Coming off a 19-win season and a summer of change, how should the rebuilding Phoenix Suns define success for the 2019-20 NBA season? The Phoenix Suns enter the 2019-20 NBA season in a different, yet extremely familiar position: coming off a summer of incremental changes framed as a reboot, hoping this time will be different.
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Ricky Rubio is not a perfect fit on the Phoenix Suns, but after Media Day, it’s abundantly clear his impact will be greater than most people expect. The Phoenix Suns haven’t had a legitimate starting-caliber point guard for the better part of two years, but when they signed Ricky Rubio to a three-year, $51 million
Heading into his second NBA season, projections for Phoenix Suns center Deandre Ayton are all over the map. After Media Day, the picture remains foggy. There’s no doubt that second-year center Deandre Ayton is in store for a big season in 2019-20. After posting 16.3 points and 10.3 rebounds per game on 58.5 percent shooting
Media Day is always about optimism, muscle watch and other false hope storylines. Instead, let’s take a look at 10 random things from the Phoenix Suns’ 2019-20 Media Day you might have missed. Like most of the league, the Phoenix Suns held their annual Media Day for the upcoming 2019-20 NBA season on Monday. This
The Phoenix Suns have been an NBA laughingstock for nearly a decade. Despite an odd offseason, this team may actually wind up being among the league’s most improved. For the better part of a decade now, the Phoenix Suns have been one of the NBA’s biggest jokes. They’ve missed the playoffs nine straight years, failed
With the 2019-20 NBA season less than a month away, we’re exploring the most interesting players for each team in the Pacific Division. We’re now less than a month away from the start of the 2019-20 NBA season. Coming off one of the most interesting offseasons in recent memory, it feels like an appropriate time
Kelly Oubre Jr. talked about the free agency process, his summer preparation for a new season with the Phoenix Suns and gave a Valley Boyz merch update. CarMax, the nation’s largest retailer of used cars, has partnered up with the NBA Players Association to select four current NBA players (Kelly Oubre Jr. of the Phoenix
The Phoenix Suns have had a bad go of it. In five years, the Suns have managed just 126 wins, tied with the Knicks for the fewest in the NBA over that span. With the exit of Steve Nash in 2012, the team found themselves in a pit that they have yet to dig themselves
What? You thought all the bizarreness stopped on Monday? Oh, no, dear friends. We’ve got some more to cover. The following plotlines that are soon to be mentioned below are not as wild as the ones that were mentioned on Monday. However, they still fit the ongoing theme of oddities that much be mentioned. Teams
With another week gone by, we’ve officially flipped the calendar over to August. Preseason football is starting up, as is Team USA Basketball practice, which signals that fall is right around the corner. It also means NBA Training Camps are somehow only a month or so away. Can you believe it? So what better way
The Phoenix Suns are notorious for overpays backfiring in free agency, but a look at their recent history suggests Ricky Rubio and Kelly Oubre Jr. might buck the trend. Abstract art is a visual language that is lost on many, this writer included. While the connoisseur may see beautiful, striking composition that ventures beyond the
Ricky Rubio’s never gonna turn into the player he was supposed to be, and that makes him the perfect fit in Phoenix. The Suns quickly addressed their biggest need at the onset of free agency, signing Ricky Rubio to a three-year, $51 million contract. Rubio will start his ninth season in the NBA on his
MINNEAPOLIS, MN – MAY 21: President of Basketball Operations Gersson Rosas of the Minnesota Timberwolves introduces Ryan Saunders as the new head coach during a press conference on May 21, 2019 at Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this photograph, user is consenting
The 2019 NBA Draft started off with more trade activity than expected as most experts even predicted a record-breaking night as far as trades were concerned. With many big-name stars on the move pre-draft, rumors galore and the pending free agency period, all 30 teams were looking to maneuver in a way that best suited
The 2019 NBA Draft started off with more trade activity than expected as most experts even predicted a record-breaking night as far as trades were concerned. With many big-name stars on the move pre-draft, rumors galore and the pending free agency period, all 30 teams were looking to maneuver in a way that best suited
