Phoenix Suns Articles - Page 151

Dallas Mavericks star Luka Doncic dropped 42 points and 11 assists against the Phoenix Suns last night. The Suns were one of the three teams that passed on selecting the Slovenian Sensation on draft night. According to Marc Stein of The New York Post, the Suns, which then had the first overall pick, apparently had […]

The accolades keep on piling on for Dallas Mavericks guard Luka Doncic in just his second season in the NBA. His brilliance no longer takes opposing players and coaches by surprise, as the 20-year-old Slovenian guard still continues to rack up impressive numbers even with defenses now paying closer attention to him. Ahead of the […]

The Phoenix Suns host the Dallas Mavericks on Friday night, and visiting head coach Rick Carlisle expressed praise for the desert franchise’s backcourt pair Devin Booker and Ricky Rubio pregame. Booker and Rubio are averaging 38 pts and 14 assists for the Suns. Carlisle said: "They’ve got a great perimeter core, really for top to […]

The Phoenix Suns have gotten out to one of their best starts in recent memory, starting the season with an 8-9 record after looking like one of the worst teams in the NBA over the last handful of years. They’ve managed to do this without starting center Deandre Ayton for every game but the season […]

Phoenix Suns big man Aron Baynes expects to return for his team’s game against the Dallas Mavericks on Friday night after missing the last five games due to a hip injury, according to Duane Rankin of The Arizona Republic. Baynes has been a godsend for the Suns in a season where Deandre Ayton was hit […]

Phoenix Suns guard Devin Booker welcomed Washington Wizards rookie Rui Hachimura with a nasty block. Booker is not necessarily known for his defense, but he came out of nowhere to swat Hachimura’s dunk. Rui — the Wizards’ ninth overall pick in the 2019 NBA Draft — fell to the floor clueless as to what happened. […]

Phoenix Suns starting point guard Ricky Rubio should be back in the lineup on Wednesday against the Washington Wizards. Rubio has missed the last three games due to a back injury. “It’s been painful to watch, but I’m back,” Rubio said, via the Arizona Republic. “I feel good. I want to rush it when I […]

Denver Nuggets’ back-up center Mason Plumlee is a decent rim protector, but Phoenix Suns forward Kelly Oubre Jr. remains unfazed as he took it right to him in this amazing play. In the Suns’ home game versus the visiting Nuggets on Sunday, the lanky 6’7 swingman used a couple of nice crossovers to escape the […]

Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic is the best passing big man in the league right now, and the Phoenix Suns saw that first hand on Sunday. The 24-year-old Serbian caught the ball deep down low, causing the Suns defense to collapse on him. Like he had eyes on the back of his head, Jokic saw […]

During the Phoenix Suns’ matchup with the Denver Nuggets on Sunday, Paul Millsap tried to contest Devin Booker at the rim to no avail. The Suns star began the sequence using an in-and-out dribble move against Gary Harris and then turned on the jets after getting past him. To cap off the sequence, Millsap was […]

The Minnesota Timberwolves lost to the Phoenix Suns on Saturday, but things could have been different had Karl-Anthony Towns not taken an ill-advised shot from way beyond the arc. With the Suns leading 98-95, the Timberwolves had about 15 seconds to find the best shot and send the game to overtime. However, instead of distributing […]

The Phoenix Suns will roll out the same starting lineup they did on Thursday, which included Frank Kaminsky at the five against Karl-Anthony Towns of the Minnesota Timberwolves on Saturday afternoon. Kaminsky was questionable due to a hip issue, but the Suns have confirmed that he will indeed match up with KAT to start the […]

The Phoenix Suns will be shorthanded on Saturday against the Minnesota Timberwolves, as point guard Ricky Rubio and center Aron Baynes won’t play. Rubio is out with a back ailment, while Baynes has a hip injury: Monty Williams says Rubio and Baynes both out tonight — Jon Krawczynski (@JonKrawczynski) November 23, 2019 The Suns are […]

The Phoenix Suns have been a surprisingly decent team in the Western Conference this season, and a big reason for their success has been the play of big man Aron Baynes. But the Los Angeles Lakers didn’t expect Baynes to actually play for the Suns at all. Phoenix acquired Baynes in a trade with the […]

