The Phoenix Suns are a constellation of stars, three All-NBA scorers who plan to light up the desert and jumbotrons across the league this winter. There are many buckets to get and pull-ups to launch.
And so Phoenix plucked Jusuf Nurkić from the three-team web that pinned Damian Lillard in Milwaukee, viewing Portland’s former center as a connective passer within its three-headed storm of Kevin Durant, Devin Booker and Bradley Beal all sharing the perimeter. If 2023-24 serves as a season-long audition for head coach Frank Vogel’s fifth man, then Josh Okogie has the inside track.
“Josh will do what a lot of the others don’t want to,” said Julian Swartz, an assistant coach during Okogie’s two years at Georgia Tech.James Harden's isolation as a rookieButler took a liking to Okogie. After one preseason contest against Milwaukee, he went back to Butler's house after the veteran invited him to watch film. The cagey All-Star pointed out particulars on screens. Do this, don't do.
Butler attempted only one shot the entire practice. “He was just creating, facilitating, yelling at his teammates to shoot. He’d pass the ball to a guy and he’d be like, ‘Shoot it! Shoot it!’” Okogie said. “And the guy would shoot it. He might have missed all but a couple shots all of training camp. But that day, I’ve never seen anything like it. The amount of energy, he put like a battery pack on everybody on his team, and they were just rolling.
“He lost that confidence factor,” said Josh Pastner, Okogie’s head coach at Georgia Tech. “I told him he’s gotta get back to finding the joy again.” Multiple efforts, diving on the floor, winning every 50-50 ball. “From there, the offense will take shape.” Phoenix reached out a couple of days into last summer’s free agency. The Suns needed defense off the bench, Okogie was told, especially when Booker came to the sidelines. Okogie flashed a stronger shooting stroke — a career-high 33.5% from three — as he rehearsed dating back to early Team Nigeria practices, but still found inconsistent minutes under head coach Monty Williams. The final three games before Phoenix traded for Durant, Okogie received three straight DNPs.
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