1. Suns aren't going to trade Dragic. He's a 17.5 PER player on a 12 PER contract. He's not untradeable, but it's hard to imagine an awful team like this one getting that kind of value in return. He's not a PG that simply fits in to a good team's roster. He needs to be on the ball all the time. On a good team, he's a sixth man. The Suns can afford to keep him. Somehow, he's approaching Top 15 PG status. That means nothing, unless you're a team that doesn't have one. He might have more value next summer if he can somehow scrape together stats this year.
2. It's going to be a long year for Robert Sarver. He will have plenty of opportunities to get antsy about losing and seeing an empty arena. I'd be curious to look at his portfolio to see how much pain he can withstand this year, because it's probably going to cost the team about $10 million to $15 million to tank it. That's the estimated loss on the season. It will be especially brutal if the Suns are just a little better than expected, because this is all about getting one of those top 2 picks. If the Suns are, say, 5th from the bottom by mid-season, I can see them moving Dragic in that scenario.
3. Very surprised to not see the team slashing ticket prices. Maybe that announcement will come in the coming months when they have 10,000 announced and 2,000 in attendance.
4. I forgot PJ Tucker was still on this team. Marketing department needs to give him some love, perhaps mounting some kind of all-defensive-team campaign for him. He's not a stopper, but he's pretty good. That's something. It will be hard to mount an argument for him with no center, though. Suns are going to give up 110 points a game I fear.
5. I wonder if Hornacek understood what he was getting into now.