Phoenix Suns point guard Ricky Rubio will likely miss his team’s Saturday matchup with the Minnesota Timberwolves due to an ongoing battle with back spasms. According to reports, Rubio is listed as doubtful for the game. Ricky Rubio listed as doubtful for Suns with the back spasms — Jon Krawczynski (@JonKrawczynski) November 22, 2019 Rubio […]

Bradon Ingram of the New Orleans Pelicans managed to score despite being hit by two Phoenix Suns defenders en route to an and-one opportunity. At that point in the game, Ingram had scored the last seven points for the Pelicans. Brandon Ingram is ready to go home with a win 😤#WontBowDown pic.twitter.com/h0bcJuwLMH — ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) […]

Jrue Holiday of the New Orleans Pelicans unleashed a string of dribbling moves to escape Dario Saric of the Phoenix Suns en route to a layup. Check out the clip below per NBA. For Reggie Miller, Holiday is the most important player of the Pelicans. The clip below certainly proves Miller’s opinion. Behind-the-back.Cross.Through the legs. […]

Phoenix Suns guard Ricky Rubio won’t be suiting up against the New Orleans Pelicans due to back spasms, per Daniel Sallerson of pelicans.com. Suns Head Coach Monty Williams says Ricky Rubio (back spasms) is OUT tonight vs New Orleans. — Daniel Sallerson (@dsallerson) November 22, 2019 Rubio missed their duel with the Boston Celtics but […]

Sitting at fifth place in the West, the Phoenix Suns have been off to a blazing hot start at 7-4. Led in part by offseason acquisition Aron Baynes, the center’s sniping from deep has been one of the most surprising feature’s of this year’s Phoenix team. The big New Zealander is knocking down 46.8 percent […]

There will be a reunion on Monday when the Phoenix Suns host the Boston Celtics, as Suns center Aron Baynes will face off against his old Celtics teammates. Boston forward Jaylen Brown, who called Baynes “crazy as hell,” is no doubt looking forward to seeing Baynes again despite his claim that the big man can […]

The Los Angeles Lakers were reportedly one of the teams who were hoping that the Phoenix Suns would buy out Aron Baynes this past summer, according to Shams Charania of The Athletic. Suns center Aron Baynes has emerged as a cornerstone piece for Phoenix early this season, supplying defense, leadership and, yes, shot-making. Phoenix acquired […]

The Steve Nash-led Phoenix Suns team of the mid 2000’s remains as one of the greatest NBA teams to have never won the Larry O’Brien trophy. Apart from being one of the most selfless players on the basketball court, the two-time MVP was also quite generous off of it, as recalled by Nash’s former teammate […]

Phoenix Suns center Aron Baynes has gotten off to a hot start this season. As a result, NBA execs think the Suns big man is going to get paid next summer, according to Shams Charania of The Athletic: Through 11 games, Baynes is averaging 15.0 points, 5.5 rebounds, 2.9 assists and 46.8 percent 3-point shooting […]

Another Atlanta Hawks game, another Trae Young nutmeg. The second-year point guard for the Hawks played against the Phoenix Suns on Thursday night, and this time, it was Ricky Rubio who fell victim to Young’s trickery. Trae Young, nutmeg specialist extraordinaire 🤯#TrueToAtlanta pic.twitter.com/2h2pms1goD — NBA TV (@NBATV) November 15, 2019 As you can see, this […]

The Phoenix Suns will be tasked during their matchup with the Atlanta Hawks with doing something that no team has managed to accomplish. That task? Finding a way to slow down Trae Young. When asked about how the Suns can defend Young, head coach Monty Williams did not sound too confident. He told Chris Kirschner […]

Anthony Davis will miss Wednesday’s game against the Golden State Warriors after his X-rays came back negative, after suffering a rib injury in Tuesday’s win over the Phoenix Suns, according to Brad Turner of The Los Angeles Times and Yahoo Sports’ Chris Haynes. The Los Angeles Lakers will want to be careful with Davis and […]

