Phoenix Suns Articles - Page 157

The Phoenix Suns have agreed to sign big man Frank Kaminsky to a two-year, $10 million contract, according to Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN. Kaminsky is coming off of a 2018-19 campaign with the Charlotte Hornets in which he played 47 games and averaged 8.6 points and 3.5 rebounds over 16.1 minutes per game while shooting […]

Despite earlier reports that the Indiana Pacers had been closing in on a potential deal with former Utah Jazz point guard Ricky Rubio, the Phoenix Suns have signed the Spaniard to a three-year, $51 million deal, according to Shams Charania of The Athletic. Free agent Ricky Rubio agreed three-year, $51 million deal with the Phoenix […]

Big man Richaun Holmes is receiving interest from the Los Angeles Lakers, Milwaukee Bucks, and Chicago Bulls, per HoopsHype’s Alex Kennedy. Holmes is an unrestricted free agent who last played for the Phoenix Suns during the 2018-19 NBA season. He was drafted by the Philadelphia 76ers with the seventh pick in the second round of […]

The Boston Celtics — widely expected to sign point guard Kemba Walker when free agency opens — will not renounce their qualifying offer to restricted free agent Terry Rozier “until they have to,” per Yahoo Sports’ Keith Smith. Rozier, being a restricted free agent, can sign an offer sheet with any team, but the Celtics […]

The Phoenix Suns will be prioritizing D’Angelo Russell in free agency, but if they fail to lure him, then they might target Boston Celtics guard Terry Rozier. Boston will reportedly renounce their qualifying offer on Rozier once they sign Kemba Walker, which will make the 25-year-old guard an unrestricted free agent. While the Suns are […]

The Phoenix Suns will decline their team option on rising sophomore power forward Ray Spalding, according to Gina Mizell of The Athletic. Spalding was acquired by the Suns after he was waived by the Dallas Mavericks. The two parties agreed to a 10-day contract and then a multi-year deal; however, Phoenix now opted not to […]

The Brooklyn Nets have extended their qualifying offer to All-Star guard D’Angelo Russell, per The Athletic’s Shams Charania, making Russell a restricted free agent ahead of Sunday’s start to free agency. Brooklyn will have a wide variety of options with Russell. First, because the former second-overall pick of the 2015 draft is a restricted free […]

The will of the people, evidently, doesn’t matter much to the Phoenix Suns. The Suns have more than $20 million in cap space to work with this summer, and could create enough financial flexibility to sign a max-level player by moving undesirable salaries. As a result, many believe Phoenix is a serious suitor for Brooklyn […]

The Phoenix Suns made real waves in the 2019 NBA Draft when they selected North Carolina swingman Cam Johnson with the No. 11 pick. Johnson had been a potential first-round pick, but few mock drafts had him off the board before the end of the lottery. While Johnson may not have been regarded as one […]

An electronic billboard of D’Angelo Russell to the Phoenix Suns has gone up in Phoenix. The Suns have been looking for a starting-caliber point guard ever since they traded Eric Bledsoe to the Milwaukee Bucks during the 2017-18 season. Russell and Suns shooting guard Devin Booker are very close friends. There has been talk around […]

When the Phoenix Suns took North Carolina sharpshooter Cameron Johnson with the 11th overall pick in this past week’s NBA Draft, many were shocked, including former Tar Heels teammate Coby White. Johnson, 23 years old, was pinned by some scouts as a late first-round talent, but many draft boards had him going early in the second […]

Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr believes that assistant Ron Adams will stay for next season. The Los Angeles Lakers received permission to talk to Adams in the hopes of adding the veteran to their new-look coaching staff for the 2018-19 NBA season. While the Lakers job appears to be enticing because of the […]

Indiana Pacers point guard Cory Joseph has reportedly received interest from the Phoenix Suns, Washington Wizards, Sacramento Kings and Chicago Bulls, according to Shams Charania of The Athletic. Joseph becomes an unrestricted free agent this summer. He made $7.9 million this past season with the Pacers. Free agent guard Cory Joseph has received interest from […]

