Luke Kennard: Suns’ point guard play ‘will be fine’

The question mark at the Phoenix Suns’ point guard position has been a topic of interest for years now, and it once again came up with reports of locker room frustration after the team’s 1-2 start to the 2026-27 NBA season.

With Collin Gillespie, a “traditional” point guard, coming off the bench, playmaking responsibilities in the starting lineup have been shared between Devin Booker, Jalen Green, Dillon Brooks and Miles Bridges. The result has been an offense that has looked stagnant at times, with shots distributed unevenly among the team’s top scorers.

Debate has opened up about whether Gillespie should be inserted into the starting lineup or if the Suns should consider trading for a point guard to help alleviate the issues. But in talking to Arizona Sports’ Burns & Gambo, Suns shooting guard Luke Kennard expressed that Phoenix’s current group can figure out the point guard role.

“There’s a lot of things that you can go into when you talk about a ‘traditional point guard,'” Kennard said. “There’s a lot of scoring point guards now and I think you can kind of have a guy that can organize an offense and get guys in the right spot and make right decisions and get the offense going.

“But when you have special guys on your team that can do that, All-NBA level guys — and I believe we have that — you kind of roll with that. And you work through the little things that you need to work through. And yeah, I think we’ll be fine.”

Kennard also gave props to Gillespie in particular, noting his excitement about developing chemistry with the fourth-year guard in the team’s second unit.

“I love Collin. He’s a great teammate,” Kennard said. “I see him as one of our leaders, and I love playing with him. Obviously I was hurt the first game, kind of been in and out a little bit the last couple games, but I’m excited to keep developing our chemistry in that second unit, that group that we have.”

In 25 minutes of Gillespie and Kennard being together on the floor, the Suns have +17.8 net rating and shoot 48% on 3-pointers — 14.1 percentage points higher than the team’s average in the rest of its minutes — according to Databallr.

Additionally, Gillespie leads the NBA in team assist percentage (AST%) — which measures the difference in the share of team field goals assisted on with a player on the floor — according to HoopsJunkie.

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