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The Dallas Mavericks haven’t won a title yet with Luka Doncic at the helm of the ship. Still, Doncic has provided countless incredible shots, plays and memories en route to becoming one of the most likeable and recognizable NBA stars in recent memory. Spurs legendary coach Gregg Popovich shared a truth bomb on Doncic’s recent […]

The Phoenix Suns are expected to be championship contenders with a superstar trio with Kevin Durant, Devin Booker and Bradley Beal. More than one-third of the way through the 2023-24 NBA regular season, Phoenix has had those players on the floor for one full game. The Suns, who have the fourth-best odds to win the […]

Christmas Day in the NBA is where stars shine the brightest. Christmas games are the biggest and most watched NBA games during the regular season. The teams and players chosen to play on the big day are always the best and most marketable in the league, and matchups are created with the idea of getting […]

Phoenix Suns guard Bradley Beal said he could return for the team’s Christmas game against the Dallas Mavericks on Monday. “When I first got hurt (four minutes into the Suns’ 139-122 loss to the New York Knicks Dec. 15), I honestly thought I broke my ankle,” Beal said, via Andscape. “I thought I broke my […]

Phoenix Suns forward Udoka Azubuike excited Kevin Durant enough for him to leap out of his seat and pump his fist. Then, Durant received a technical foul for walking on the court. Suns guard Devin Booker, who complained about Durant’s technical, did right after. During the Suns vs. Kings game, Kevin Durant (on the bench) […]

The Phoenix Suns recent struggles continued in their 120-105 loss to the Sacramento Kings on Friday night, despite a fairly strong outing from Kevin Durant (28 PTS, 7 REB, 2 AST, 9-14 FGM). The Kings were doing everything they could to slow down Durant, which led to a hilarious interaction between himself and Sacramento’s head […]

Phoenix Suns forward Yuta Watanabe reunited with Kevin Durant in free agency this offseason. Watanabe, who is shooting 31.3 percent from 3-point range this month, is struggling to fill his role. Suns coach Frank Vogel was asked about Watanabe’s confidence level since he is not playing after he started the season as a regular contributor. […]

The Phoenix Suns escaped with a narrow 116-112 win over the Washington Wizards Sunday night, concluding a five-game homestand 2-3. The Suns, who lost four of five and six of eight entering Sunday’s game, started off very slow. Phoenix trailed by as many as 16 points in the second half before it rallied in the […]

Phoenix Suns star Kevin Durant spoke on the Suns’ brutal home loss to the New York Knicks, expressing frustration with the current state of the team. Despite having one of the NBA’s best lineups with Durant, Bradley Beal, and Devin Booker, the Suns can’t seem to find an answer to consistent success. Injuries and defensive […]

Phoenix Suns guard Bradley Beal suffered a right ankle sprain in the team’s 139-122 loss to the New York Knicks Friday night at Footprint Center. Beal, who missed three weeks to recover from a back injury suffered in October, was in his second game back from injury with no minutes restriction. Beal, Suns guard Devin […]

Kevin Durant is a one-of-a-kind, in more than ways than one. The basketball-watching world has not seen a specimen quite like him step onto an NBA court. He is as tall as a center but has the handles and pure shooting stoke of a guard, making him a human Rubik’s Cube for opposing defenders to […]

Let’s look at Kevin Durant’s amazing $4 million car collection. Kevin Durant is an American basketball player for the Phoenix Suns of the NBA and is well on his way to a Hall of Fame career. The Seattle SuperSonics drafted Durant with the second overall pick in the 2007 NBA draft. He earned NBA Rookie […]

The Phoenix Suns’ 119-116 win over the Golden State Warriors on Tuesday night was a hard-fought contest, but things took a turn for the worse when Draymond Green unleashed a spinning backhand hit on Jusuf Nurkic that quickly got Green ejected from the game. The NBA then suspended Green indefinitely for the incident, and Kevin […]

