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Game Preview: Summer League opens with a big test for Khaman Maluach
Who: Summer Suns vs. Summer Trail Blazers When: 8:00pm Arizona Time Where: Cox Pavilion, Las Vegas, Nevada Watch: Arizona Family Sports, ESPNU Knock, knock.Who’s there?Summer.Summer who?Summer Suns basketball baby!!!!!! That’s right. It’s time to watch some Phoenix Suns basketball! It’s time to see purple and orange back on the court! For an organization with so […]
SBN Reacts: The Suns are chasing progress, not highlights, in Las Vegas
Summer League basketball begins tonight for the Phoenix Suns, and with it comes the annual exercise of managing expectations. We want answers, we want progress, and we want to believe that the young players the Phoenix Suns are sending to Las Vegas will return looking a little more comfortable, a little more confident, and a […]
UPDATED: Suns Roster, Salaries, Cap Space, Available Draft Picks and More
I keep this page updated every time a deal goes down, and with the 2026 Draft and free agency deadline behind us, it’s time for another update. Yes, the Miles Bridges deal is still pending, as is the acquisition for Luke Kennard. But they will be with the team soon enough, allowing us to project […]
Is Oso Ighodaro the key to unlocking the Phoenix Suns’ potentially potent offense?
You are what you eat, or in this case, you are who you trade with and after a steady diet of trade activity with the Charlotte Hornets the Phoenix Suns, as currently constructed, are projected to run out a teal tinted lineup to start the upcoming season. If you pull up Charlotte’s season averages from […]
Suns JAM Session Podcast: Bridges Under Construction
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.
The Godfather returns: Jerry Colangelo among group bidding for an NBA team in Las Vegas
If you grew up on Suns basketball, this one hits different. Jerry Colangelo, the man who built this franchise from a 1968 coin flip loss into a Western Conference institution, is officially back in the NBA ownership game at 86 years old. The Las Vegas Jacks unveiled their leadership group Wednesday, headlined by Colangelo, former […]
The Suns have created a smart development path for Khaman Maluach
Yesterday was signing day for the Phoenix Suns as they officially welcomed back the key restricted and unrestricted free agents they retained this offseason. Ink was put to paper, and the organization completed an impressive offseason by bringing back Collin Gillespie, Jordan Goodwin, and Mark Williams for a combined $28.3 million in salary next season. […]
Collin Gillespie is why I’m watching the Suns this season
I cut my teeth on this league watching Steve Nash. That’s not a comparison I make lightly, and I’ll say up front: this isn’t one. But every generation of watching basketball needs a guy who makes you lean forward for reasons that have nothing to do with size or draft slot or highlight-reel gravity. Nash […]
Why the NBA hasn’t finalized the Miles Bridges trade yet
It’s transaction day in the NBA, seeing as the new league year officially began yesterday. We’re seeing plenty of notifications and press releases about players re-signing with the Phoenix Suns, including Collin Gillespie, Jordan Goodwin, and Mark Williams. Things that were previously reported are now becoming official, which is all part of the process once […]
Suns Reacts Survey: Which Suns sophomore needs the biggest Summer League leap?