Former Brooklyn Nets forward Rondae Hollis-Jefferson is reportedly expected to receive interest from the Phoenix Suns, Minnesota Timberwolves and Houston Rockets once free agency begins this Sunday, according to Shams Charania of The Athletic. The Nets decided not to extend a $3.59 million qualifying offer to Hollis-Jefferson, who now becomes an unrestricted free agent. Brooklyn […]

The Phoenix Suns have extended a $4.9 million qualifying offer to forward Kelly Oubre Jr., making him a restricted free agent, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. This move was an expected one, and one that had to come quickly as several teams are expected to vie for Oubre’s services as a capable three-and-D prospect. Oubre […]

The Golden State Warriors lost one key member of their coaching staff after Willie Green decided to move to the Phoenix Suns. According to Monte Poole of NBC Sports, Green has accepted a lead assistant coach position with the Suns on Tuesday. The 37-year-old will be serving under new head coach Monty Williams, who agreed […]

It’s no secret that the Phoenix Suns are in need of a point guard, so you would think they would be zeroing in on D’Angelo Russell, who is set to be a restricted free agent this summer. Not so fast. According to Zach Lowe of ESPN, the Suns are actually focusing on veteran floor general […]

With the 2019 NBA Draft and NBA Finals in the rearview mirror, front offices now turn their attention to free agency and the offseason, which will likely see an influx of player movement including trades, signings and other machinations. Enter Jimmer Fredette and the Golden State Warriors. In the early part of the post-draft process, […]

With a penchant for doing so, it only makes sense that the Phoenix Suns made some interesting moves both leading up to and during the NBA draft. The first of these moves came hours before the draft and saw Phoenix ship out forward T.J. Warren to the Indiana Pacers. The move included the no. 32 […]

The Phoenix Suns have reported interest in pursuing Thaddeus Young, Al-Farouq Aminu, Frank Kaminsky and Mike Scott as potential candidates at power forward, according to John Gambadoro of 98.7 FM Arizona’s Sports. Young averaged a strong 12.6 points, 6.5 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game last year for the Indiana Pacers, shooting an efficient 52.7% […]

Besides the Brooklyn Nets and the Los Angeles Lakers, the Phoenix Suns are also reportedly interested in All-Star guard D’Angelo Russell. On paper, the idea of pairing D’Lo with Devin Booker is exciting. However, as Zach Lowe mentioned in his podcast, this is something that’s very unlikely because of the Suns’ cap space limitations. “When […]

Dario Saric is on the move once again, this time to the Phoenix Suns. On Thursday night’s draft, the Minnesota Timberwolves packaged the Croatian forward together with the 11th overall pick to the Suns in exchange for the 6th overall pick. Saric, however, didn’t seem dismayed about the deal. He was actually glad that he […]

Phoenix Suns guard Tyler Johnson has reportedly picked up his player option for the 2019-20 season, according to Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN. Johnson will make $19,245,370 next season. He signed a four-year, $50 million contract with the Miami Heat in the summer of 2016. The Suns acquired Johnson from Miami on Feb. 6. Johnson underwent […]

New Chicago Bulls rookie point guard Coby White had a fantastic on-camera reaction to North Carolina teammate Cameron Johnson getting selected by the Phoenix Suns with the No. 11 pick. The world stopped for a moment for White after he was selected with the seventh pick, and he couldn’t believe Johnson was picked so soon […]

The Phoenix Suns were no strangers to making moves in the 2019 NBA Draft. Among their notable additions was that of former Boston Celtics center Aron Baynes. Rumors suggested that Phoenix could potentially be a stop-gap for Baynes. According to John Gambadoro of Arizona Sports 98.7, he is expected to be a part of the […]

The 2019 NBA Draft has not disappointed after ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski predicted there would be an “extraordinary number of trades” during the draft. So far, the Atlanta Hawks have moved up, the Timberwolves moved up and multiple teams have reached for players that were expected to go much lower on draft boards. One of the […]