Los Angeles Lakers stars LeBron James and Anthony Davis had high praise for Kyle Kuzma following Tuesday night’s 123-115 road victory over the Phoenix Suns. Kuzma came through in the clutch for Los Angeles, knocking down a pair of 3-pointers in the fourth quarter to push his team ahead: This was such a big offensive […]

Game certainly recognizes game, as LeBron James paid homage to a fellow supreme athlete (even though he was rooting for the other side). In the Los Angeles Lakers’ match versus the Phoenix Suns on Sunday, James acknowledged the presence of Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray, who was enjoying the game courtside at the time. With […]

Los Angeles Lakers big Anthony Davis isn’t done posterizing the Phoenix Suns roster. AD served up yet another highlight in the Lakers’ road game at the Talking Stick Resort Arena on Tuesday, as he brushed off Dario Saric’s defense like it was nothing. With under a minute left until the half time break, Davis received […]

Los Angeles Lakers star big man Anthony Davis put Phoenix Suns point guard Ricky Rubio on a nasty poster on Tuesday. Off a great pass from Lakers superstar LeBron James, Davis finished off the pick-and-roll play to perfection with a monster dunk on Rubio: AD put Rubio on a poster. 😳🔥 (🎥: @NBATV) pic.twitter.com/glNTMqDXop — […]

Los Angeles Lakers veteran point guard Rajon Rondo will play under minutes restriction against the Phoenix Suns on Tuesday night. Rondo is available on a 15 minute restriction. Vogel plans to use him with the second unit. — Tania Ganguli (@taniaganguli) November 13, 2019 The 33-year-old floor general has been nursing a calf injury, which […]

Monty Williams interviewed for the Los Angeles Lakers’ coaching job this summer, but took the Phoenix Suns gig instead. Why? Well for starters, the Lakers never offered Williams the job and the Suns gave him a wonderful opportunity he couldn’t pass up. Monty Williams said the Lakers did not make him an offer, but called […]

It looks like Rajon Rondo is going to make his season debut for the Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday against the Phoenix Suns. The Lakers have upgraded Rondo from questionable to probable: Officially, Rajon Rondo’s status for tonight’s game in Phoenix has been upgraded to “probable,” and Troy Daniels is “questionable.” This would be Rondo’s […]

Brooklyn Nets’ center DeAndre Jordan made it clear that he is not a fan of Phoenix Suns forward Kelly Oubre Jr.’s antics. The 11-year NBA vet took offense of the young forward’s extracurricular gestures in the Nets’ game versus the Phoenix Suns on Sunday. With under a minute left until the half, Oubre drove hard […]

On Thursday against the Phoenix Suns, Miami Heat rookie Tyler Herro told All-Star small forward Jimmy Butler to get out of his way because he wanted to guard Suns star Devin Booker. Both Herro and Booker played their college ball at Kentucky, so the Heat youngster took his matchup with Booker — one of the […]

Jimmy Butler trotted out a 30-point half after mostly filling in the gaps during his first four games with the team after the birth of his daughter. That barrage of buckets helped the Miami Heat trot out a 124-108 effort to light out the Phoenix Suns. Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra was glad to finally […]

Miami Heat swingman Jimmy Butler is pretty much unstoppable when he gets it going on offense – regardless if he has two shoes on or not. With under two minutes left in the second quarter of the Heat versus Phoenix Suns clash on Thursday, the 30-year-old wing player lost his right shoe after bumping into […]

Jimmy Butler of the Miami Heat exploded for 30 points in the first half against the Phoenix Suns with 18 of those points coming in the first half. Jimmy Butler had a near perfect 1st half 🔥 30 PTS9/10 FG2/2 3PT10/10 FT pic.twitter.com/yKRi3w0uhP — Bleacher Report NBA (@BR_NBA) November 8, 2019 Butler is slowly getting […]

Phoenix Suns head coach Monty Williams and Miami Heat star Jimmy Butler were together in Philadelphia last season when Butler was on the Sixers and Williams was an assistant coach. Williams and the Suns host Butler and the Heat on Thursday. At the Suns’ pregame shootaround, Williams said “there’s nothing” Butler can’t do on a […]