Phoenix Suns Articles - Page 147

There’s no denying that Boston Celtics forward Jayson Tatum and Phoenix Suns stud Devin Booker are two of the fastest rising young stars in the NBA today. Tatum and Booker were pitted against each other in a recent Twitter poll asking who the more skilled scorer is among the two. Booker caught wind of the […]

The Phoenix Suns’ first NBA season was back in 1968. The franchise has compiled an overall record of 2,212-1,987 since its inaugural campaign and appeared in the playoffs 29 times. Unfortunately, the Suns haven’t had much success in the past decade. In fact, they haven’t made the playoffs since 2010. However, that doesn’t mean they […]

Vince Carter has made $172,046,271 during his legendary NBA career, per Spotrac. The high-flyer entered the league with the Toronto Raptors back in 1998 and played in six and a half seasons there before becoming a journeyman. He went on to play for the New Jersey Nets, Orlando Magic, Phoenix Suns, Dallas Mavericks, Memphis Grizzlies, […]

By the end of the 1992 season, Charles Barkley was coming off six consecutive All-Star team appearances with the Philadelphia 76ers. His time with Philly had come to an end at that point, and according to the Hall of Famer, he actually preferred to have been traded to the Portland Trail Blazers instead of the […]

Scottie Pippen is undoubtedly the best sidekick in all of basketball. In his prime, the 6-foot-8 two-way superstar was good enough to be the number one option in any team in the league. However, Pippen spent his best seasons playing Robin to Michael Jordan’s Batman and made that Chicago Bulls dynasty in the ‘90s the […]

Marquese Chriss is getting his best chance to live up to the hype with the Golden State Warriors, and the franchise clearly intends on maximizing the talent that made Chriss the no. 8 overall pick pick in the 2016 draft. “Golden State views Chriss as a potential franchise building block, whose knack for rim-running, passing […]

Last March, Phoenix Suns legend Dan Majerle was relieved of his post as the head coach of the Grand Canyon University men’s basketball team. As it turns out, the split was far from amicable and Majerle and is now suing the university for unlawful firing. The Arizona Sports news outfit was able to get a […]

The Phoenix Suns hit the jackpot when they were able to nab Devin Booker with the 13th overall pick in the 2015 NBA draft. With the way Booker’s career has panned out so far, perhaps he would have landed on a much higher spot if teams did a redraft this time around. That’s exactly what […]

Former Phoenix Suns All-Star guard and current Boston Celtics president and general manager Danny Ainge has painfully relived the final shot of the 1993 NBA Finals on “ESPN’s The Lowe Post.” This turn of events, of course, was featured as one of the defining moment of the Chicago Bulls dynasty in ESPN’s hit docu-series “The […]

Boston Celtics swingman Jayson Tatum said during an appearance on Showtime’s “All The Smoke” podcast he initially believed he would be drafted by the Phoenix Suns in the summer of 2017. But according to Celtics General Manager Danny Ainge, the Suns never had a chance to land Tatum. Boston was picking at No. 3, one […]

Shaquille O’Neal is one of the greatest big men the NBA has ever seen. Some might even say that he was the most physically dominant player in league history. Throughout his decorated career, the 7-foot-1 mammoth also amassed quite a fortune in earnings. According to Spotrac, this amounts to a whopping $286 million in the […]

Rod Thorn was the man at the helm in 1984 when the Chicago Bulls selected Michael Jordan third overall in the draft. That draft class was simply epic. Aside from Jordan, three other future Hall of Famers also populated that class, including Hakeem Olajuown, Charles Barkley and John Stockton. According to Thorn though, the Bulls […]

The 2017 NBA Draft was absolutely packed with talent. Markelle Fultz, Lonzo Ball and Jayson Tatum went first to third respectively, while guys like De’Aaron Fox, Jonathan Isaac, Lauri Markkanen, Donovan Mitchell, Bam Adebayo and John Collins — among others — were all part of the Top 20 picks. As it turns out though, the […]

Shawn Marion has an NBA championship, four All-Star games and two All-NBA selections on his resume, but he believes his defensive impact went unjustly unrecognized. “Think about it, though. I never made an all-defensive team. I never was defensive player of the year, which I should have been, couple years, honestly,” Marion told Michael Lee […]

Four-time NBA All-Star and one-time NBA champion Shawn Marion believes he should be in the Hall of Fame. Marion retired from the NBA after the 2014-15 season. His best years were with the Phoenix Suns when he was the swingman running the floor with Steve Nash. The man known as “The Matrix” captured his lone […]

After just one season at Duke, Jayson Tatum announced that he would be entering the 2017 NBA Draft. In a move that some questioned, Boston Celtics president Danny Ainge traded the team’s No. 1 overall pick to the Philadelphia 76ers, hoping that Tatum would still be on the board at No. 3 overall — and […]

Having won back-to-back MVP titles during his prime, Phoenix Suns legend Steve Nash is widely considered by many as one of the greatest point guards in the history of the sport. As it turns out, however, we all actually almost missed out on the opportunity to see the Canadian national at the highest stage. In […]

Back in the mid-2000s, the Phoenix Suns were a powerhouse to be reckoned with, but Steve Nash could have stolen the Boston Celtics’ thunder and morph his team into a superteam by luring in Kevin Garnett. Back in the 2007 offseason, Garnett was unhappy in Minnesota, having fallen shy of the postseason for a third […]

The Phoenix Suns have a talented core of Devin Booker, Kelly Oubre Jr., Deandre Ayton, Mikal Bridges, and Cameron Johnson. The team has plenty of moves to make before it can call itself a playoff squad again, but the good news is that Phoenix has the foundational pieces to build around. You can never have […]

