What is the current state of the Phoenix Suns? There is basically no hope of winning against a team at a playoff level, and it is not unlikely that a team will overturn when it encounters a bad team. If it is strong, it is weak, and when it is weak, it is not strong, and the actual combat strength in the current alliance may be a little better than that of a bad team.

The Suns' current standings also illustrate this, with 11th in the West, a full four wins behind the Mavericks in 10th in the West. While there are 21 games left in the season, the Suns are unfortunately the most difficult in the league to have the rest of the schedule.

Of the remaining 21 games, the Suns have 18 against teams that currently have a win rate of more than 50%. According to the current state of the Suns losing 4 of the last 5 games, 8 of the last 10 games, and 12 of the last 16 games, we can basically declare that the Suns' season is over early.

Since February, the Suns' state has taken a sharp turn for the worse, and since February, the Suns have won against the Warriors, Jazz, Bulls and Pelicans before the trade. The Suns had the worst defensive efficiency in the league in February, conceding 121.3 points per 100 possessions, and they also ranked 28th in the league in net efficiency during that period.

A team that doesn't have any defense at all, a team that can't defend anyone, is hopeless. Even if Durant plays the full 48 minutes per game, Booker can explode on the court, and Beal continues to be a man, there is no hope for this team.

As we all know, there is a very important point in time in February, the trading deadline. It was around the trade deadline that the Suns completely collapsed. Beal, who had always wanted to trade, didn't work out in the end, and selling Nurkic at a loss of money did little to improve the team's combat power. Of course, what's even worse is that Durant was put on the shelves with great fanfare, and he didn't sell it in the end, which made people panic, and the people's hearts were scattered, how to bring the team?

Trading Durant is not a bad thing for the Suns, but it would be very stupid not to trade Durant and make it known to everyone. Imagine what the Mavericks would be in if they put Doncic on the shelf, but didn't end up trading it out.

Of course, this analogy is not quite accurate, because Doncic never wanted to leave the Mavericks, and Durant never firmly said that he would not leave the Suns. Multiple teams made offers to the Suns, and the Suns gave Durant the right to choose, and in the end, the deal was not completed, which only showed that the chips were not enough.

As for what Durant said later in the Dream Chase podcast that he didn't want to leave in the middle of the season, it was just an afterthought. That's right, after Durant expressed his reluctance to return to the Warriors, Durant immediately appeared on the Dream Green show, you two released their previous suspicions, what do the Suns' teammates think?

In the eyes of many, Durant's departure from the Suns in the summer is almost a foregone conclusion. The Suns' current salary is too high, and they need to pay a huge luxury tax of $152 million this season. If the Suns make the playoffs, that's a fair point. If the Suns don't even play the play-offs, the Suns boss who spends the most money and gets the most beatings will also lose patience.

So the Suns' first goal in the offseason is to reduce team spending, at least below the second-highest luxury tax line, and avoid the risk of being removed from the first round in 2032. And Durant, who has already been separated from the team, is also the most ideal trade candidate.

Booker is his own child, Beal is not for sale, and Durant's trade value is not so high, but at least there is still value in stopping losses in time. The Suns would certainly be out of luck if they wanted to recoup the same assets they paid to trade Durant, but at least it could make the team's future look less bleak.

Without trading Durant, the Suns won't be able to control their first-round pick for the next seven years. For example, this year, their first-round swap is in the hands of the Rockets, and the worse the record now, the higher the Rockets' first-round pick, and this first-round pick will almost certainly be a lottery.

The current situation is that the Suns want to trade Durant, Durant also has the intention of leaving, and the whole Suns team knows that Durant will most likely leave the team next season. Although there is still a quarter of the schedule left, although Durant is still playing the court, the Suns are indeed "dead", but they are not yet in the ground.

Thinking back to the Suns' failure, trading Durant may not have been the main reason for the failure, but kicking Paul and Ayton away was definitely the stupidest decision the Suns management ever made. It was a team that used to be balanced in offense and defense, and was full of vigor and vitality that once broke out of the west. The current sun, accompanied by a blood-colored sunset, is gloomy.

The morning sun and the sunset, the difference between one word, is very different. The sun lost its proper light and slowly slipped down in the gloomy clouds, looking desolate and bleak. That's regret, that's regret, but no matter what, the sun will go down after all.