One Area 3 Phoenix Suns Standouts Need To Improve At

The Phoenix Suns are heading into the stretch run of the 2026 offseason with ambitions to expand upon the 45-win campaign the franchise put together last season. 

While stars such as G Devin Booker, F Dillon Brooks, and 2021 lottery pick Jalen Green are the main focus at this point of the ramp-up to the season, there are several other contributors that have a chance to make or break the ambitions present at the moment. 

Follow three standouts on the team that must improve one defined area in the upcoming campaign below.

Ryan Dunn: Jump Shot

The third-year wing has a ways to go to becoming a player that can consistently be trusted to play rotation minutes. 

While the Virginia product is an excellent defensive player by all metrics, he is still far from a polished offensive player. A large piece of this is due to his jump shooting escapades. While the 6'9" forward's 31.9% mark from behind the arc in the league is a major improvement from the 23.5% clip during his two season collegiate career, it still doesn't cut it.

Two separate factors are playing into the below-average mark. The first of which is Dunn placing in the third percentile in shot quality in the entire NBA (Crafted NBA). This plays directly into Dunn's inconsistent posturing when taking jumpers, which results in much variance on a shot-by-shot basis. While Dunn's confidence and mechanics have improved a drastic amount, he needs to find more improvement in the weeks ahead.

Oso Ighodaro: Rebounding

Ighodaro is by all accounts a quality passer, portable defensive weapon, and is a relatively quality finisher for the volume he receives. 

However, the 6'10" center-forward isn't a strong enough rebounder to justify a full-on starting role heading into the future. The most clear-cut example of this is when Ighodaro was thoroughly outmatched on the glass by Oklahoma City Thunder center Isaiah Hartenstein in April's playoff series. 

While the Arizona native has many tools that lend credence to being a building block, rebounding isn't one of them at this point. 

Rasheer Fleming: Perimeter Defense

Fleming excels as a three point shooter (particularly in the corner), as well as an interior defender. 

The Saint Joseph's alum hasn't quite figured out the semantics of defending on the perimeter, however. He has all of the tools to be a great defender at the line, but hasn't quite evolved in that department yet. 

Expect Fleming to be more malleable on the perimeter in year two, as he will likely be more comfortable in playing at an NBA speed with a full season of experience under his belt.