Enter the Preseason SunRank. A new season waits on the horizon for the Phoenix Suns, and this one is cloaked in curiosity. The past few years, the single question echoed in every corner of the Valley was the same: will this team win a championship? That was the obsession, the burden, the hope. Now the air feels different, scattered with new questions that reach in a hundred directions, none of which are bound to the idea of a title.
Will this team discover an identity? What shape will the offense take? When will the rookies step forward, and will their promise materialize into something more? How will development be measured? Can Devin Booker lead in a way that defines the franchise? Will Dillon Brooks become the backbone of their culture, the pulse they follow when the game turns into a grind?
These questions do not weigh less than the one that dominated years past, they carry their own gravity, and they will define the season ahead.
And so, I return to the ritual I never abandon, the same one that begins every season for me. Ranking the players, from the lowest rung to the very top, as I search for who is the best among them.
“Best”. A word that lives in the eye of the beholder. Subjective by nature, and intentionally so. Because that is the beauty of it. Each of us carries a different lens, a different measure, a different truth about who stands above the rest.
So as we approach the 2025 preseason SunsRank, I’m taking a different path. I toyed with this format last year, and it felt right. Maybe it’s the lingering effect of all those fantasy football drafts, where players live in tiers, and when the clock is ticking, you don’t overthink. You take the best player available within the tier that makes the most sense.
The Suns deserve that same treatment. Because when I look at this roster, it isn’t a clean one-through-fifteen exercise. It’s layered. It’s messy. It’s full of questions that can’t be answered by a straight line. So before we stack names, we need to build the tiers.
These are the players the franchise rests on, the names etched into the season’s story before the first tip. They set the tone, and if the Suns succeed, it’s because these players delivered.
Not quite cornerstones, but strong enough to hold weight. These are the stabilizers, the players who give structure to the roster. If they rise, the ceiling rises.
Players who could swing the season one way or another. Their roles aren’t fixed, their impact is unpredictable, and that volatility makes them fascinating.
The supporting cast. The ones who fill minutes, plug gaps, and sometimes win a game or two that no one expects. They may not grab headlines, but every season leans on players like these.
All right.You ready? We’re going alphabetical. No bias, no preconceived order, no sneaky foreshadowing of where I think a guy should land. We’ll run through this roster name by name, and it’s up to you to decide which tier they belong in. After this is done, then we’ll get into the nitty-gritty of ranking each player. But that, my friends, is for another day.
So sharpen those pencils, dust off the reading glasses, and get ready to argue with me and with each other. Because this isn’t just my SunsRank, it’s ours. Let’s get to it.
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