With the Suns off to a 1-2 start this season, some members of the team are concerned about the fact that the starting lineup doesn’t feature a traditional point guard to help orchestrate the offense, Chris Haynes said during an appearance on NBA TV’s The Association (Twitter video link).

“There is some growing frustration in that locker room (because) that roster does not have a point guard that can organize that offense,” Haynes said. “They’re starting Devin Booker, Jalen Green, and Dillon Brooks, so you have a situation where you don’t have a true, traditional point guard that can get everybody looks and get everything organized.”

Booker has essentially served as the team’s de facto point guard since the start of the 2025/26 season. He led the Suns with 6.0 assists per game last season and has averaged a team-high 5.3 APG through three games this fall.

However, those increased play-making responsibilities may be impacting Booker’s scoring efficiency. His 58.5% true shooting percentage last season was his lowest mark in four years and he’s coming off a three-point outing against an injury-depleted Oklahoma City team on Monday (though he did score 43 points against Golden State on Saturday).

Among the Suns’ rotation players, Collin Gillespie is perhaps the closest to a traditional point guard. He ranks second on the team in assists this season (4.3 APG) after doing the same in 2025/26 (4.6 APG). But Gillespie isn’t part of the team’s go-to starting five when Booker and Green are both healthy and available.

Last season, lineups that featured both Booker and Gillespie had a +7.0 net rating, while groups that included Booker and Green also put up a solid +4.1 mark.

Haynes notes that the Suns rank in the bottom half of the NBA in assists, though their average of 25.3 per game is good for 19th, so it isn’t egregiously low. The club also places a little higher in categories like assist rate and assist-to-turnover ratio.

There’s no indication that Phoenix’s front office is moving to address the issue at this point, according to Haynes, who says the hope is that the team will be able to get by with a committee approach at the point guard spot despite some early-season frustrations.

The lack of a point guard capable of organizing the offense is just one of a handful of potential issues affecting Phoenix’s roster. There are also questions about the club’s three-point shooting (31.9% through three games) and its ability to compete on the glass with starting center Mark Williams out until 2027 while he recovers from shoulder surgery. The Suns’ 42.9% rebounding rate is the NBA’s worst mark so far this season by a significant margin.