Due to the fact that the Phoenix Suns already have Goran Dragic and plan to re-sign Eric Bledsoe (at least we think they will) at the point guard position, many were surprised when they selected Tyler Ennis out of Syracuse with the 18th overall pick of the 2014 NBA Draft Thursday night. Ennis wasn’t one […]
In the weeks and months leading up to the 2014 NBA Draft much of the conversation surrounding the Phoenix Suns involved the possibility of packaging their draft picks in some sort of trade. Holding the 14th, 18th and 27th selections in the first round, it was believed they could swing a deal to either move […]
The Phoenix Suns announced Friday they have made qualifying offers to point guard Eric Bledsoe and small forward P.J. Tucker. According to AZCentral Sports Suns beat writer Paul Coro, the offers are worth $3.7 million for Bledsoe and $1.1 million for Tucker. By extending the qualifying offers, the Suns maintain the right to match another […]
While we won’t know the impact from the Phoenix Suns’ 2014 draft class for at least a few years, that won’t stop people from handing out grades now. The Suns selected NC State small forward T.J. Warren with the No. 14 pick, Syracuse point guard Tyler Ennis with the 18th pick and Serbian shooting guard […]
The 2014 NBA Draft is now history. Sixty players entered the league with great pomp and circumstance — from Cleveland’s selection of Kansas forward Andrew Wiggins first overall to the San Antonio Spurs closing out the festivities by picking Baylor power forward Cory Jefferson. Here are some things I noticed during this year’s draft. Canadian […]
Many people try to predict what will happen in the NBA Draft. For the most part, they fail. Some picks make sense, others do not. There are also always a handful of trades. It was believed that the Phoenix Suns, with a trio of first-round picks and a seeming lack of desire to add three […]
PHOENIX — It would be easy to connect a few dots. Eric Bledsoe a point guard, and P.J. Tucker, a small forward, are restricted free agents. Forward/Center Channing Frye opted out of his contract earlier in the week and is now an unrestricted free agent. Thursday night, the Phoenix Suns spent the first two of […]
PHOENIX — The Phoenix Suns had many things in 2013-14. A dynamic backcourt. A promising frontcourt. Unexpected depth. One thing they didn’t have was a go-to scorer at a wing position. Perhaps they do now. The Suns selected North Carolina State forward T.J. Warren with the first of their three first-round picks in the 2014 […]
The Phoenix Suns closed out their busy night at the 2014 NBA Draft, selecting Alex Brown out of UW-Green Bay with the No. 50 overall pick. A 7-foot-1 stretch forward, Brown averaged 15.6 points and 5.7 rebounds per game with the Phoenix as a senior. He also shot 42 percent from three-point range. In addition […]
After taking two college prospects with the No. 14 and No. 18 picks in the 2014 NBA Draft, the Phoenix Suns went overseas with their final first round selection Thursday. With the No. 27 pick, the Suns took Serbian guard Bogdan Bogdanovic. The 6-foot-6 guard has played the last two seasons in the Euroleague with […]
On Thursday, the Phoenix Suns selected Syracuse point guard Tyler Ennis with the No. 18 pick. The freshman from Ontario averaged 13 points and 5.5 assists for Jim Boeheim’s squad. “I thought I had a really good workout [with the Suns on June 20],” Ennis said. “A lot of people are questioning the point guard […]
The Phoenix Suns added some scoring with the selection of North Carolina State forward T.J. Warren with the No. 14 overall pick in the NBA Draft Thursday. A 6-foot-8, 215-pound player, Warren averaged 24.9 points and 7.1 rebounds per game for the Wolfpack last season. He was named the ACC Player of the Year, leading […]
The Phoenix Suns are scheduled to pick at No. 14, No. 18, and No. 27 in the 2014 NBA Draft on Thursday. What should they expect? No. 14 Historically, the No. 14 pick hasn’t produced many all-stars, but good players can still be found. Shooting guard Peja Stojakovic (1996, Sacramento) was the last all-star taken […]
The Phoenix Suns have the 14th pick in the NBA Draft Thursday night — a familiar draft position for the Suns, which have had a pick in the 13 to 15 range in four of the last six years. Here’s a brief look back at what the Suns have done with these picks and how […]
PHOENIX — Unlike much of the basketball universe, okay, all of the basketball universe, the Phoenix Suns do not much care which player is drafted No. 1 or for that matter Nos. 2, 3, 4 or 5 in Thursday’s 2014 NBA Draft. It’s of no consequence to them. Rather, the Suns are more interested in […]
