Devin Booker doesn't see Monty Williams-Deandre Ayton being a distraction
The Suns have only had two days of training camp, but are already playing 5-on-5 and had a scrimmage Wednesday.
"We're so far ahead of where we were, even from last year, both offensively and defensively," Williams said after Wednesday's practice."We've been able to add a lot of stuff or input a lot of stuff we already had in. We've been able to push it a bit cause guys are familiar. We've played more in this camp than any camp I've ever been involved in. We played 5-on-5 Day 1.""I told that's how I would start camp, 5-on-5," Booker said.
The Suns play their first preseason game Sunday against the Adelaide 36ers of Australia's NBL. Williams is focused on having the team back at the level it was at the end of last season in terms of play calls, coverages and team concepts. "Obviously, you want to stay healthy and then the most important thing is getting into a high level of conditioning," Williams said."I remember last year and even the year before that we had to take it so slow because our summers were so pressed and guys were probably starting the season at about seven or eight, as far as conditioning."