🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄 Tom's Title Tiers #13

A Christmas mystery: What's up with the Phoenix Suns?

Dec 25, 2023

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Kevin Durant, pondering life in Phoenix. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)

The Suns are 3-7 in the month of December. Should we be worried?

Welcome to a Christmas edition of Tom’s Title Tiers. A reminder: This is my subjective list based largely on objective data. This is not a pure, analytical ranking. You’re here because you want to know what I think, to get inside my brain a little bit. Consider this a weekly report of what I see on film; what I glean from the numbers; what I hear on the phone; what I read in the news; what I feel.

This week’s featured squad: the Phoenix Suns.

Here’s a quick rundown of each tier.

Tom’s Title Tiers

🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄 This is a complete team, no notes.

🎄🎄🎄🎄 Just missing that one thing.

🎄🎄🎄 One move away from being one move away.

🎄🎄 So much has to break right.

🎄 Sooo you’re saying there’s a chance.

So, where did the Suns land? Did anyone move up the ladder? And which teams slid down?

Let’s find out.

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This is a complete team, no notes.

Boston Celtics

Last week: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Record: 22-6 | 120.7 aORtg (1th), 110.8 aDRtg (2nd), aNet +9.9 (1st)

Check out this month’s post on the Celtics’ dominant starting five!

Denver Nuggets