Episodes 5 and 6 of “The Last Dance” delved into plenty of subjects, exploring a wide gamut of Michael Jordan antics, his relationships with fellow players, and his ultimate desire to become the best player alive. Here are six of the best things that took place in these episodes of “The Last Dance.” Kobe on […]

Michael Jordan never forgets. This is something the great Charles Barkley learned in the many years he played against the Chicago Bulls legend during their time in the NBA. Barkley recently opened up about why he hated losing to Jordan: “It was difficult because if you lose to him, No. 1, you’re never going to […]

Charles Barkley is just one of the many Hall of Famers denied a chance of an NBA title by the ’90s Chicago Bulls team led by Michael Jordan. His best shot at the title came in the 1992-93 season when the 6-foot-6 forward led the Phoenix Suns to the Finals. In an appearance on Episode […]

In Episode 6 of “The Last Dance,” Michael Jordan admitted that he was upset after losing the 1993 Most Valuable Player award to Charles Barkley. Jordan’s Chicago Bulls and Barkley’s Phoenix Suns faced in the 1993 NBA Finals. Ahead of their matchup, Barkley was crowned league MVP — which Jordan took personally. “I was a […]

It appears that Phoenix Suns rising star Devin Booker has been making the most of his time in quarantine. While he also seems to be preoccupied with “close friend” Kendall Jenner, who he recently went on a social distancing road trip with, the 23-year-old has also been doing a lot of thinking about the development […]

Phoenix Suns superstar Devin Booker has been lighting it up from the field for the majority of the 2019-20 NBA regular season. However, he still finds it hard to produce buckets at times, particularly when going up against Los Angeles Clippers stopper Kawhi Leonard or the entire Denver Nuggets team. Speaking to Liam McKeone of […]

The Phoenix Suns have not yet won an NBA championship. The stories of their near-misses naturally represent some of the most heartbreaking moments in their 52-year existence, but don’t forget a coin clip which set the tone for a miserable half-century in the Valley of the Sun. 5. The Lost Coin Flip  The Phoenix Suns […]

Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr was an executive with the Phoenix Suns while Steve Nash was on the team. Kerr frequently saw flashes of Nash in his current guard Stephen Curry, whom the Warriors drafted in 2009 while Kerr and Nash were still in Phoenix. On the latest episode of the Runnin’ Plays pod […]

Phoenix Suns star Devin Booker was spotted at a rest stop near Sedona, Arizona along with model Kendall Jenner. The two were trying to keep a low profile after getting out of Bookers’ Maybach, according to TMZ Sports. This pops to the eye considering the recent guidelines of social distancing instated around the country. While […]

Before the 2019-20 season was suspended due to COVID-19, the Phoenix Suns were on their way to missing the playoffs for the 10th consecutive season. The last time the team was in the postseason was all the way back in 2010. That’s when Steve Nash and Amar’e Stoudemire led the franchise to the Western Conference […]

Since becoming a professional team back in 1968, the Phoenix Suns have won 2,212 games in the regular season and made the NBA playoffs a total of 29 times. However, the Suns are one of the few NBA franchises which don’t have an NBA championship on its resume. Phoenix has played in two Finals, losing […]

When it comes to competitive sports, few others compare to the intensity of the NBA Playoffs. As such, this annual event has brought about some of the most memorable individual performances in the history of the sport. As they say, the best of them shine when the lights are the brightest. Below we take a […]

How in the world is Vince Carter still playing basketball? At the ripe age of 42, Carter was still in the NBA chugging right along. Unfortunately, especially with the COVID-19 likely ending his career early, Vince Carter championship season run might be over — but more on that in a second. Carter, who has been […]

Phoenix Suns GM James Jones said the team will be looking for playmaking, shooting, and defense in the 2020 NBA Draft. Jones said he hopes to prioritize prospects capable of making plays, competing defensively, and playing on or off the ball, independent of what position they play. He would also go on to say the […]

Phoenix Suns head coach Monty Williams plans to give Devin Booker some minutes at the point guard spot next season. Williams said Booker has the capacity to play the position because he has become a playmaker who is starting to make the right basketball play on a consistent basis (via Kellen Olson of ArizonaSports.com): But […]

Phoenix Suns small forward Kelly Oubre Jr. has grand aspirations outside of basketball. The talented lefty says he intends to be “one of the biggest artists in the world.” The Suns swingman has big plans for his “Dope Soul” brand, as he seems himself being like Kanye West in a sense. “I want to be one […]

Phoenix Suns star Devin Booker was busy trying to win the NBA 2K Finals tournament against his teammate DeAndre Ayton. While at it, the All-Star guard also managed to take a jab at his haters. Booker used the Houston Rockets as his team for the Finals while Ayton tapped on the Los Angeles Lakers. In […]

The NBA 2K Players Tournament gave fans plenty of thrills and spills, but only one player can win in the tournament. The last man standing turned out to be Phoenix Suns guard Devin Booker after an entertaining duel against teammate Deandre Ayton in the final. Both ESPN and the official NBA 2K Twitter accounts congratulated […]

The Phoenix Suns are still seeking their first championship since joining the NBA in 1968, and haven’t made an appearance in the NBA Finals since 1993 — a five-game loss to Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls. And the team hasn’t even made the playoffs since the 2009-10 season. At the moment, though, the Suns […]

The San Antonio Spurs have won five NBA championships and have made six finals appearances. So, naturally, they have accumulated their fair share of rivals along the way. The Spurs have never been a team to truly get heated with anyone — because it has just never been in their DNA. But that doesn’t mean […]