The reigning conference champions are still the only team across the association with single digit losses and currently have an ever increasing 3.5 game lead in the West. After taking down the blistering hot Mavericks last night, a Dallas team who'd won 10 of their last 12 games, Phoenix ended the game on a 22-6 run, and the now 35-9 team from the Valley has gotten shocking contributions from Toronto legend Bismek Biyambo, who helped my raptors get two wins from the finals back in 2016. This had been long out of the NBA until GM James Jones signed him to a 10-day hardship exception to play in the Valley. The 29-year-old Springy center from the Republic of Congo ultimately earned himself a full year contract and has brilliantly helped fill in for DeAndre Aiden. Combined that with DeBook being on fire dropping in near 50-piece recently, CP3's Knightley Double Doubles, Plus, Jake Router and Mikhail Bridges playing like top of the league role players, here's every reason for why the Phoenix Suns are quietly dominating the NBA, and stay tuned to see why if you're not a Suns fan, you may underestimate the squad's potential greatness. Right quick, only 11.5% of you watching right now are subscribed, so if you haven't already, please subscribe, also leave a thumbs up, it takes a few seconds to make some massive difference, you can follow me on Instagram and Twitter at D-Flow Hoops and I'll give you a follow back. I left a link in the description for both those platforms. Soon to be three time all-star Devin Booker's underrated defense was on full display down the stretch against the Mavericks and the Big D. Devin flew in from seemingly out of nowhere to viciously stuff Mavericks power forward Dory and Finney Smith at the basket. They stuffed the fact that Devin's bucket-getting has generated him a reputation for being an offensive talent, that merciless rejection may have shocked you, but Booker's made a habit out of making those types of plays all year, as the man's directly behind the warrior's Jordan Pool, to rank second among all shooting guards in defensive rating. Booker's physicality and lateral quickness are extremely overlooked abilities in his two-way repit's bar. Dipping into the beastly shooting guards game-log this month, and it's obvious Devin's in a different type of zone. Utterly locked in, Booker's posting 28.6 boards, four dimes, on shooting splits of 44, 35, and 86. That 35% 3 point clip in January may seem just average, but keep in mind Devin's volume with those deep-range bombs, as the man's taking eight triples per game. On the year, Booker is making 39.4% of his triples, which is a career high, and he's taking seven deep-range bombs per game, and not only does that amount of attempts from beyond the arc keep the floor space, but make or miss the star prowess of Booker intimidates his opponents. Also, that volume keeps him in rhythm. Meanwhile, 36, almost 37-year-olds Chris Paul is defying father-time in the best way he knows how to, by tearing up defenses with his shifty handles, unrivaled mid-range pull-ups, and not to mention his all-time gifted facilitating. Speaking of that dime-dropping, CP3's already past current net-set coach Steve Nash, and slowly but surely, if he can play another three to five years, given he's adding about 500 assists per year, the Sun's point guard is on his way to catching current Mavericks head coach Jason Kidd to become the second-greatest assist man the game has ever seen. However, Paul could care less about that feat, and of course only gives a damn about adding that elusive championship ring. The Sun's success becomes even more scary when taking into account that Devon Booker missed a couple weeks, equating to seven games total. Over four different stretches combined, Deandre Aitens missed a month now and 16 games overall. Additionally, Cam Johnson, Jake Crowder, Frank Kaminsky, and Jivel have also missed significant periods of time. Most scarily for fans of other top contenders is that the Valley's electric trio of Chris Paul, Devon Booker, and Deandre Aitens have only played in 53% of Phoenix's games, up to this point so far in 2021-22. The only two Sun's players who've participated in every outing are Chris Paul and Mikhail Bridges. According to ManGamesLoss.com, despite losing the fifth most win shares and fifth most value over replacement players due to injury, the incredibly entertaining Sun's are still taking care of business having won five straight. The Kawaii and Paul Georgeless Clippers have the second highest loss win shares metric while the