The long-awaited and highly anticipated debut of the Phoenix Suns’ new Big Three didn’t exactly go as planned. Kevin Durant, Devin Booker, Bradley Beal and company fell to the Brooklyn Nets 116-112 on Wednesday night, uncharacteristically poor three-point shooting and their opponent’s balanced scoring attack preventing the Suns from getting a second win in as […]

For the Phoenix Suns, the long wait to get their vaunted Big Three to finally come and play together in the regular season finally came to an end, with Kevin Durant, Devin Booker, and Bradley Beal all healthy on Wednesday night as they faced the Brooklyn Nets. The addition of Beal led many pundits to […]

Phoenix Suns head coach Frank Vogel issued a challenge to his team following their Big 3’s unsuccessful debut against the Brooklyn Nets on Wednesday.The Big 3 of Kevin Durant, Devin Booker, and Bradley Beal finally took the court for the Suns in their 24th game of the season. Unfortunately, Brooklyn played spoilers in Phoenix’s 116-112 […]

Brooklyn Nets guard Mikal Bridges looks forward to his matchup against Phoenix Suns guard Devin Booker tonight. Mikal Bridges and Devin Booker were teammates with the Suns from 2018 to 2023. Suffice to say both men know each other’s moves very well. For his part, Bridges remained unfazed when reporters asked him about his upcoming […]

After 23 games, the Phoenix Suns will finally have their three All-Stars play together. While Kevin Durant sat out Tuesday night’s game against the Golden State Warriors, he has been upgraded to probable for Wednesday night’s game against the Brooklyn Nets, according to The Athletic’s Shams Charania. This means that the Suns with have their […]

The Phoenix Suns’ mediocre 12-10 record could be startling to some, but this team is not too concerned about its December standing. Although a surge will eventually be necessary, every move they make is predicated on reaching the NBA Finals. That big-picture goal has caused the organization to exercise extreme caution with Bradley Beal. The […]

The Phoenix Suns are preparing for their third showdown this season against the Golden State Warriors on Tuesday night, a chance to move to 3-0 against their rivals this season. Aside from the starpower that will participate in this game, all the headlines surrounding the Suns revolve around Bradley Beal and his return from a […]

After much anticipation, Bronny James finally made his college basketball debut for USC basketball in a tightly packed Galen Center. Other sports personalities not spectating live also decided to tune in, one of which was NBA superstar Kevin Durant. “Welcome back Bronny,” Durant posted on X. Welcome back indeed. Bronny James’ debut game could be […]

The Phoenix Suns lost to the Los Angeles Lakers Tuesday night in In-Season Tournament action, causing Suns fans, coaches and players to reevaluate themselves going forward. Devin Booker got brutally honest about a controversial Lakers timeout many believe was a violation that was not called. Fellow superstar Kevin Durant downplayed the situation, saying ‘That’s one […]

It’s always a challenge to introduce new ideas to spice up proceedings in professional sports, as athletes are creatures of habit and tradition. So when the NBA introduced the In-Season Tournament, not everyone was a fan. It felt gimmicky, and it felt like the league was just scraping the bottom of the barrel when it […]

For much of the Phoenix Suns’ quarterfinals clash against the Los Angeles Lakers in the NBA In-Season Tournament on Tuesday night, it was a back-and-forth affair, with Kevin Durant and LeBron James, being the ageless wonders that they are, trading one haymaker after another, with each star dropping 31 points each. Even Austin Reaves stole […]

Anything can happen in a one-game playoff, but Phoenix Suns star Kevin Durant is backing LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers to go all the way and become the champion of the inaugural NBA In-Season Tournament. The Lakers have taken the competition very seriously, with James bringing a high level of intensity in their […]

LeBron James defied Father Time once again Tuesday night, as he led the Los Angeles Lakers to a dramatic 106-103 victory against the Phoenix Suns. The four-time league Most Valuable Player had his fingerprints all over Los Angeles’ win, and he even managed to duplicate a franchise feat last done by no other than the […]

