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Once again, the Suns need to play Ryan Dunn and Oso Ighodaro more

March 13, 2025

For the long-term and their current playoff hopes, Mike Budenholzer and the Phoenix Suns need to play rookies Ryan Dunn and Oso Ighodaro more

Mar 12, 2025; Houston, Texas, USA; Phoenix Suns forward Ryan Dunn (0) attempts to control the ball away from Houston Rockets guard Aaron Holiday (0) during the fourth quarter at Toyota Center. Mandatory Credit: Troy Taormina-Imagn Images

For weeks now, the biggest conundrum for the Phoenix Suns outside of "Why isn't this team better?" has been "Why the hell aren't Ryan Dunn and Oso Ighodaro playing?" Wednesday's 111-104 loss to the Houston Rockets finally gave the rookies some burn out of necessity, and while the end result remained as underwhelming as ever, it was pretty clear why people have been clamoring for the youngsters to play.
On the surface, neither Dunn nor Ighodaro changed the Suns' fate. They combined for 12 points and 8 rebounds in the loss, both were negatives in the plus/minus column, and this team still fell to six games below .500 in another lifeless performance.
And yet...combing through the numbers and a ...

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