The 2019 NBA Draft started off with more trade activity than expected as most experts even predicted a record-breaking night as far as trades were concerned. With many big-name stars on the move pre-draft, rumors galore and the pending free agency period, all 30 teams were looking to maneuver in a way that best suited
PHOENIX, AZ – NOVEMBER 08: TJ Warren #12 of the Phoenix Suns handles the ball during the NBA game against the Boston Celtics at Talking Stick Resort Arena on November 8, 2018 in Phoenix, Arizona. The Celtics defeated the Suns 116-109 in overtime. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and
With the NBA Draft less than nine days away, things in the NBA are starting to heat up as NBA teams zero in on trade scenarios and the players they will ultimately have a real shot at drafting. There is a very important disclaimer/concept worth re-stating. Rumors, like the ones we’ll dig into in a
The Phoenix Suns may be willing to move the No. 6 pick in the draft for a veteran guard, and these five should be on the radar. The Phoenix Suns have not made the playoffs since 2010 now, with four straight seasons of less than 25 wins and a collective winning percentage of .264 over
Even with seemingly little money to spend right now, here are five targets for the Phoenix Suns in 2019 NBA free agency. The Phoenix Suns had another dismal season in 2018-18, going 19-63 and earning themselves a shot a fair percentage chance at the No. 1 overall pick in June’s draft. They wound up with
And just like that, another NBA Draft Lottery came and went. But this one felt different. It felt strange for very obvious reasons. Tanking has always been an issue in the NBA and has only gotten worse with more and more bottom-feeder teams purposely losing games in order to move up in the draft order.
Since joining the NBA in the 1968-69 season, the Phoenix Suns have been one of the most consistent teams in the league. Over the course of their 51 seasons, they have surpassed 50 wins 18 times. The Suns reached their apex In the early 2000s, when they became the franchise that helped advance the way
PHILADELPHIA, PA – OCTOBER 1: Assistant coach Monty Williams of the the Philadelphia 76ers looks on against the Orlando Magic during a pre-season game on October 1, 2018 at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this Photograph, user is consenting to
The Phoenix Suns have leaned into the chaos, firing head coach Igor Kokoskov after just one season. According to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, the Phoenix Suns have decided to fire head Igor Kokoskov, who lead the team to a 19-63 record in his first season. Before joining Phoenix, Kokoskov spent 18 years as an assistant with
Another offseason, another Phoenix Suns head coaching search is underway. After a year with Igor Kokoskov at the helm, the Suns felt as if they had seen enough. A longtime NBA assistant and head coach of the Slovenian national team, Kokoskov had a rough go of it in Phoenix. The team limped to a 19-63
HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT – MARCH 23: Ja Morant #12 of the Murray State Racers celebrates his three point basket against the Florida State Seminoles in the first half during the second round of the 2019 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament at XL Center on March 23, 2019 in Hartford, Connecticut. (Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images) Top point
With an open roster spot and nothing to lose, the Phoenix Suns are set to meet with Jimmer Fredette. At 17-55 right now, the Phoenix Suns are locked into a last-place finish in the Western Conference. They also have an open roster spot, and according to John Gambadoro of the 98.7 FM the Suns were
Basketball Insiders continues it’s “Fixing” series for teams who have been eliminated from playoff contention. Today’s team: the Phoenix Suns. The Suns shifted into a full rebuild in 2015. Four years later, the roster makeup has changed, but their state remains the same. In what may have been the tightest playoff race we may have
Basketball Insiders continues it’s “Fixing” series for teams who have been eliminated from playoff contention. Today’s team: the Phoenix Suns. The Suns shifted into a full rebuild in 2015. Four years later, the roster makeup has changed, but their state remains the same. In what may have been the tightest playoff race we may have
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