PHOENIX — Leave it to Dillon Brooks to find the most interesting offseason training. Ahead of the Phoenix Suns' training camp beginning later this month,
As we prepare to finalize our preseason SunsRank, it’s worth looking back at the list we’ve created so far. Overall, I think it’s a solid reflection of where this franchise currently stands.
No, this is not an attempt to get birthday wishes from our faithful Bright Siders. But I was thinking about some outrageous things that would be great to see from the Suns this season.
You may look at the Suns re-signing Mark Williams to a three-year, $38 million contract as unnecessary. He hasn’t exactly been the picture of health throughout his career.
Dillon Brooks seems to have spent part of his offseason far away from an NBA gym, with the Phoenix Suns forward showing off his Kung Fu training in the Wudang Mountains of China.
The regular season is important, but NBA legends are made in the playoffs. More specifically, it's the Finals where the all-time greats have built their otherworldly reputations.
The Phoenix Suns are a mixed bag from a zoomed-out national perspective. On one hand, they exceeded expectations a year ago and became something of an underdog darling.
Phoenix Suns forward Dillon Brooks is certainly one NBA player anyone would want to have on their corner in a fistfight. For starters, Brooks never backs down from a battle.
As we’ve gone through the SunsRank exercise, I think one thing has become clear. This team has depth, at least on paper. Much of that depth is rooted in young players who still have to live up to their potential.
As we saw with the steep punishment that the NBA handed out to the Los Angeles Clippers earlier this week, one of the most valuable assets an NBA team can have is draft picks, especially lottery selections.
SunsRank continues as we look at the Phoenix Suns roster in its entirety and try to determine the team’s hierarchy. It is an exercise I always enjoy because it captures exactly how we feel at a specific point in time.
Typically, the path to the NBA for most players is to spend at least a season in college to get high-level basketball and important development under their belts.
Could Jalen Green eventually find himself back on the trade market? It’s at least a possibility worth watching, with Greg Swartz of Bleacher Report recently listing Green among five “sneaky” trade candidates, as relayed by Donnie Druin of NBA On SI.
PHOENIX — The Phoenix Suns are one of the more intriguing teams in the NBA this season. Not quite championship contenders. Not quite expected to miss the postseason.
Welcome to Inside the Suns, a deep-dive analysis of the current Phoenix Suns team in which the Fantable — a roundtable of Bright Siders — give their takes on the Suns’ latest issues and news.
With all the chatter around how the Phoenix Suns will eventually perform in the upcoming 2026-27 NBA season, one former NBA star gave them credit and a prediction that they will exceed expectations.
PHOENIX — The Phoenix Suns are hoping to shatter some expectations this season. After a surprise run to the playoffs, the Suns are hoping 2026-27 is an even better year with another step in the right direction after moving on from big names such as Kevin Durant and Bradley Beal last summer.
It feels like forever since the Phoenix Suns played, but now that we’re only a month away from the start of preseason, the excitement can finally start to creep in.
PHOENIX — With the Los Angeles Clippers suddenly facing one of the bleakest draft outlooks in the NBA, Phoenix Suns fans have started pondering whether the situation could create an opportunity for their own team.
On draft night 2026, former Arizona Wildcat Koa Peat watched as fellow draft hopefuls heard their name called one by one. Peat, a five-star forward who helped power Arizona to the Final Four alongside Brayden Burries, had previously been on the fence about entering his name into the ’26 draft at all.
PHOENIX — The Phoenix Suns enter the 2026-27 season with expectations that look very different from where they were a year ago. ESPN projects the Suns to finish 42-40 and land eighth in the Western Conference, putting them in the play-in tournament.
Phoenix Suns owner Mat Ishbia will not be parting ways with his franchise player in this lifetime. Ishbia spoke this week at a corporate event in Michigan.
Anyone who thought that the corporate upheaval that Mat Ishbia is dealing with would leak into his team, the Phoenix Suns majority owner himself has set the record straight.
Jalen Green gets another crack at making this whole Suns thing work. Perhaps the bigger question is whether the Suns can make it work around him. That’s basically the issue raised by Brendan Mau of NBA on SI, who examined Green’s fit entering his second season in Phoenix.
Devin Booker has spent his entire 11-year NBA career with the Phoenix Suns and has unsurprisingly become a fan favorite over time. Suns fans aren’t often critical of Booker as a result, but one was recently, and his teammate Collin Gillespie quickly came to his defense.
Collin Gillespie had a breakout campaign with the Phoenix Suns last season after struggling to carve out a role in his first years in the NBA. Some even considered him a candidate for Most Improved Player after putting up career-best numbers.