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A global gathering like the Olympics can only do so much. North Korea and South Korea are likely to remain divided even as their athletes take a selfie together. But there is definitely a unifying effect the Summer Games has on people, whether it be experienced by those watching at home or between athletes who […]

Kevin Durant is a living legend in our game today and he’s no stranger to being one of Nike’s top signature athletes. With his 17th signature sneaker recently dropping, his line is currently one of the longest tenured acts at Nike, accompanying the likes of LeBron James and Michael Jordan. After a recent USA-themed release […]

Although Kevin Durant’s career is not over yet, the Phoenix Suns forward will one day ride off into the sunset. Whether he finishes his career with the Suns, though, remains to be seen. Durant can sign a one-year, $59.7 million extension with the Suns that would last through the 2026-27 season, and recently, Suns CEO […]

The Phoenix Suns hope to bounce back in the Western Conference after last season’s crushing 4-0 sweep at the hands of the Minnesota Timberwolves in the first round of the playoffs. To that end, the team has filled a major gap in their roster by signing the 28-year-old guard Tyus Jones. During his press introduction, […]

Phoenix Suns star Kevin Durant did not play in Team USA’s opening exhibition games due to an injury, but he returned to the lineup for their opening group stage game of the Olympics and put on a show. Durant was arguably the best player on the court during Team USA’s 110-84 win against Serbia and […]

After nearly a month on the open market, Tyus Jones has officially found his next NBA team in the Phoenix Suns, who signed the veteran point guard to a one-year, $3.3 million contract that truly shocked fans across the NBA. Now, for fans of the Suns, this was the best mid-summer surprise they could imagine, […]

After a relatively quiet start to the 2024 offseason, bringing back a few of their own free agents, signing a few outside options, making some trades, and adding a pair of interesting options in the draft, the Phoenix Suns finally arrived with the addition of Tyus Jones, the former Washington Wizards point guard who took […]

The Phoenix Suns are using the 2024 offseason to prepare for a bounce-back year under the leadership of Kevin Durant and Devin Booker. However, Phoenix understands it takes admirable depth to compete in the Western Conference. As such, they have made a decisive NBA Free Agency move on former Washington Wizards point guard Tyus Jones. […]

Will Kevin Durant play for Team USA? That’s the question on everyone’s mind right now as they prepare for the Olympics. The All-Star forward has missed all of their tune-up games leading up to Paris. There were serious doubts about whether the star will be able to play in the tournament at all. Well, it […]

For the second this month, forward EJ Liddell is on the move, with the 6-foot-7, 240-pound forward out of Ohio State being sent to the Phoenix Suns for David Roddy not even three weeks after being acquired from the New Orleans Pelicans by the Atlanta Hawks. For the Suns, a team light on assets but […]

The Arizona Coyotes are gone, but it may not be too long for the NHL to return to Phoenix if Suns owner Mat Ishbia is to be believed. Ishbia, a billionaire who purchased the Suns from Robert Sarver in February 2023, said recently that he has an interest in bringing hockey back to the desert […]

Kevin Durant’s injury status has been one of the biggest storylines ahead of Team USA’s 2024 Summer Olympics campaign. The Phoenix Suns star has been dealing with a calf injury that has forced him to the sidelines for much of their work ahead of the Games, and fans everywhere are wondering if he’s going to […]

Kevin Durant is reportedly nearing a return for Team USA ahead of the Olympics. Although it remains uncertain when Durant will officially return, he did practice on Wednesday, per Brian Windhorst of ESPN. Durant is battling a calf injury and Team USA will proceed with caution. The fact that he practiced is certainly an encouraging […]

Heading into the offseason after an incredibly underwhelming end to the 2023-24 NBA season, change felt like an inevitability for the Phoenix Suns. Sure, the team wasn’t going to blow up their Big 3, not yet anyway, as they’ve simply invested too many assets in Kevin Durant and Bradley Beal to pull the plug on […]

Newly minted Phoenix Suns head coach Mike Budenholzer has a lot on his plate as the 2024 NBA offseason officially enters its dog days. Budenholzer inherited arguably the most unenviable job in the entire NBA in a Suns team that is somehow not competitive in the Western Conference despite having hamstrung its future self to […]

The Phoenix Suns entered the 2024 offseason with a familiar challenge: building a contender around their star-studded core of Kevin Durant, Devin Booker, and Bradley Beal. While their offensive firepower is undeniable, the Suns’ Achilles’ heel in the 2024 playoffs was once again exposed – a lack of elite perimeter defense. General Manager James Jones […]

Team USA coach Steve Kerr confirmed that Kevin Durant will be going to Paris for the Olympic Games and that there is “no thought” about not bringing him, according to Grant Afseth of Sports Illustrated. “There’s no thought of replacing Kevin,” Steve Kerr said, via Afseth. Steve Kerr says there is “no thought” about not […]

Nike rolled out a massive ad campaign, built on the question, “Am I a bad person?”. The 90-second commercial features almost all of Nike’s most popular athletes, including LeBron James, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Victor Wembanyama, Serena Williams, A’ja Wilson, and Kylian Mbappé. But there was one notable exclusion: Phoenix Suns superstar Kevin Durant. And KD did […]

Kevin Durant is one of the best players in the NBA. He is currently representing Team USA at the 2024 Summer Olympics. This is not Durant’s first Olympics experience, however. The Phoenix Suns star recently revealed that his 2012 experience was a “turning point” in his career, via The Olympic Games. “2012 was a turning […]

