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<\/p>\nPHOENIX — After dealing with so many injuries throughout the season, the Phoenix Suns have a new problem now that their top rotation players are finally healthy with the postseason just around the corner.<\/p>\n
Players all season long have stepped up when their names have been called, and now it’s left coach Jordan Ott with a difficult decision of who to play.<\/p>\n
Ott has elected to go smaller the last two games after Dillon Brooks returned from a fractured left hand, but the Suns have lost both contests and looked overmatched in size as the games went on. <\/p>\n
In last night’s 127-107 loss to the Charlotte Hornets, the Suns played a rotation centered around seven players 6-foot-6 or shorter next to centers Oso Ighodaro and Mark Williams with 6-foot-9 rookie Rasheer Fleming only seeing five minutes on the floor before garbage time. <\/p>\n
With the Suns (42-35) likely heading into postseason as the No. 7 seed and top-seeded play-in team in the West, they need to figure out their rotation quick with only five games left in the regular season. <\/p>\n
What Can Suns Do to Fix Rotation?<\/p>\n
Feb 26, 2026; Phoenix, Arizona, USA; Los Angeles Lakers guard Luka Doncic (77) passes the ball against Phoenix Suns forward Ryan Dunn (0) and Rasheer Fleming (20) in the second half at Mortgage Matchup Center. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images | Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images<\/p>\n
It’s easy to overreact to Ott’s lineup choices, but it’s clear he was just trying to build off whatever consistency they had with all the injury problems. <\/p>\n
Even before Brooks returned, the Suns were rolling out a smaller lineup of Collin Gillespie, Devin Booker, Jalen Green, Royce O’Neale or Jordan Goodwin, and Ighodaro, which also did not see much success in the win\/loss category, but appeared to be building some continuity to being successful.<\/p>\n
Adding Brooks to the mix in place of O’Neale has not been seamless as the Suns now simply are too small defensively and on the glass and have too many ball-handlers and shot creators on offense. <\/p>\n
“Lineups. Have the right lineups out there. Those five guys playing hard together on the defensive end that turns into our offense,” Brooks said after the loss to Charlotte when asked how the Suns can get their fits right over the remaining stretch of games (via The Arizona Republic’s Duane Rankin).<\/a><\/p>\n Goodwin injured his calf against Charlotte, so the Suns might already be forced to have to move Rasheer Fleming and\/or Ryan Dunn back into a more prominent role in the rotation. <\/p>\n The Suns have a 12.3 net rating in the 212 minutes Fleming and Dunn have shared the floor together this season, which primarily came in the 18 games Brooks missed with his fractured hand. <\/p>\n Ott was asked about playing the two wings after the loss to the Hornets. <\/p>\n