
The Phoenix Suns have dropped seven of their last eye games to fall to 15–18 on the year and the organization is making the unusual step of benching Bradley Beal and Jusuf Nurkic from the starting lineup, per Yahoo's Chris Haynes. Both players have track records full of positive production but to this point of the season, neither has closely resembled their previous self.
Ira Winderman of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel offered an interesting theory as to the Suns' motivation behind the move Monday morning on SiriusXM NBA Radio.