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Is Kevin Durant a top 10 player of all time? Former player and current analyst Kendrick Perkins believes KD can become a top 10 player if Durant is able to lead the Phoenix Suns to a championship while winning the NBA Finals MVP. “If Kevin Durant could deliver a title [to the Suns], along with […]

LeBron James, Anthony Davis, and the Los Angeles Lakers temporarily avoided being cemented into the NBA play-in tournament by defeating the Phoenix Suns, 121-107, at Crypto.com Arena on Friday. The Suns, already locked into the No. 4 seed, sat Kevin Durant, Devin Booker, Chris Paul, and DeAndre Ayton. Los Angeles played LeBron, AD, and D’Angelo Russell […]

The Los Angeles Lakers are battling for that much-coveted sixth seed in the Western Conference. Grabbing that seed means earning an outright playoff berth, skipping the Play-In Tournament altogether. Because of that, the Lakers are expected to play LeBron James against the Phoenix Suns (despite his status). Ahead of that game, James talked to a […]

The Phoenix Suns have already announced that Kevin Durant, Devin Booker, Chris Paul, and Deandre Ayton will all be rested on Friday when they take on the Los Angeles Lakers. This is obviously a key development for the Lakers, who are still chasing a guaranteed playoff spot in the West. LA, however, have their stars […]

The Los Angeles Lakers are looking to finish the 2022-23 regular season on a high note. LA is preparing to take on the Phoenix Suns in a Friday Night Affair at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. The game projects to be a competitive affair, and the Lakers are hopeful that all of their stars […]

The Los Angeles Lakers have to win Friday’s matchup against the Phoenix Suns if they want to keep their hopes of securing a playoff spot alive. A loss for LeBron James and Co., however, could seal their fate in the Play-In tournament. At this point, Lakers fans will also want to keep a keen eye […]

When the Phoenix Suns traded for Kevin Durant at the NBA trade deadline, it was arguably the biggest trade this season. It vaulted the Suns from a playoff team in the Western Conference to being a favorite to reach the NBA Finals. Durant’s Suns debut was delayed a bit as he recovered from an injury […]

The Los Angeles Lakers are in need of a win on Friday night when they face off against the Phoenix Suns. LeBron James and Co. are still trying to avoid the Play-In tournament by finishing in the Top 6 in the conference, and they will only be able to do this if they secure a […]

A pair of western conference playoff squads will go toe-to-toe with only a couple of games remaining in the regular season as the Phoenix Suns take on the Los Angeles Lakers. Join us for our NBA odds series, where our Suns-Lakers prediction and pick will be revealed. Fresh off of a hard-fought 119-115 win not […]

The Phoenix Suns are reportedly planning to sit their four core stars, Kevin Durant, Devin Booker, Chris Paul, and Deandre Ayton, against the Los Angeles Lakers on Friday night, per Shams Charania. The Suns are reportedly focusing on playoff health at the moment, as they’ve already clinched the four-seed in the West. It is no […]

The Phoenix Suns have been red hot as the NBA regular season heads into its final weekend, winning seven straight games to lock up the No. 4 seed in the Western Conference, and superstar Kevin Durant says the team is more than ready to succeed in the postseason. “We have played 80-something games, logged in […]

Golden State Warriors star Draymond Green took a lot of stick for his take on the league’s new 65-game rule. Starting next year, players will have to play at least 65 games in the season in order to qualify for both the All-NBA teams and the individual year-end awards. Phoenix Suns superstar Kevin Durant has […]

The Phoenix Suns stand as one of the favorites to take home the 2023 NBA championship, by virtue of their blockbuster trade deadline move to add Kevin Durant alongside their Devin Booker-Chris Paul core. Nevertheless, the Suns, despite already clinching a playoff berth, aren’t resting on their laurels, playing their stars heavy minutes in a […]

The Denver Nuggets were missing the services of reigning back-to-back MVP Nikola Jokic during Thursday’s game, but somehow, they still managed to give the mighty Phoenix Suns a proper scare. Aaron Gordon, Jamal Murray, Michael Porter Jr., and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope were all out of action as well, but for some reason, the Suns barely managed […]

There weren’t a lot of folks who woke up Thursday and felt excitement over the prospect of watching a duel between Phoenix Suns superstar Kevin Durant and former second-round pick and Denver Nuggets small forward Bruce Brown.  But that’s exactly the individual matchup that gave so much flavor to tonight’s Nuggets-Suns showdown. Twitter was left […]

The Los Angeles Clippers wrapped up a fantastic victory on Wednesday night over their cross-town rival, the Los Angeles Lakers. It has been 11 straight victories for the Clippers over the Lakers, but more importantly, the Clippers control their destiny in the final two games of the regular season. Two more wins over the Portland […]

D’Angelo Russell played 39 minutes on Wednesday in a tough loss against the Los Angeles Lakers‘ cross-town rivals, the Los Angeles Clippers. This is after the former All-Star was forced to sit out Tuesday’s game against the Utah Jazz due to a foot injury. Unsurprisingly, D-Lo has popped up again on the injury report ahead […]

The Los Angeles Lakers have an extremely tough test coming up on Friday when they battle Kevin Durant and the Phoenix Suns, who for their part, are in the midst of a scorching-hot six-game winning streak. This is a big game for LA, who are still fighting for final positioning out in the West. Unfortunately […]

The Los Angeles Lakers suffered a tough loss on Wednesday against their cross-town rivals, the Los Angeles Clippers. LeBron James and Co. have another big game coming up on Friday as they look to bounce back against a surging Phoenix Suns side. At this point, however, LeBron has once again popped up on the injury […]

For someone who is in their middle ages, the NBA action that was played in the 80s and 90s is considered a nostalgic age of basketball, particularly because of the physical nature that saw hard fouls as the norm. Phoenix Suns forward Kevin Durant wants the masses to know physicality still exists in today’s game. […]