bottom-feeding magic hold the number 1 spot. LA and Orlando's injuries have led to Enkort disasters. The magic are 8 and 38, holding the league's worst record by far, and the Clippers are 22 and 24, down at number 9 in the West. Conversely for Phoenix, injuries, or COVID setbacks haven't affected the Sun's whatsoever, as they've garnered the best record in the association by a good amount. You can attribute that to the man in charge, Monty Williams, laying out a balanced offensive slash defensive system. Of course, a lot of the prayers goes to not only Chris Paul, but a lockdown incredibly efficient 3&D wing in Mikhail Bridges. Both Paul and Bridges have played in all 44 of Phoenix's games. Maybe the biggest brunt of the credit can be placed on the 2021 executive of the year in general manager James Jones. Since being named the full-time GM of the Sun's early in the 2018-19 season, Jones has built up a tremendous roster around the franchise player Devon Booker. The Sun's have become a roster with supreme depth, as Cameron Johnson, Cameron Payne, Jay Crouter, the aforementioned Bridges, to go along with the newbies in Javail McGee and Landry Shamit, combined to average 49.2 points per game. That right there is a nasty NBA depth chart. James Jones talked last offseason about building a roster like index cards in a 3x5 format, meaning 3 deep at all 5 starting positions. That strategy has been most successful at the center spot. Frank Kaminsky, who was yet another 10-point per game score for this Sun's team, is currently injured, but even aside from Frank and DeAndre Aiton, who's of course the franchise center for this team, Phoenix has three more capable 5 men in their rotation. The sophomore out of Maryland and Jalen Smith has explosive hops and speed, standing at an intimidating 6-foot-10. Smith has started in four games total so far and his versatility on both ends of the floor has allowed the Suns to switch everything and take over with their overall quickness. Jalen's posted three outings of scoring 19 points while also tallying at least seven rebounds in those games. I've broken down the full impact of Javail McGee and recent Sun's videos I've made, which you can go watch after this, but the three-time NBA champion with the LA Lakers and Golden State Warriors has brought his excellent hands, springy finishing, and overpowering 7-foot-six wing span to the Valley and made the Suns a much better team than I think a lot of people expected him to. Then there's Bismarck Bianbo, who was picked up on a COVID-19 hardship exception 10-day contract, a deal that's seen many talents across the league get let go after that 10-days expires. Not for big biz though, as the 11-year veteran and forgetably the seventh overall pick, way back in 2011's NBA draft, scrapped his way onto the reigning West Champs. In Bianbo's first two games with Phoenix, he averaged 13 and a half points, six rebounds, and two blocks, earning a contract for the rest of the year after that. And good on Bismarck for staying hungry after locking up that deal as in his last five outings since securing the bag, Bianbo's plus-minus has been at least a plus-six, and over his last four games specifically, has posted 11.7.3 rebounds averages making 68% of his field goals. Overall, the reason why you may underestimate the one NBA franchise from Arizona is because it's a humble group of players who don't stir up any type of serious drama in the headlines whatsoever. Also, the team plays in a smaller market with less nationally televised games, plus CP3 has a lot of doubters based off him never having won a ring before. But if you've paid any attention, the book is out on Paul, who instantly turns teams into winning ball clubs. Chris did it with the now-bottom-feeding Oklahoma City Thunder and Houston Rockets. Now, he's doing it in a fashion that's on a different level of special with the Phoenix Sons. Who's your favorite Phoenix Sons player right now? Best answer in the comments earns next video shout out. Top 5 commenters with the most shout outs by March 21st, receive NBA merchandise of their choosing this spring. Leave your take on today's question to compete in community speaks. Today's Speak's winner is Trick Shot It, who says I think the bulls can easily build off this win. They're the top seed in the East, and although they have some hard games to come, I think they can win them. Once the bulls are fully healthy, they'll be contending for a chance to win the championship. This was D-Flow, I hope you have a great one, and I'll see you in next video.