6 DAYS AGO - The Phoenix Suns have big decisions to make next week. Who did they bring in to Phoenix for workouts? With less than a week before the 2017 NBA Draft - the one I called the most important of GM Ryan McDonough’s career - some of the players the Suns have interest in are coming to light. Unlike prior years, the Suns have not overloaded the practice gym with too many prospects in a flooded smoke screen. This year, they have been much more focused on individual player workouts and concentrated group workouts. The Suns have only publicly seen about 30 players this year, compared to 50-60 in the past three pre-draft seasons. By this time in prior years, nearly all the visits are over as the Suns revisit their draft boards next week to finalize their all-important pick order. Let’s see who they have and have NOT seen at each of their draft slots. #4 overall pick Seen: #3 SF Josh Jackson (in Sacramento on Wed, June 14) #4 SF Jayson Tatum TWICE (in Sacramento last week, then Phoenix on Collapse

7 DAYS AGO - Bright Side readers take on the role of general managers in this two-round mock draft. It’s finally time! After introducing it almost three weeks ago, it’s finally time to get rolling as general managers around the NBA. For a quick recap, here’s the rules and the trades that occurred prior to draft day. 2017-18 Salary Cap ($102 Million projected) will be used to determine validity of trades CBA Rules apply (see: Larry Coon's NBAFAQ) Can only trade future picks up to 2022. Pick swaps are allowed. No buying picks. If you have to drop a Non-Guaranteed player or cap hold to make a trade, please select the player you wish to drop in agreed trade post. You can't trade free agents. You don't have to include a pick from this draft or any draft, I'm willing to let you guys just trade player for player or just cap space. Rec official trades in the comments section so it's easy to maneuver through and make them official I reserve the right to deny trades if it's deemed unfair or completely Collapse

6/15/2017 - Who will the fans select for #4? Dennis Smith Jr gets the #3 spot on the BSotS NBA Draft Big Board! This was a very close one with Lonzo Ball leading early but the voting turned in Smith's favor around mid-day AZ time. The vote totals ended up with Smith getting 225 votes and Ball getting 219. Bright Side Fans Pick NBA Draft Big Board 1. Markelle Fultz 2. Josh Jackson 3. Dennis Smith Jr 4. ??? Now it's time to move on and find out who will be the Fans' choice for #4. As close as the voting was in the last poll I would expect Lonzo Ball to get picked for the #4 spot but De'Aaron Fox, Jonathan Isaac and Jayson Tatum weren’t too far behind Smith and Ball so we might get another surprise if a lot of the fans who voted for Smith decide throw their votes to one of those three instead of Ball this time. The selections today are the 2nd through 13th ranked players from Draft Express (minus Josh Jackson and Dennis Smith who were ranked 3rd and 9th respectively). Time to make your choice Collapse

6/14/2017 - Time to pick #3. The fans have spoken and selected Josh Jackson as the choice for #2 on the BSotS Fans Pick Draft Big Board. This is where the board stands as of today: Bright Side Fans Pick Big Board 1. Markelle Fultz 2. Josh Jackson 3. ??? Not completely unexpected. Jackson has a lot of fans here that were - and probably still are - hoping that he will somehow drop to #4 and wind up in a Suns uniform. Recent rumors are that he won't and may already have a promise from one of the teams drafting in the top 3 spots. But now it's time to move on and find out who will be the Fans' choice for #3. The selections today are the 2nd through 12th ranked players from Draft Express (minus Jackson who was ranked #3). Bam Adebayo selected as #26 It was no surprise that Adebayo got the nod here. Odds are that he will be selected before 26 but you never know who will rise or fall a few spots in the last few days before the draft. Anzejs Pasecniks who was actually ranked 26th by Draft Express Collapse