The Denver Nuggets (52-27) visit the Phoenix Suns (44-35) on Thursday night! Action tips off at 10:00 p.m. ET. Below we continue our NBA odds series with a Nuggets-Suns prediction, pick, and how to watch. Here are the Nuggets-Suns NBA odds, courtesy of FanDuel NBA Odds: Nuggets-Suns Odds Denver Nuggets: +12 (-110) Phoenix Suns: -12 (-110) […]

Denver Nuggets star point guard Jamal Murray left the second quarter of Tuesday’s contest against the Houston Rockets with a thumb injury and did not return. Without their starting floor general for much of the game, the Nuggets went on to lose to the Rockets by a final score of 124-103. So when the Nuggets […]

Denver Nuggets superstar center Nikola Jokic put together a forgettable performance in Tuesday’s contest against the Houston Rockets. He scored just 14 points — on 7-for-13 shooting from the field — in a game the Nuggets went on to lose by a final score of 124-103. Still, when the Nuggets visit the Footprint Center on […]

Dillon Brooks is not exactly the most popular player in the NBA right now. As a matter of fact, you could say that the Memphis Grizzlies forward has established himself as one of the most hated on individuals in the game today. To some extent, the same is the case for Phoenix Suns superstar Kevin Durant, […]

When Kevin Durant made the big move to the Phoenix Suns, we all knew that they were going to be a force to be reckoned with. Well, six games in, and KD and Co. have lived up to all the hype surrounding this mid-season blockbuster move — and perhaps even more. In case you missed […]

Kendrick Perkins has had his fair share of war of words with former Oklahoma City Thunder Kevin Durant. These two have been involved in some back-and-forth through the years on both social media and television. In a rather unexpected turn of events, however, Big Perk is now siding with the Phoenix Suns superstar amid the […]

Phoenix Suns forward Kevin Durant is in his third uniform since leaving Oklahoma City. No matter the colors he has on his jersey, it hasn’t changed how Thunder fans view him since that fateful day in 2016. The Thunder faithful reminded KD of how they felt about him with some hearty boos during the Suns’ […]

The reception Phoenix Suns forward Kevin Durant got from Oklahoma City Thunder fans on Sunday was anything but warm. Durant got booed by the same fans who cheered for him back when he was still donning Oklahoma City colors. After the game, Suns head coach Monty Williams voiced his confusion over how Thunder fans still […]

Kevin Durant returns to his former stomping ground on Sunday when the Oklahoma City Thunder host the Phoenix Suns. This is the first time KD is playing in OKC since he made the move to Phoenix during the frenzied NBA trade deadline. Apparently, Thunder fans still have some bad blood for their former cornerstone superstar. […]

Sunday’s matchup between the Phoenix Suns and the Oklahoma City Thunder is an emotional encounter for Monty Williams. In 2016, during his lone season as an associate head coach for the Thunder, Williams lost his wife, Ingrid, in a tragic car crash. The Thunder organization has not forgotten about that devastating incident, and they made […]

When the new CBA deal was announced, a big question was whether or not the NBA would begin allowing players to enter the draft straight out of high school. Colloquially known as ‘prep-to-pro’ pipeline, this process of team building was allowed until 2006, when players were required to be at least one year removed from […]

The Phoenix Suns (42-35) head out on the road to take on the Oklahoma City Thunder (38-40), who are battling to make the play-in tournament. Tip-off is at 7:00 p.m. ET on Sunday. We continue our NBA odds series with a Suns-Thunder prediction, pick, and how to watch. The Suns are coming into this contest […]

Nikola Jokic was out of action on Thursday night as the Denver Nuggets suffered a lopsided 107-88 defeat at the hands of the New Orleans Pelicans. Denver has another game coming up on Friday against Kevin Durant and the Phoenix Suns, and at this point, Jokic has popped up on the injury report again. As […]

Kevin Durant recently made his debut for the Phoenix Suns before they ready for the NBA Playoffs. Colin Cowherd believes once the playoffs arrive, Durant and the Suns will have to overcome one major problem. "Here come the conspiracy theories if the Lakers make the playoffs." — @ColinCowherd explains pic.twitter.com/C8L0x9Gsps — Herd w/Colin Cowherd (@TheHerd) […]

A premier Western Conference battle in the desert will take place on Friday night, as the Denver Nuggets meet up with the Phoenix Suns in a battle between two contenders. It is time to check out our NBA odds series where our Nuggets-Suns prediction and pick will be revealed. Playing in their second game in […]

Phoenix Suns forward Kevin Durant has been on the receiving end of such cacophonously negative discourse from relentless pundits ever since he decided to move to the Golden State Warriors in free agency seven years ago. As a result of that move, many pundits believe that Durant’s accolades (two championships and two finals MVPs) are […]

Kevin Durant is, finally, back. The Phoenix Suns forward had a few setbacks early in his career in Arizona, but is now healthy and taking the court with Chris Paul and Devin Booker. He finally made his Suns home debut on Wednesday night, but it wasn’t exactly a performance to remember. KD finished with just […]

Kevin Durant’s tumultuous relationship with the Brooklyn Nets came to a head following Kyrie Irving’s trade request at the deadline. The former MVP requested a trade for the second time in six months and landed with the Phoenix Suns, his long-desired destination. Despite the decision to bolt from Brooklyn, Durant told the Athletic’s Shams Charania […]

The Phoenix Suns’ NBA playoffs journey is about to begin. The team made it to the NBA Finals in 2021 and the Western Conference semifinals in 2022. With the addition of Kevin Durant at the NBA trade deadline, will there be another Suns NBA Finals run this season? The road won’t be easy for KD, […]