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. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. The draft is done. Free agency is pretty much done, at least for the Phoenix Suns. […]
The Anachronism: Koa Peat and the search for a modern home for an old-school four
Phoenix didn’t have a first-round pick on draft night. They bought one. To get Koa Peat at No. 30, the Suns sent their own No. 47 back into a four-team knot with the Knicks, Mavericks, and Lakers, and attached two future second-round picks — 2029 and 2033 — to close it. That’s a real toll […]
Koby Brea returns to the Suns on a two-way deal
The Phoenix Suns continue to secure their own free agents to new deals. Koby Brea is next, according to ESPN NBA’s Insider Shams Charania, who reports that the guard is signing a two-way contract to return to Phoenix. In college, he was known for his shooting prowess at Kentucky and Davidson. Playing in 12 regular-season […]
Suns’ CEO Josh Bartelstein has finalized a new extension
Phoenix Suns General Manager Brian Gregory is keeping his right-hand man around for the foreseeable future, as Suns and Mercury CEO Josh Bartelstein is finalizing a new extension to keep him working with the team on the business and basketball side, according to ESPN NBA Insider Shams Charania. With the extension being announced, Suns Governor […]
Inside the Suns: Miles Bridges, evaluating the Suns’ offseason so far
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. This week, please join us in welcoming Zenzino as the newest member of the Fantable! Fantable Questions of […]
What a Miles Bridges extension could look like for the Suns
When the Phoenix Suns acquired Miles Bridges, a plethora of questions entered my mind. And one of the first was whether or not they would extend him. He is entering the final year of his contract at $22.8 million, so the possibility existed that Phoenix moved off the $29 million owed to Grayson Allen and […]
The Miles Bridges trade asks more of Suns fans than basketball
It has been one week since the Phoenix Suns acquired Miles Bridges. Ironically, it happened while I was trying to focus on anything other than basketball. I was chasing warm sand, cool ocean water, and time with my family. But on the drive home from California to Phoenix, I spent plenty of time thinking about […]
5 Jalen Green trades that could improve the Suns roster
Brian Gregory and the Suns have moved with purpose this offseason, securing three of their own free agents and adding Miles Bridges to the mix, but as the dust settles after the opening skirmishes of the offseason, they find themselves with a couple of round holes to fill and a bag full of square pegs. […]
Why the Suns could not pursue a Jaylen Brown trade
Wow, the NBA offseason has been a wild ride over the last couple of days. With free agency kicking off and trade season underway, we have already seen some big dominoes fall. LaMelo Ball to the Timberwolves, Giannis Antetokounmpo to the Heat, Kawhi Leonard back to Toronto, and most recently, the Jaylen Brown trade that […]
Dillon Brooks scores 15 in Canada’s victory over Puerto Rico
The Summer Olympics in Los Angeles are still two years away, but the process of determining which teams will make up the 12-team field is already underway. On Friday night in Hamilton, Ontario, the Canadian men’s national team faced Puerto Rico as part of the 2027 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification. The qualifying tournament helps […]
SBN Reacts: The Suns found their power forward but lost something else
As we sat here a little more than a year ago, Kevin Durant and Bradley Beal were still on the roster, but the Suns had just finished 11th in the Western Conference and missed the playoffs entirely. We all knew something had to change. The philosophy needed to change. The culture needed to change. The […]
Suns unveil Summer League roster for Las Vegas
We are one week away from Summer League tipping off in Las Vegas, and with it comes our first look at Suns basketball since late April, when the team’s season ended with a first-round sweep at the hands of the Oklahoma City Thunder. Granted, Summer League is a much different environment. But it’s exciting nonetheless, […]
A deep dive on Koa Peat and everything he brings to the Phoenix Suns
The goal of this piece is to be the only Koa Peat article you ever need. We will cover his hometown connection, his combine measurements, all the statistics, his family/upbringing, his fit in Phoenix, strengths, weaknesses, and more. The Phoenix Suns traded three second-round picks to land the 30th overall selection, used it on a […]
Suns add Pat Spencer on a two-way contract
I think we might be looking at what the Phoenix Suns roster might look like come opening day after the team signed former Golden State Warriors guard Pat Spencer to a two-way NBA contract, according to ESPN NBA Insider Shams Charania. Suns officials completed the contract on Thursday evening with Mark Bartelstein and Ross Aroyo […]
Comparing Luke Kennard and Grayson Allen beyond the numbers
It didn’t take long for the Phoenix Suns to find a replacement for sharpshooter Grayson Allen, whom they dealt to the Charlotte Hornets to acquire power forward Miles Bridges. In the first hours of NBA Free Agency, the team agreed to a two-year $13 million deal with sharpshooter Luke Kennard, who is set to fill […]
The NBA Cup is back, and I’m trying to meet it halfway
It’s July now, which means we’re officially in a new NBA year. The 2026-27 season is on the horizon, and maybe this is the year I make some basketball resolutions. Think New Year’s resolutions, except they’re about being a better fan, a better writer, and somebody who absorbs the sport a little differently. I’ll do […]
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