Entering the 2023-24 season, nearly five years have passed since the last time Kevin Durant squared off against LeBron James. Before the Phoenix Suns battled against the Los Angeles Lakers on October 26, 2023, the last matchup between two of the greatest small forwards of all time came on December 25, 2018. But this season, […]

Phoenix Suns guard Eric Gordon is available for the team’s NBA In-Season Tournament quarterfinal game against the Los Angeles Lakers, coach Frank Vogel confirmed. Gordon, who is averaging 14.7 points on 47.2 percent shooting (41.3 percent from 3-point range) and has started 14 of 18 games he has played in, missed the Suns’ 116-109 win […]

The moment Kevin Durant walked off the then-named American Airlines Arena after his Oklahoma City Thunder lost Game 5 of the NBA Finals versus LeBron James and the Miami Heat, a historic rivalry began. It just didn’t continue on the NBA Finals-floor for another five years. Durant signed with the Golden State Warriors and faced […]

PHOENIX — The Suns are entering their first NBA In-Season Tournament with a 12-8 record, good for fourth place in the Western Conference but not where the team wants to be in search of its first-ever championship. Coach Frank Vogel, who coached the Los Angeles Lakers to a 2020 championship, is playing his former team […]

The Phoenix Suns have had a solid start to the 2023-24 NBA basketball season. The Suns have a record of 12-8 and are fourth in the Western Conference standings. Kevin Durant and Devin Booker have been on an offensive clinic. Durant praised his partner in crime amid the team’s successful start. Kevin Durant gives Devin […]

NBA legend Rasheed Wallace knows a little something about greatness. Wallace was a great player himself, of course, and he went up against some of the best to ever play in NBA history, like Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, and LeBron James. For right now, though, Wallace has a strong opinion about who the best player […]

The Phoenix Suns secured the West’s wild card spot for the inaugural NBA 2023-24 in-season tournament. Phoenix, the No. 4 seed and runner-up in the A group, will play the winner of that pool and Pacific Division rival Los Angeles Lakers. The Suns, who have arguably the NBA’s best star trio with Devin Booker, Bradley […]

With a matchup between the Phoenix Suns and the Los Angeles Lakers in the quarterfinals of the NBA In-Season Tournament on the docket in a few hours’ time, there is much anticipation for yet another matchup between Kevin Durant and LeBron James. In fact, barring an unforeseen turn of events on the injury front, their […]

The Los Angeles Lakers host the Phoenix Suns on Tuesday in their NBA In-Season Tournament matchup. Lakers coach Darvin Ham reflected on the Suns’ dangerous duo of Kevin Durant and Devin Booker, according to Duane Rankin of AZ Central: "You can't get discouraged. You've definitely got to have a multiple effort mentality, but yet still […]

After all the debates and consternation, the Texas Longhorns finally got their ticket to the College Football Playoff. Texas football is scheduled to play the Washington Huskies at the CFP Semifinal Allstate Sugar Bowl, and Longhorns legend and Phoenix Suns superstar forward Kevin Durant is absolutely hyped about his alma mater making it to football’s […]

Even though the Phoenix Suns have yet to see their new star trio in action, they have seen two of them shine. The chemistry between Devin Booker and Kevin Durant has only grown as they lead the Suns to a top-10 offense and winning record through the first 20 games of the 2023-24 campaign. Booker […]

Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James is tipping his cap to a fellow NBA All-Star who has accomplished an impressive feat. Kevin Durant is now on the top 10 all-time scoring list. LeBron James had words of encouragement for Durant following the achievement. “CONGRATS,” LeBron James posted on his social media. He directed the comment […]

The Phoenix Suns were without Devin Booker and Bradley Beal for their battle with the Denver Nuggets, but still nearly managed to come out on top when all was said and done. That was thanks in large part to big games from Jusuf Nurkic (31 PTS, 6 REB, 2 AST, 13-22 FGM) and Kevin Durant […]