Phoenix Suns Articles - Page 141

The legacy of Kobe Bryant not only lives in what he accomplished himself, but hundreds of basketball players he impacted, including guys like Devin Booker. On the Rejecting the Screen Podcast, host Adam Stanco was joined by former Suns head coach Earl Watson to share about the first time Devin Booker faced Kobe Bryant and […]

The Golden State Warriors visit the desert Thursday night to face the Phoenix Suns for the first time this season.  It’s time to continue our NBA odds series and make a Warriors-Suns prediction and pick. The Warriors hold an overall record of 10-8, and they are 9-9 against the spread. Golden State is coming off a pair […]

Phoenix Suns veteran Jae Crowder has stated that he has been receiving death threats. The threats have crossed the line, which led Crowder to address them through social media.  On his Instagram account, he posted the following:  1. “IT’S WILD TO ME THE AMOUNT OF DEATH THREATS I GET ON THE REGULAR HOW CAN PPL SEND […]

The Phoenix Suns lost in heartbreaking fashion to the Denver Nuggets in an overtime thriller on Friday night. Suns star point guard Chris Paul took responsibility for committing a costly blunder that prevented them from getting the chance to win in regulation. Near the end of the fourth quarter, with the game tied at 108, […]

Apart from taking the L against the Denver Nuggets on Friday, the Phoenix Suns also lost their superstar Devin Booker to an injury. The one-time All-Star had to abruptly leave the game in the fourth quarter after sustaining what appeared to be a hamstring injury. Suns head coach Monty Williams confirmed this to Gerald Bourguet […]

The Phoenix Suns are off to a hot start to this 2020-21 season thanks to a balanced effort led by stars Devin Booker and Chris Paul. The Suns are 8-5 and rank in the top 10 in offensive efficiency. Booker clearly knows how to score on the court, but he also knows how to score […]

DeAndre Ayton doesn’t specialize in consistency, but after an almost perfect performance against the Memphis Grizzlies on Monday, then the Houston Rockets on Wednesday, it is time to bust a Birdman and request to put some respect on the Phoenix Suns big man’s name. Ayton’s bumpy start is mostly due to a nagging, recurring ankle […]

The Phoenix Suns and Houston Rockets meet for the first time this season at the Toyota Center in Texas. It’s time to continue our NBA odds series and make a Suns-Rockets prediction and pick. The Suns hold a record of 7-5 both overall and against the spread. Phoenix is coming off a loss to the Memphis […]

The Phoenix Suns have been among the teams to have games postponed recently due to COVID-19 and that will continue this weekend. According to Marc Stein of the New York Times, Phoenix’s upcoming matchup with the Indiana Pacers is the latest game to be postponed. The Suns' home game against Indiana on Saturday is being […]

Fans of the Phoenix Suns have gotten used to seeing their team fail over and over again for the last couple of seasons. Their lack of fight on the court, coupled with several coaching changes, have led the squad running in circles in a competitive Western Conference. Of course, things are slowly coming around for […]

Another day, another postponement of games in the NBA. Scheduled games for the 2020-21 NBA campaign continue to drop like flies, as the league confirmed that two games on Friday will take place at another time following COVID-19 health and safety protocols. The NBA announced that the Washington Wizards versus Detroit Pistons match at Little […]

The matchup between the Atlanta Hawks and Phoenix Suns has been postponed, the NBA announced Wednesday morning. The teams were set to face off at Phoenix Suns Arena on Wednesday night. The Suns’ last game was on Monday against the Washington Wizards in the nation’s capital. The Wizards previously played the Philadelphia 76ers, Boston Celtics, and […]

The Phoenix Suns have yet to find their consistency on the floor despite starting the season with a 5-1 record. After their most recent loss against the Washington Wizards, All-Star guard Devin Booker evaluated the performance of the team’s starting unit and shared that they needed to be better in their coming games, via Gerald […]

The Washington Wizards scored a huge win on Monday, defeating a surging Phoenix Suns side, 128-107. It was an undeniably crucial win for a struggling Wizards side, which appears to have put Washington star Bradley Beal in a bit of a joking mood. The Wizards’ atrocious play over the past few games prompted Beal to […]

After an 0-5 start to the 2020-21 NBA season, the Washington Wizards are slowly and surely picking up victories here and there. In their latest win over the Phoenix Suns, Bradley Beal revealed the one problem they finally managed to fix. After their 128-107 victory over the Suns on Monday, Beal commended his team for […]

Phoenix Suns guard Chris Paul had a sterling reviewed prepared for Mikal Bridges after their game against the Indiana Pacers. The 10-time All-Star mainly heaped praise on the sophomore not just for his skills as a player but also as a person and a teammate off the court, per Gerald Bourguet. Paul says that in […]

Phoenix Suns swingman Mikal Bridges had himself a game on Saturday, erupting for a career-high 34 points in the team’s 125-117 win over the Indiana Pacers. His teammates were pretty hyped about his breakout game and decided to give him an early bath before he hit the showers. Post-match, Bridges entered the locker room greeted […]

The Toronto Raptors visit the desert tonight to face the Phoenix Suns for the first time this season.  It’s time to continue our NBA odds series and make a Raptors-Suns prediction and pick. The Raptors hold an overall record of 1-5, and they are 1-5 against the spread as well. Toronto is coming off a […]

The Phoenix Suns turned a lot of heads when they traded for Chris Paul in the offseason. Adding CP3 was bound to help the young team to a degree, but now about 10% of the way through the season, the Suns have the second-best record in the Western Conference. On the daily Locked On Suns […]