Jarrett Culver is gaining strong interest from teams which are picking outside of the top three in the 2019 NBA Draft. Jarrett Culver is considered by many as one of the most intriguing prospects in the draft. According to Jake Fischer of Sports Illustrated, it appears the former Texas Tech standout has a preferred destination. […]

The Minnesota Timberwolves have acquired the No. 6 overall pick in the 2019 NBA Draft from the Phoenix Suns in exchange for big man Dario Saric and the 11th overall pick, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Minnesota has traded No. 11 and Dario Saric to Phoenix for the No. 6 pick in the draft, league […]

Earlier in the day, reports surfaced that the Phoenix Suns were actively shopping small forward T.J. Warren, and that the Indiana Pacers were one of the teams in the running to land Warren. Just a few hours before the NBA Draft, the Pacers have made the move to acquire Warren, according to ESPN NBA Insider […]

The Dallas Mavericks are staying active in the offseason. According to a report from ESPN’s Ian Begley, the Mavs are believed to be among the teams that are interested in acquiring forward T.J. Warren from the Phoenix Suns. The Dallas Mavericks are among the teams who have expressed interest in obtaining Phoenix's T.J. Warren via […]

Phoenix Suns swingman Josh Jackson appears to be in more legal trouble right now following reports that he inadvertently got his 4-month-old girl high on marijuana. A copy of Jackson’s court documents have been released, and it details the disturbing accusations against him: Per @TerezOwens, Phoenix Suns forward Josh Jackson is being accused in family […]

Several reports have been released in recent days indicating that the Phoenix Suns have interest in acquiring Pacers point guard Aaron Holiday. However, it sounds like those claims were misguided. According to a report from John Gambadoro of Arizona Sports 98.7, the Suns are not interested in trading for Holiday: Contrary to reports the Suns […]

The Phoenix Suns could potentially use point guard Tyler Johnson as a trade chip if he opts into the last season of his contract for the 2019-20 season, according to ESPN’s Zach Lowe. The organization has no definitive point guard as of now, and Johnson’s second-half of the 2018-19 season did little to prove he […]

In truly earth-shattering news, Devin Booker of the Phoenix Suns has responded, at long last, to Kyle Kuzma of the Los Angeles Lakers using an absolute glut of eye emojis on Twitter. This is excessive https://t.co/SV62PCIS9y — Book (@DevinBook) June 19, 2019 That’s right, folks, we’ve reached the zenith of the NBA’s loopy pre-draft season. […]

The Phoenix Suns are reportedly interested in Darren Collison, but it appears the veteran guard is not interested in moving to the desert this summer. Collison is expected draw interests from teams who are in need for a point guard, including the Suns. However, John Gambadoro of Arizona Sports 98.7 Phoenix revealed that signing Collison […]

The Phoenix Suns will reportedly pursue Patrick Beverley, Darren Collison, Cory Joseph and Ricky Rubio this summer in free agency, according to 98.7 FM Arizona’s Sports Station’s John Gambadoro. The Suns have been looking for a starting-caliber point guard ever since they traded Eric Bledsoe to the Milwaukee Bucks in 2017. Beverley, Collison, Joseph and […]

Phoenix Suns general manager James Jones says he’s planning to keep the sixth overall pick in the 2019 NBA Draft. The Suns have been rumored to be shopping the sixth pick, but Jones shut down those reports on Tuesday. “I’m comfortable staying there,” Jones said, via Duane Rankin of the Arizona Republic. “Not looking to […]

The Phoenix Suns will reportedly not pursue point guard D’Angelo Russell this summer in free agency, according to John Gambadoro of Arizona Sports 98.7. Russell becomes a restricted free agent this offseason, meaning the Brooklyn Nets can match any offer sheet should Russell sign one with another team. However, if the Nets sign All-Star point […]

Contrary to an earlier report by The Athletic, the Phoenix Suns do not intend to move forwards T.J. Warren and Josh Jackson along with the No. 6 overall pick in the upcoming NBA Draft, according to Duane Rankin of The Arizona Republic. Warren and Jackson are the two most valuable pieces the franchise has next […]