeah, it is Dylan Brooks. I have data. I’m a big data guy. This is wild. Stefan Castle was 101. Uh Nick Claxton 102. Devin Vel 103. Mitchell Robinson 104. Jaylen Durant 105. Walker Kesler 106. Dylan Brooks at 107th. Um, doesn’t it kind of feel like because of the players in the 80s and 90s tier like God, dude, there’s no world right now where Bradley Beal contributes to winning more than Dylan Brooks does. Like that is that’sin like Aaron N. He’s going to be coming off the bench. I mean, come on. Dylan Brooks is better. But the Clippers are going to be a better team. So they from a metric standpoint, they need to have more Clippers in there and and like All right, so take a look at it. How many total Clippers are on the the locked on 100? Four. You got Kawhi’s at number 17. You got James Harden at number 24. You got Vita Zubac at number 39. And then they put on Bradley Beiel for number 89 because based on kind of now granted it’s voting with a bunch of people, right? But at the same time, it showcases that expectations for the Clippers are somewhat high. The Spurs, they only have two and and Castles 101. Interesting. Would you like to uh uh guess where I put Bradley Beal? Oh man, that’s I mean you said 92 is appropriate, so my guess is like 90 or 89 or something. I drop kicked his ass out of the list. I He did not Wow. The Suns guy. The Suns kicked his ass right out of I saw it. I saw his name on the ballot. I saw his name on the ballot and I said, “Get the hell out of here, bro.” So little faith, my friend. Um um Dylan Brooks, it feels like he’s a top 100 guy because of what he does contributing to winning uh as well as defensively. Um do you want to guess who? What did I say? Dylan Brooks was 106. Let me get this right. I think that’s 1 2 3 4 5 67. No, 107. Do you want to guess who came in as well in the just missed in the 101s to 110s tier? That’s a member of the Phoenix Suns. Member of the Phoenix Suns. I’ll let everyone guess. Take your guesses. Pause the video. Take your guesses in the chat. Um, based on my data, uh, Ryan Dunn would be the next one. Oh, that would have been a good one. No. Ryan Dunn. That That’s where Suns fans are at. They think Ryan Dunn. Uh, so if it’s not Ryan Dunn, is it Mark Williams? It was Mark Williams at 109 ending out that kind of which like I do think Mark is a top 70 player in basketball, top 75 player in basketball. Yeah. If he plays but you have to play games. So I think what’s more interesting than Dylan Brooks than Mark Williams, let’s say Mark averages, let’s say it’s a little less than his normal statistics. So what is he 15 and 12? We’ll call it 13 and 11 next year. and he’s a he’s not a great defender, but he’s a little bit above average. Where do you think he’d come in on this list next year? Do you think I’m right at like around the 75 range? I think so. I think 75, maybe 75 to 85. Again, if he can put up those stats and of course stay healthy because that’s going to hurt his reputation no matter what. I mean, he hasn’t played over what 44 games in a season or something like that. So to have a true impact, the best ability is availability. So he can certainly I mean so who’s on that list right in that range who knowing that this this range is or it’s fluid but you don’t see any centers right there. I mean DeAndre Hunter he’s more of a power forward you know there’s not a lot of Christopheringis is 75. I’m sorry I’m trying to Cooper Flag is 80. I left Cooper Fl I left Cooper Flag off my list because I was like you have to play a game. You have to play a game. Um, I’m sorry if you want to filler buster here for a second. I’m trying to find I have Ryan Dunn on this list, but I’m trying to count how many Ryan D. How far Ryan Down is. Dude, he’s far down. So, give me a second. He is He is because the challenge with Ryan Dunn is one, he’s going to be playing out of position. And that’s probably the biggest concern for him this year is if he is a starter, it will be at power forward and that’s going to put him as a as a at a disadvantage. Now, it’s going to put our defense kind of at a disadvantage because he’s a defensive player and he’s going to have to be forced to be a point of attack defender. You’re you’re you’re kind of cascading the issue down now. Jaylen Green is guarding the two. Deon Booker’s guarding the three, Dylan Brooks is guarding the four, what have you. Uh, but my guess is he’s probably pretty far down there. 