The Worst Draft Pick

The Phoenix Suns keep proving to the league that they are truly the most incompetent team in the league. Since the 2010-2011 NBA season, the Phoenix Suns best record was 48-34 and finished 9th in the Western Conference. Other than that one season the Suns have been a complete disappointment, placing last in the West 4 times. It's been 9 seasons, with 10 approaching, that the Suns have missed the playoffs. The Suns need to use the draft to help them rebuild, but during the draft they somehow manage to make the worst possible pick at 11 with Cameron Johnson.

With a lottery pick you are suppose to grab a player who can help you start winning games and getting a complete player. Cameron Johnson is a player who almost every mock draft had him going late 1st to 2nd round. Johnson has a lot of question marks about every part of his game, expect for his shooting. He's a great shooter who shot 45.7% from 3 point land, but ultimately he isn't great on anything else. His former teammate, Colby White, said that Johnson is the best shooter he's ever played with. Johnson is great at coming off screens, and a great spot-up shooter. His shooting is not in question at all, with today's game being focused on shooting 3's he seems to fit the mold of what you're looking for, with that aspect of it.

Johnson has a lot of question marks about the rest of his game. He's a questionable defender and often looked stiff out there, mainly because of his hip surgery. Johnson has had a lot of injuries in his history. In 2018 Johnson had to have surgery on his hip to correct a bone impingement and a torn labrum, this has caused his defense to slip a lot. Cameron Johnson can not create off the dribble, his shot off the dribble just isn't good. He becomes a less accurate shooter off the dribble and that's an area where he needs to improve on dramatically. Another huge question mark is his age, he's already 23 years old, which is older than Devin Booker. By the time Johnson is done with his rookie deal he will be 27 years old. Typically at this early of a pick a team will pick a younger player because they can mold the player into what they want to get, where here Johnson is almost a finished product.

The Phoenix Suns have a lot of explaining to do to their fans and Devin Booker after this draft. They desperately needed a point guard, that was by far their biggest flaw last season. The Suns had no real NBA caliber starting point guard, which is a huge problem when you draft a Center. A point guard could help take the load off Devin Booker and make it easier for Ayton to score. Instead the Suns drafted a forward, who isn't a shot creator but a spot up shooter.