The Phoenix Suns have the 14th, 18th and 27th picks in the first round of Thursday’s NBA Draft, making them the 15th team in the last 20 years to have more than two picks in the first round. Here’s a look back at the past 20 years of other teams that had three picks in […]
The Phoenix Suns are getting LeBron James. OK, maybe they aren’t. In fact, they’re probably not. But since The King decided to opt out of his contract with the Miami Heat, he will become a free agent and thus be able to sign with whatever team he chooses, which could be the Suns! Is it […]
Every day, ArizonaSports.com asks readers a question. It’s the Sanderson Ford Poll Question of the Day, and it can be found midway down the right side of our home page. On Tuesday, we asked you if the Phoenix Suns should bring back forward Channing Frye, who opted out of his contract on Monday. More than […]
Every day, ArizonaSports.com asks readers a question. It’s the Sanderson Ford Poll Question of the Day, and it can be found midway down the right side of our home page. On Sunday, we asked you which big-name free agent at power forward the Phoenix Suns should attempt to sign should they be unable to trade […]
Come July 1, Channing Frye will be a free agent. The Phoenix Suns forward officially opted out of the final year of his contract Monday, forgoing one year at $6.8 million to take his chances in free agency. Frye is coming off a season in which he started all 82 games and averaged 11.1 points […]
If there is one position the Phoenix Suns would appear to be set at, it’s point guard. The team’s two best players — Goran Dragic and Eric Bledsoe — are at that spot, and last season the duo formed a very dynamic backcourt. A guest of Bickley and Marotta on Arizona Sports 98.7 FM Monday, […]
PHOENIX — Among the 72 different names the Phoenix Suns worked out in the past month, there were four point guards, seven combo guards and 10 forwards, both at the small and power forward positions, who are projected — according to the many so-called experts — to be drafted in the first round, where the […]
Suns point guard Eric Bledsoe is a hot name in the looming NBA free agency period, ranking as the fourth most valuable player in this year’s class. Beginning July 1, all NBA teams can talk with Bledsoe, a restricted free agent, and sign him to an offer sheet as early as July 10. The Suns […]
One of the final pieces of the pre-Ryan McDonough and Jeff Hornacek Phoenix Suns may be on his way out of the Valley. ESPN’s Marc Stein tweeted Sunday that forward Channing Frye is “99 percent” going to choose free agency on Monday, which is the deadline for him to decide if he wants to play […]
The 2014 NBA free agent market market is filled with All-Stars both past and present. From LeBron James to Carmelo Anthony to Paul Pierce and Dirk Nowitzki, there will be no shortage of intrigue this summer when it comes to the league’s household names — restricted and unrestricted. But in his ranking of the 75 […]
PHOENIX — Michigan guard and expected lottery pick Nik Stauskas worked out for an NBA team on Friday, but it wasn’t the Phoenix Suns. He worked out for the Los Angeles Lakers, the third of the reported four teams he was due to visit ahead of next week’s draft. He had previously worked out for […]
“Starting at forward for the Phoenix Suns, 6-foot-9 from UCLA, Kevin Loooooove…” Admit it, you’ve envisioned what it would look like with Love in the spotlight at US Airways Center, wearing the orange and black while public address announcer Kip Helt belts out the above intro. The consensus is, that scenario will probably come no […]
Former Phoenix Suns head coach Alvin Gentry will be joining forces with ex-Suns general manager Steve Kerr in Golden State, according to multiple reports. In parts of five seasons, Gentry was 158-144 (.523) while at the helm in Phoenix, reaching the Western Conference finals in 2009. Gentry began his Suns tenure in Phoenix as an […]
The NBA offseason is in full swing, with the NBA Draft less than a week away and a number of teams looking to make improvements to their rosters. For the Phoenix Suns, the biggest remaining question mark is whether or not they can execute a trade for Kevin Love. The Suns have an embarrassment of […]
Unquestionably, Kevin Love will be the most sought after player on the NBA market this offseason. Although he won’t be an unrestricted free agent until next summer, the Minnesota Timberwolves forward might be eying a quick and painless departure from the Twin Cities — after all he’s accomplished almost everything in his six-year career except […]