The Phoenix Suns fell way short of expectations during the 2023-24 season. The Bradley Beal trade was meant to get the Suns to the upper-echelon of contending teams, but instead, they fell flat on their faces with a 49-win, six-seed finish that ended with them winning a grand total of zero games in the 2024 […]

Kevin Durant and the Phoenix Suns might be in the most unenviable position in the entire NBA heading into the 2024-25 season, as the team is nowhere close to championship contention and has absolutely zero prospects for its future. The Durant-Devin Booker-Bradley Beal experiment was an utter failure a season ago, and the Suns will […]

The NBA In-Season Tournament is back for its second year under a different branding — the NBA Cup. The association is clearly taking pages out of international football leagues’ playbook, and this makes sense to drum up even more anticipation as the NBA tries to incentive teams to engage in some highly-competitive battles early on […]

Phoenix Suns owner Mat Ishbia believes Los Angeles Lakers rookie Bronny James would have been a “good fit” alongside Kevin Durant and Devin Booker in Phoenix. “I don’t know exactly where Bronny wanted to go. We really liked Bronny. We thought he was a good player,” Ishbia said on the Pat McAfee Show. “I know […]

Kevin Durant responded after an NBA fan dubbed the Phoenix Suns star “miserable” on X, for mocking IShowSpeed on Logan Paul’s podcast. Durant was sometimes seemingly rude to Speed when he appeared as a guest on “Impaulsive” recently.’ A fan on X posted a video of Durant and Speed’s shenanigans during their appearance on “Impaulsive” […]

The Phoenix Suns have an uphill climb this offseason to improve around their big three. The Suns need to seek upgrades in the second wave of free agency. Phoenix’s star trio of Devin Booker, Kevin Durant, and Bradley Beal struggled to fit this season. The Suns came into the season among the favorites in the […]

In the ever-volatile world of NBA trade rumors, Kevin Durant, one of the league’s premier players, finds himself in the spotlight once again. However, despite the swirling speculation, Durant has made it clear that he is content with his current situation in Phoenix. In a candid interview on the “Up & Adams Show” with Kay […]

The Phoenix Suns have been very active this offseason. They may not have a ton of resources at their disposal following their trades for Kevin Durant and Bradley Beal, but Phoenix made some solid additions. The Suns added Ryan Dunn and Oso Ighodaro in the draft and signed Monte Morris and Mason Plumlee as free […]

Last season could not have gone more wrong for the Phoenix Suns. Once again, their stars in Kevin Durant, Devin Booker, and Bradley Beal alternated between injuries. The Suns were never able to gain their footing, and that showed in their playoff defeat at the hands of the Minnesota Timberwolves. hat is unacceptable for a […]

After a tough 2023-24 season for the Phoenix Suns, the team now is working their way through an offseason where they have limited options. Due to salary cap restrictions and a lack of draft picks, Phoenix has limited means of improving their roster. But they can hope for internal improvement, and the Suns are certainly […]

If there’s a common motto for every NBA hooper, it’d be “Ball is life.” Playing basketball for a living probably equates to having the sport on one’s mind 24/7. Just take a look at Kevin Durant, for example. The Phoenix Suns forward recently went viral when he was caught on camera practicing his shooting form […]

The Phoenix Suns had a disappointing 2023-24 season that saw them underachieve their way to the sixth seed in the NBA Western Conference before falling in the first round of the NBA Playoffs to the Minnesota Timberwolves. After that kind of disappointment, one would think that Suns star Kevin Durant is stressing over the team’s […]

Phoenix Suns star Kevin Durant is currently in Las Vegas at Team USA training camp, looking to help his country win the Gold Medal at the upcoming Olympic Games in Paris. While the Suns didn’t exactly have a great year this season, Durant remains one of the ten or so best players in the league […]

Get ready for the Cooper Flagg mania. The incoming Duke basketball freshman is already making loud noises before he can even play his first official game for the Blue Devils, as he recently took part in helping Devin Booker and the rest of Team USA prepare for the upcoming 2024 Paris Olympics. Flagg appears to […]

Kevin Durant has been in the league for a long time now, so being the recipient of trash talk is nothing new to him. Back in April, it came from none other than Minnesota Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards, who continuously gave KD a piece of his mind during their first-round playoff clash. Fast forward to […]

The last thing that Team USA wants before the 2024 Paris Olympics is an injury to their squad. It will be up to Steve Kerr to manage this squad’s fatigue while making them give their optimal production for the nation. However, the LeBron James and Stepehhen Curry-led squad may already see one man go down […]

The Phoenix Suns first season with their new big three of Kevin Durant, Devin Booker, and Bradley Beal did not go as planned, as they were swept out of the playoffs in the first round by the Minnesota Timberwolves. As a result, questions about the future of the team quickly began to pop up, and […]

Very few players spend their entire NBA careers with one franchise, especially nowadays. While Kobe Bryant, Dirk Nowitzki, Tim Duncan, and some others chose to represent just one team while in the NBA, the same cannot be said now for Klay Thompson, who left the Golden State Warriors for the Dallas Mavericks this offseason. And […]

The Phoenix Suns already have one of the best backcourts in the NBA led by Bradley Beal and Devin Booker. Now, Beal and Booker are about to get added help in a backup capacity with the addition of Monte Morris from the Minnesota Timberwolves. Morris plans to a sign a deal with Coach Mike Budenholzer’s […]

The Phoenix Suns have agreed to a one-year contract with veteran big man Mason Plumlee, according to a report by Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN. “Free agent C Mason Plumlee has agreed on a one-year deal with the Phoenix Suns, sources tell ESPN.” Plumlee spent the last two NBA seasons with the Los Angeles Clippers. During […]