Suns discuss small market champion expectations compared to major market super teams

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Suns coach Monty Williams and guard Landry Shamet spoke on this topic before they faced the struggling Los Angeles Lakers on Sunday.

“You have to have respect for their team and their coaching staff that’s won a championship," Williams said. "That’s the way I look at it. I don’t get caught up in the … I hear all the stuff that’s been said but I know what they’ve done. And that forces you to have a great deal of respect for their organization and team.”

Being on a super team with several marquee names in a major market obviously factors into these predictions and odds. “I see our players on TV more on NBA marketing deals. I see at times people talking about us differently. And so we might not be in a big market but I think the expectations, for me, are much ...

Suns guard Landry Shamet has experience playing on super teams for the L.A. Clippers led by Kawhi Leonard and Paul George during the 2019-20 season and for Brooklyn last season. After the Nets traded former MVP James Harden to the Philadelphia 76ers in a package for fellow All-Star Ben Simmons, Seth Curry and Andre Drummond on Feb. 8, the East's No. 8 Nets still have the third-best odds to win the title behind the Suns and Warriors, according toFive of the top 10 teams are in major markets .

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