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Johnathan Simmons is one of the best rags to riches stories in the NBA in quite some time. He went from a player spending his own money to participate in a D-League (or G-League these days) tryout to averaging 15 points per game in the western conference finals for the San Antonio Spurs in a [...]

There is no question that at this point of the season, the Phoenix Suns have one mission: securing as many ping pong balls as possible. Losers of nine of their last 10 and having already shut down Eric Bledsoe, Tyson Chandler and Brandon Knight for the season (Knight may be for other reasons) the Suns [...]

This time of the year is rampant with coaching rumors in the world of college basketball as the coaching carousel rife with coach poaching and coaches making deals with parents or high school coaches of the country’s elite high school talent try to land a blue-chip recruit for a program. This carousel doesn’t typically include [...]

Growing up in Phoenix as a Phoenix Suns fan there has always been one oddity that never really made sense…being a fan of a team located in one of the seven largest metropolitan areas in the United States, why was there such a the lack of hometown players to play for the team? In my [...]

The Suns Gorilla is one of the longest standing professional sports mascots, a true legend in the world of mascots. He is a high-energy, motorcycle riding, trampoline dunking, ball of energy that has been a pioneer for mascots. Apparently after being a huge part of the Suns in-game experience and the local Phoenix community, the [...]

Suns General Manager Ryan McDonough was on Arizona Sports Radio, 98.7 FM on Friday and let it be known that the Suns had discussions and were presented with an offer from an unnamed eastern conference team that involved each team swapping three of their best assets. Here is McDonough’s quote from the Doug and Wolf [...]

As we enter the final week before the NBA trade deadline, the rumors will only continue to intensify, and a number of trades that were never rumored will actually occur as teams play musical chairs. Because of a confluence of factors for the Phoenix Suns, including their status as a rebuilding team, the fact that [...]

Imagine you’re a general manager. Would you give up a first-round pick for P.J. Tucker’s expiring contract? The Phoenix Suns are hoping so. Even though the Los Angeles Clippers, as of now, won’t. Per ESPN.com’s Marc Stein: The Clippers have offered a future second-round pick for Suns forward P.J. Tucker — who is said to [...]

Brandon Knight is having a season to forget, but if the Phoenix Suns make him available ahead of the trade deadline, there will be takers. From Basketball Insiders’ Michael Scotto: Knight, 25, was asked to be a sixth man for the first time in his career and has struggled with the transition. Phoenix’s backcourt tandem [...]

Brandon Knight is not available for another NBA team’s taking…right now. But he probably will be…later. With the Phoenix Suns sitting at 5-13, staring down the barrel of another lost season, rival teams will no doubt look to see if they enter sellers mode ahead of the February trade deadline. And while they extent of [...]