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ESPN analyst believes Phoenix Suns’ 'Big 3' is finished

Originally posted on Burn City Sports
By Tanner Tortorella | Last updated May 15, 2025 10:14 PM ET

New Phoenix Suns general manager Brian Gregory was in to clean house. The franchise’s “Big 3” of Bradley Beal, Devin Booker, and Kevin Durant has been a failure, winning zero playoff games. This summer, Gregory is expected to trade one, if not more, of the trio of All-Stars to try and fix last year’s embarrassing season.

A small glimmer of hope remains around the Valley that the Suns can figure out another way to fix their problems without trading any of the “Big 3.” However, ESPN NBA analyst Tim Legler believes that dream is finished.

ESPN’s Legler on Suns “Big 3”:

“To me, I think this has run its course. I don’t think the results have been anything that they expected. They went out and hired two coaches with a lot of NBA experience, both of whom have won championships in this league, and they gave them each one year to try to sort through that.

“I don’t think that they’ve necessarily chose the wrong coach. I think maybe the mix isn’t necessarily the best amongst those guys. When you’ve had the level of underachievement that they’ve had over the last couple of years, I think you start to look, ‘OK, let’s approach this differently.’ That would be my approach for Brian Gregory.”

Phoenix hired championship-winning coaches like Frank Vogel and Mike Budenholzer, but neither was able to salvage the team. Legler believes it’s a fundamental problem holding the Suns back from restoring the prestige from its previous Finals run. The ESPN analyst is adding pressure on Gregory to find the right coach who’ll help find the team’s identity again.

This article first appeared on Burn City Sports and was syndicated with permission.

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