Latest news and updates about the Suns
PHOENIX – Ronnie 2K recently asked Spurs star and NBA 2k27 cover athlete Victor Wembanyama to name his starting five using NBA 2K cover athletes from the past decade. His choices were Devin Booker, Luka Doncic, Damian Lillard, Giannis Antetokounmpo, and himself. Victor Wembanyama lists Devin Booker in his top starting 5: Luka. Dame. Booker. […]
PHOENIX – ESPN’s NBA insiders have the Phoenix Suns projected as the No. 8 seed in the Western Conference, placing the Suns in the Play-In Tournament and suggesting they remain closer to the playoff bubble than the conference’s elite. @ESPN’s NBA Insiders predict that the @Suns will be the 8th seed in the 2026-27 season […]
Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NBA. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Suns fans and fans across the country. The Phoenix Suns find themselves in an interesting position within the Pacific Division this upcoming season because it might actually be up for grabs. Phoenix is […]
ESPN has released their predictions for the 2026-27 NBA season. The Portland Trail Blazers are in a “glass half-full” position, ranked 7th in the NBA’s Western Conference. The four-letter network forecasts the Blazers with 43 wins, just ahead of the 8th-place Phoenix Suns with 42. That position would put the Blazers in the Play-In Tournament […]
The Phoenix Suns will be one of the more interesting teams to watch this upcoming season for a multitude of reasons. They’re one of the few teams that largely stayed the same and leaned into continuity and development, although they did change 20% of their starting lineup by acquiring Miles Bridges and sending out Royce […]
Being a Phoenix Suns fan means being someone who has dealt with trauma, pain, poor decisions, health issues, and bad luck throughout the history of the franchise, and throughout your own existence as a fan. One thing I think we’ve done a good job of this summer from a Bright Side perspective is not leaning […]
The original post-game podcast on Planet Purple! Watch it right here! Listen to the latest podcast episode of the Suns JAM Session Podcast below. Stay up to date on every episode, subscribe to the pod on Apple, Spotify, YouTube, YouTube Podcasts, Amazon Music, Podbean, and Castbox. Please subscribe, rate, and review.
PHOENIX — Indiana Pacers guard Tyrese Haliburton can still remember where he wanted to go on draft night, and who he wanted to play alongside. As the 2020 NBA Draft unfolded, Haliburton was hoping the Phoenix Suns would call his name. The young guard saw an opportunity to join Devin Booker in the backcourt and […]
Tyrese Haliburton revealed that he wanted the Phoenix Suns to draft him in 2020 so he could play alongside Devin Booker.
There are things in life you’d rather have and not need than need and not have. Jumper cables. A plunger. An alibi? And in the case of a professional basketball organization, two-way contracted players. If your two-way players are getting substantial minutes with the big league club, something probably went wrong along the way. Injuries […]
With how Kevin Garnett’s Boston legacy turned out, it’s easy to forget that he wasn’t sold on the Celtics at all in the summer of 2007. Four teams were chasing him: the Lakers, the Suns, the Warriors, and Boston, and by his own account, on an episode of “All The Smoke,” his actual first choice […] The post “He Was Finessing Me”: NBA Legend Reveals Meeting That Swayed Him to Celtics Over Kobe’s Lakers appeared first on EssentiallySports .
Mat Ishbia is in “zero” danger of being forced to sell the Phoenix Suns in the coming months despite a $452 million quarterly loss at UWM Holdings, according to league sources cited by The Arizona Republic. The report comes after questions about whether the decline in UWM’s stock price could put pressure on the Suns […] The post Sources downplay Mat Ishbia Suns sale concerns appeared first on TalkBasket.net .
Welcome to Inside the Suns, your weekly deep-down analysis of the current Phoenix Suns team. Each week, the Fantable — a round table of Bright Siders — gives their takes on the Suns’ latest issues and news. Fantable Questions of the Week Q1: Dillon Brooks recently said that he’s working on his passing this summer […]
PHOENIX – The Charlotte Hornets posted videos of behind the scenes footage of two massive trades they made this offseason, including the Miles Bridges deal to the Phoenix Suns. The 32-minute video devolves into the Hornets’ front office mindset trading two cornerstone pieces this Summer in Bridges and LaMelo Ball. General manager Jeff Peterson saw the […]
Phoenix Suns veteran Dillon Brooks doesn’t back down from a challenge, albeit against Oklahoma City Thunder’s MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander or San Antonio Spurs All-Star Victor Wembanyama. While Brooks has the uptmost respect for Wembanyama and the two-time MVP in Gilgeous-Alexander, he claims he had the latter’s number during Dillon’s time with the Memphis Grizzlies. Brooks […] The post Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Victor Wembanyama will laugh at Dillon Brooks’ delusions of grandeur appeared firs...
As we find ourselves buried in the unrelenting sands of the desert known as the NBA offseason, we can’t help ourselves. We begin projecting forward, wondering what could happen with the Phoenix Suns during the 2026–27 season. It’s only natural to dive into the statistics we already have and attempt to project what they might […]
Phoenix Suns star Dillon Brooks feels his team's first-round sweep by the Oklahoma City Thunder might have been the start of a new rivalry between him and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander.
By Gerald Bourguet The Phoenix Suns will have a new starting lineup heading into next season, and although this group has yet to play a single minute together, there... The post One area where each Suns starter must improve to make it work: Devin Booker’s pull-up 3s first appeared on Sports360AZ .
We rank the 20 highest-paid NBA point guards ahead of the 2026-27 season.
The Suns surprised just about everyone (including me) by winning 45 games in 2025-26 despite losing their second-highest-paid player (Jalen Green) for most of the season. There are hopes, and even expectations, that the Suns will win even more with a year of continuity, fewer injuries, the addition of Miles Bridges, and development by young […]
When Mat Ishbia orchestrated his record-setting $4 billion acquisition of the Phoenix Suns and Phoenix Mercury in 2023, he relied heavily on a sophisticated, heavily leveraged financial playbook. Rather than liquidating his vast equity in his mortgage company, United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM), and incurring monumental capital gains tax liabilities, Ishbia secured multi-billion-dollar lending facilities with […] The post Mat Ishbia’s Suns Might Become Next NBA Team to Hit the Market After Lake...
Mat Ishbia’s declining UWM Holdings stock has raised questions about whether the Phoenix Suns owner could eventually be forced to sell part of his sports portfolio. But based on the available information, a sale of the Suns does not appear to be an immediate or necessary outcome. Joe Pompliano detailed the financial structure behind Ishbia’s […] The post Could Mat Ishbia be forced to sell the Suns? appeared first on TalkBasket.net .
PHOENIX – The Phoenix Suns gave up a massive haul for former Charlotte Hornets forward Miles Bridges, and the franchise reportedly expects big things. ESPN’s Brian Windhorst on his podcast The Hoop Collective discuss what Phoenix expectations are for the 28-year-old. Entering the final year of his contract, Windhorst believes the Suns are going to get […]
United Wholesale Mortgage, Mat Ishbia‘s mortgage lending firm, reported $452MM in losses for the second quarter of 2026, per Corina Vanek of The Arizona Republic, and the company’s stock price has dropped by more than 70% since Ishbia first took majority control of the Suns back in 2023, according to Joe Pompliano of Huddle Up. […]
Reports continue to trickle in about how United Wholesale Mortgage, the mortgage-lending firm led by Phoenix Suns and Phoenix Mercury owner Mat Ishbia, has been taking a financial bath this year. Through the first two quarters, the company has reported a combined $622 million in losses, $170 million in the first quarter and another $452 […]