Kellan Olson

1 week ago | arizonasports.com | Kellan Olson

The Phoenix Suns might be screwed in the future because of the NBA Draft and their only way out of it will be through… the draft. Blockbuster trades for Kevin Durant and Bradley Beal had a chance of torpedoing their long-term upside even if short-term success followed. It did not follow, and it has made the torpedoing more sudden and severe. They do not have control over any of their own draft picks for the next seven years.

1 week ago | arizonasports.com | Tyler Drake |Kellan Olson

The Phoenix Suns are expected to offer star Devin Booker a contract extension this summer, according to ESPN’s Brian Windhorst. The extension, which Booker is eligible to sign this summer, would span two years and be worth $149.8 million. Booker was the franchise player before Kevin Durant and Bradley Beal were acquired, and he remains the franchise player.

1 week ago | arizonasports.com | Brandon Cadiz |Kellan Olson

As the NBA enters the postseason, the league has released its list of top-selling jerseys from the 2024-25 season, with Phoenix Suns’ Kevin Durant and Devin Booker making appearances. Durant, who finished sixth in the league in scoring (26.6 points per game), came in at No. 13 on the list. Booker, the NBA’s ninth-leading scorer (25.6 points) came in one spot lower at No. 14. Both Suns stars maintain the same positions they held when the NBA released the midseason jersey sales rankings in January.

1 week ago | arizonasports.com | Kellan Olson

Whether it’s false hope or brilliant planning, a certified trend among NBA front offices is waiting in the wings for another situation to go poorly, which is why we know everyone is ready by now to try to trade for Phoenix Suns forward Kevin Durant this summer. The Suns’ unraveling over the last six months (and even last year) had every front office’s ears perked up, hunkering down together to see if this was the type of opportunity their franchise needed to take advantage of.

1 week ago | arizonasports.com | Kellan Olson

It will be four head coaches in four years for the Phoenix Suns after they fired Mike Budenholzer, with the failures of those three coaches having just as much to do with the Suns’ own, if not more. Phoenix’s lead decision-makers failed for the second straight year to identify the right head coach in these make-or-break Kevin Durant years, both of which snapped in two with no resistance.