Suns Have Only Themselves to Blame for the Inconsistent Mess They Have Become

January 4th, 2016 by Kevin Ding Leave a reply »

LOS ANGELES — An unwritten rule of the NBA is that the lead dog on the team gets to take as long as he needs to unwind after a road game.

Rest those weary bones; linger with a stat sheet or a long shower in reviewing your accomplishments. It's just a fact of life that teammates, coaches and staff might be sitting idly on the bus or the team plane's takeoff is delayed waiting for one player finally to get dressed and on his way.

Assuming this role for the Phoenix Suns late Sunday night was Brandon Knight.

He eventually pulled on his colorful socks and ambled past the locker room board with the Suns' miniscule first-half field-goal percentage scribbled on it (19.6 percent!) and on to the end of this four-game trip that buckled the franchise's knees.

Is Knight, a month past his 24th birthday, the leader of this team that has now lost nine consecutive games? Might be.

Is Knight, who scored 25 of the Suns' points in a humiliating 97-77 loss to the Lakers, the best player on the team? Could be.

Is Knight properly cast to be the lead dog on an NBA team? No way.

And that c ...

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