NBA: Grading each team’s 2014-2015 season

3rd. Pacific Division, Western Conference. PHOEINX SUNS. C-. <p>Dysfunction was the name of the game for the Suns near the trade deadline, but Phoenix still threatened to make a playoff run until the very end.</p> <p>Over the course of a few days, Goran Dragic expressed his displeasure and forced his way out of town, while Isaiah Thomas joined him in a trade party. The Suns acquired Brandon Knight for their troubles, but that was probably the final death knell in an otherwise competitive season, and Phoenix didn’t stand much of a chance following those moves.</p> <p>Eric Bledsoe and the duo of Markieff and Marcus Morris, in addition to Knight, remain, but the roster given to Jeff Hornacek isn’t of playoff quality in the West. Hornacek earned darling status by nature of his showing as a rookie coach in 2013-2014, but this may have been an equally impressive job that happened to endure higher expectations.</p> <p>The Suns fancied themselves as a playoff team prior to the season, and with that, this is a (mild) disappointment. Very mild.</p>