6/13/2017 - Watch how Josh Jackson gets his offense, and then how the Suns could use him in their own. The majority of Suns fans are hoping the Kansas Jayhawk is on the board with the number four pick. Editor’s Note: Local sports radio host John Gambadoro reported Monday that he was told Josh Jackson had already received a “promise” from a high-picking team and was shutting down workouts. Gambo doesn’t know which team made the promise but the following facts were shared. Of the top four teams, Jackson has only actually worked out for the Lakers (pick #2 overall). He has cancelled a Boston (1) workout, and has delayed workouts with the Suns and Sixers. But Gambo also said he doesn’t know the team that made the promise, that it COULD be the Suns, and that the Suns were still expected to conduct a workout with Jackson on Wednesday of this week in Sacramento. Let’s see how that plays out. Meantime, we get a look at how he could fit in Phoenix. The Detroit native is a versatile wing who would Collapse

6/12/2017 - Isaac is in Phoenix for his supposed second meeting with Suns personnel After flying out to Los Angeles and visiting Jayson Tatum on Saturday, the Suns stayed busy with draft prospects as they flew in Jonathan Isaac Sunday evening. After wining and dining with the front office, Issac had his solo workout at Talking Stick Resort Arena Monday morning. According to ESPN 98.7’s John Gambodoro from the Burns & Gambo show, the Suns had already visited with Isaac in Las Vegas so this would be the first time that a prospect has had multiple private workouts with them. Prior to Monday, Phoenix had private workouts with Jarrett Allen and Malik Monk. Monk, who’s projected to go anywhere from 5-10 come June 22, explained to the media when he was in town that he had a two-day visit in Phoenix, so it makes sense that Isaac would do the same. As far as prospects with the best fit in the Suns’ system, Isaac is right up near the top. His length and fluidity make him a prime candidate to continue Collapse

6/12/2017 - Who do YOU believe are the top prospects in this year's draft? I drop in on other SB Nation NBA team sites fairly regularly and the guys over at DetroitBadBoys.com had what I thought was a pretty cool idea (credit where credit is due). Over the next few days I will be posting a poll every day for you to vote on who you think is the best player available at each draft position. We don't have enough time to go through the entire draft order since the draft is just 11 days away but we certainly have enough time to see who Suns fans think will be the BPA when the Suns draft at #4. Today we will start with picking #1 in this year's draft class. I've taken the top 10 from the Draft Express mock draft to use as the choices in the poll. It's up to you guys to pick who should be #1. There will be another poll tomorrow to pick #2, then another to pick #3 and so on. This isn't voting on who is the best player for the Suns, just who you think is the best player available period. Collapse

6/10/2017 - In the midst of a likely 10-year playoff drought, the Phoenix Suns absolutely have to nail this 2017 Draft pick to solidify the upward turn of the franchise. As the 2017 NBA Draft approaches, the Phoenix Suns hurtle toward their most impactful draft slot since at least 1987 (Armen Gilliam, #2 overall). And as we get closer to the franchise-defining #4 overall pick on June 22 from a draft reported as one of the best in more than a decade, the Suns appear to be pulling their cards closer and closer to their chest. They know as well as we do that they cannot afford to screw this up. Oh sure, the Suns have had loads of better draft picks than Gilliam over the years, from second-round pick Jeff Hornacek in 1988 all the way to #13 overall Devin Booker in 2015. And, they have absorbed top-5 draft picks that just did not live up to their supposed draft status without killing the franchise: Neal Walk, 1969, #2 overall pick (behind Kareem, coin flip) Corky Calhoun, 1972, #4 overall Collapse

6/9/2017 - This would be nice if the Suns were in the playoffs. Suns draft coverage throughout May and June has largely focused on the need to cover up for Devin Booker’s weaknesses. It’s a realistic concern, and one that I’m guilty of as well, but watching the NBA playoffs has indeed alleviated some of it. Because if the Kyrie Irving Experience is any indication, Booker could have a whole different level of value when the Suns finally break through into the playoffs. During the regular season, Irving was at the top of the league as an isolation scorer. He and Isaiah Thomas both scored 1.12 points per isolation possession, best in the league for players who finished at least 100 isos. However, even compared to Thomas, Irving finished in isolation nearly twice as often and sixth most in the entire league. No player in the league combined efficiency and frequency as well as Kyrie this year. A little further down the list sat Devin Booker, who scored 0.94 points per iso on 241 such possessions. Collapse