150. I mean, I wouldn’t be surprised, dude. It’s not where he’s at. It’s who he’s next to. Oh no. Oh my god. Give me a team. Who’s ahead of Give me the team. Utah. You’ll never guess it. Utah Jazz. The Utah Jazz. You’ll never guess it. Uh the the guy who’s in his second year out of USC. No. No. It’s even worse. Oh, really? Ace Bailey is ahead of him. Oh my god. Again, hasn’t played the game was ahead of him. Alex Sar is ahead of him. Dude, Kan George is ahead of him. Contavius Caldwell Pope is ahead of him. Throw the damn list away. Like I can see of all those George I can see. with the other ones. I’m sorry. And I’ve said Who would you rather have? Who would you rather have? Kevin Porter Jr. or Ryan Dunn. Ryan Dunn. And I’m And I’m not the person who beats the drum for Ryan Dunn. I’m the person who says like his his ceiling is a solid rotational guy. It’s not a star. It’s not a defensive player. A lot of people, especially in Phoenix, we see him through rosecolored glasses. But yeah, I think he’s a future allstar. Yeah. I don’t I ab I absolutely don’t. I hope. But I I I don’t think that’s Well, there you go. Positives Ben’s coming out. This is a great episode of Lock on Phoenix. This is amazing. Let’s just We’re We’re going a little over. Let’s just react to this really quick cuz I want the So, he did come in at 153. Oh, too far off. The No, you you’re right on it. The Right behind Ryan Dunn is Sam Murrell. Right ahead of Ryan Dunn is Max Drews, Kel Wear, Jeremiah Fears. Jeremiah Fears is ahead of Ryan Dunn. Ruy Hachamora, Kevin Porter Jr., Alex Sar, uh, Don Don Sharp, uh, and then, yeah, you get up to Ace Bailey. Dude, you had Grant Williams, Brian D. Oh my gosh. I’m sorry, man. That’s crazy. When you get this far in list, I get it nuts, but man, it just, again, I’ll tell you this. This is my one observation with this list is the Suns are disrespected even by their own locked on uh personality. I dropped I dro you have the list with you now. I dropped it in the chat between us and now we’re just going off the rails and it doesn’t look great the way it’s kind of done. But um yeah, you’ll have Stefan Castle at the front and then Dylan Harper is the is the last. Oh wait, the whole thing didn’t come in. That’s how far Ryan Dunn is. That’s insane. The whole didn’t even come in. T Een, I’m sorry, man. I’m sorry that I had to subject you to this. This is kind of rough. It is the season for lists, man. That’s I mean, it’s September. We’re We’re a month away from preseason and, you know, again, none of this will matter once they jump the ball up. I’m surprised Jaylen Durn’s as far down. He’s after he’s Dylan Brooks is like two behind Jaylen Dur. Jaylen Dur’s a top 100 player easy in my opinion. I I like I really like Jaylen Dur. I I I was hoping the Suns could kind of when there was like that that Kevin Durant fuelers out there and where he could go. He was Yeah. Like Detroit, please. Yeah. That was kind of a guy of destination. I was like Assaur Thompson. Jaylen Dur. I trade for Jaylen Dur every time I’m on 2K. I’m like dude, just bring that guy here. You still play 2K. That’s interesting. Not this year. I’m obsessed with MLB the show this year. Obsessed. And with that being said, I think it’s a great place to end just ending it on baseball. This show had everything. It had disrespect. It had Jaylen Green Love. It had Ryan Dunn behind Ace freaking Bailey. Um, but that’s what it is sometimes, you know, it just happens. But with that being said, uh, thanks guys for tuning in to Locked on Phoenix Lens. That’s John Voida, managing editor of Bright Side of the Sun and host of the Suns Jam Session podcast. Make sure you go check that out over there. For myself, Benjamin Garcia, follow us both on on social media at DarthVoa. That’s Darth Vida. and then myself at Bengarcia show to everyone in the chat watching or John myself. I will see you guys tomorrow, right? Yes, it will be tomorrow. We are back to our full fiveday work week. Have a hell of a Wednesday night of a Wednesday. Tuesday night later, guys. Have a good one. Oh.

NBA Top 100 rankings spark debate. Are the Phoenix Suns getting disrespected?

Benjamin Garcia and John Voita (@SunsJAM ) analyze the controversial player rankings, focusing on Devin Booker’s 18th place and Jalen Green’s surprising 92nd spot. They question the criteria behind Victor Wembanyama’s high placement and discuss whether Booker can crack the top 10 again. The conversation shifts to Suns players who narrowly missed the list, including Dylan Brooks at 107th.
Tune in for heated debates and insider perspectives on your favorite NBA stars’ rankings.

0:00 Intro: NBA top 100 list discussion
5:52 Devin Booker’s ranking and future prospects
10:28 Jalen Green’s placement and potential improvement
15:01 Five Hour Energy sponsorship segment
20:25 Debating Jalen Green’s ranking at 92nd
24:55 Players just missing the top 100 list
29:37 Ryan Dunn’s surprising low ranking

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