The Suns have risen from the ashes.

When the Phoenix Suns officially landed the worst record (21–61) in the 2017–2018 NBA season, they locked the best odds at 25% to win the №1 overall pick in the NBA Draft Lottery. If history has shown anything for the Suns in the last 50 years, it’s that the they have never had luck on their side when it came to the draft.

I’m glad I wasn’t born back then. But, alas, it’s on to bigger and better things for the Valley of the Sun.

This past season was riddled with mediocrity from problem after problem. First, head coach Earl Watson is fired three games into the season. And then Eric Bledsoe tweets out his iconic tweet, signaling that his time in Phoenix is coming to an abrupt end. But, in the end of it all, every cloud has a silver lining, and Phoenix’s came last night in Chicago.

This will be the first time in the history of the Suns franchise that they will be picking №1 overall in the draft, and it couldn’t have come at a better time. This year’s draft class is one of the deepest in years, and it is filled with top-tier talent and depth. Could they go after Arizona’s premier big man in Deandre Ayton, or Slovenian swingman Luka Doncic? It’ll be hard to justify why they didn’t take Doncic, especially with them now hiring his Slovenian national team coach, Igor Kokoskov, to take over head coaching duties for the Suns. Nonetheless, Ayton played at the University of Arizona and Suns owner Robert Sarver may force that to be the pick so that he can fill up seats at the arena and it’s the flashy pick.

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There are still 5 weeks left until the draft and this question will not be answered until the second they call the pick in come draft night, but it’s going to be a fun offseason to see how everything unfolds until then.