Five months remain to prove that the consensus preseason forecast for them was correct, that a reset is in the works, that logic and losing streaks will collaborate and that this 2025-26 season will eventually launch a rebuild.

Yes, all of that is certainly possible because the NBA can be unforgiving like that.

But now? Here in the moment?

This feels refreshing for the Phoenix Suns.

“What we got going on right now is a good place,” said Jordan Ott, their first-year coach.

They’re the surprise of opening month after rapidly and unexpectedly gaining a reputation as a hustling, hard-working and unassuming group of players that didn’t get the memo. Or maybe the Suns did, but dismissed it anyway, much like most of their opponents so far.

Following an offseason overhaul that was both ne

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