This makes the late pre-Barkley Suns look even better. They started a fringe starter and a player who didn't belong in the NBA, and they still won 53 games and reached the semifinals? It sounds like how the 2010 Suns started Jarron Collins in the playoffs and still took the Lakers to 6 games in the WCF. It made my jaw drop that they got away with starting a third-string center in a deep playoff run. It was like starting four players!
Stuff like that is why past Suns teams impress me more than Chris Paul's team.