Los Angeles Clippers swingman Paul George had more than a few words for various members of the Phoenix Suns on Sunday. George came together with Suns guard Devin Booker during the contest, sparking a heated war of words in which PG13 had to be restrained. Both Booker and George continued yelling at one another, with […]

LOS ANGELES — Paul George came into this NBA season ready make up for a 2019-20 campaign he called “disappointing.” After the Los Angeles Clippers’ latest victory over Devin Booker and the Phoenix Suns, George admitted he’s growing tired of hearing his name thrown around the NBA and is determined to change the narrative around himself […]

Devin Booker is climbing up the ranks and is on a mission to become one of the best players to put on a Phoenix Suns jersey. With that said, Booker just surpassed former Suns legend Tom Chambers after the All-Star dropped 25 points on Sunday against the Los Angeles Clippers. He is now on the […]

It was a little extra hot on Sunday night in the desert as things got testy between Los Angeles Clippers’ Paul George and Phoenix Suns’ Devin Booker. The two superstars butted heads in the fourth quarter of a close contest as both players weren’t backing down from each other and were constantly seen jawing. Here’s […]

Is six games a small sample size? Yes, it is. With that said, the Phoenix Suns look like a well-oiled machine. Head coach Monty Williams’ squad has won five of its first six games this season. Three of those wins have come against teams that participated in the Western Conference playoffs last season (Dallas Mavericks, […]

Chris Paul of the Phoenix Suns drilled a clutch jumper in Friday night’s game against the Denver Nuggets with 7.3 seconds left after successfully persuading his coach to issue a Coach’s Challenge on the defensive end. After Paul hit the shot, he showed fans the congratulations that his son offered after the shot: Chris Paul […]

The basketball world has lost yet another legend. Phoenix Suns star and former coach Paul Westphal has passed away after a battle with brain cancer. He was just 70 years of age. My dear friend, NBA Hall of Famer Paul Westphal, passed away today. He was 70, and had been diagnosed with brain cancer last […]

The Brooklyn Nets’ dynamic duo of Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving unsurprisingly leads the league as statistically the best pairing in the NBA early in the season. What comes as a bit of a shocker, however, is that the Phoenix Suns boast the second-best on-court partnership right now — and no, it doesn’t include Devin […]

Chris Paul came up big in the clutch for the Phoenix Suns with a tough baseline jumper over Denver Nuggets star Nikola Jokic. CP3’s insurance bucket that put Phoenix up by four with 7.3 ticks remaining proved enough to lift the Suns to their fifth win of the young season. After the jumper,  Suns rookie […]

The Phoenix Suns travel to Utah for their fifth matchup of the season to close out the year against the Jazz. It’s time to continue our NBA odds series and make a Suns-Jazz prediction and pick. The Suns stand at 3-1, coming off an impressive victory against the New Orleans Pelicans. The Jazz hold a […]

Prior to the 2012 NBA season, then Oklahoma City Thunder shooting guard James Harden was traded to the Houston Rockets. In return for Harden’s services, Houston sent shooting guards Kevin Martin and Jeremy Lamb, as well as two first-round picks and a second-rounder. Rather hilariously, recently, amid the slew of James Harden trade rumors, some […]

New Orleans Pelicans guard JJ Redick found a lot of success when he played with Chris Paul on the Los Angeles Clippers from 2013 to 2017. Making it to the playoffs in each of those seasons, finishing at least in the fourth seed, Redick admired Paul’s ability to involve his teammates and how smart he […]

New Phoenix Suns point guard Chris Paul is quickly assimilating to his latest franchise with the help of longtime Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald. After taking down Luka Doncic and the Dallas Mavericks in the first of the 72-game 2020-21 NBA season for the Suns, Paul joked on Twitter with the veteran Cardinals pass-catcher. […]

When the Phoenix Suns traded for Chris Paul, it was widely touted as one of the best single moves in the offseason. A veteran All-NBA point guard should be able to work wonders with a young talented group like Devin Booker, Deandre Ayton, and the Suns. It’s already clear that Paul has already taken the […]

Luke Doncic and the Dallas Mavericks fell short of defeating the Phoenix Suns in their regular-season opener on Wednesday night. Despite leading all players in the game with 32 points, the Mavs star admitted that he needs to improve his shot selection moving forward, per ESPN’s Tim MacMahon. Luka Doncic on clutch shot selection: "I've […]

Three things that take a long time: Finding love, waiting for the food to heat in the microwave, and Josh Richardson’s basket in their game against the Phoenix Suns on Wednesday. The Dallas Mavericks sniper clearly defied the laws of physics in the middle of the third quarter as his shot took its sweet, sweet […]

In the duel between two of the fastest rising stars in the NBA today, Phoenix Suns guard  Devin Booker outshined Dallas Mavericks stud Luka Doncic by going on a scoring tear in the opening quarter. Booker dropped 11 points in the opening frame, which is the most in the franchise since Stephon Marbury’s 14 points […]

Phoenix Suns guard Chris Paul was recently challenged by his son, Chris Paul Jr., to a free-throw shooting competition. Paul warned his son that it wouldn’t go well for him, and the All-Star savagely showed him what’s up. CP3 documented it all on video: "Take that L with you!" Lil' Chris challenged CP3 to a […]

The start of the 2020-21 NBA season came pretty fast, hasn’t it? Just over two months since the Los Angeles Lakers were crowned NBA champions for the 17th time in franchise history, the NBA is back on Tuesday night. The action kicks off with Kevin Durant facing some of his former Golden State Warriors teammates […]

There have been a ton of offseason moves over the past few months that have reshaped the landscape of the league as we approach the beginning of the 2020-21 NBA season. With the way the NBA has shifted to a smaller and faster pace, a solid backcourt duo is almost guaranteed to put you in […]