The Phoenix Suns are thriving, not just surviving without Chris Paul. If recent reports are to be believed, they won’t have to do so for much longer. According to The Athletic’s Sam Amick, Paul is already nearing his return from a right thumb avulsion fracture that was supposed to sideline him for 6-8 weeks, and he could be ready to...

In a battle between the No. 1 seed in the Western Conference and the No. 1 seed in the East Wednesday night, it wasn’t close. In a 111-90 road shellacking, the Phoenix Suns made the Miami Heat look like the team that was playing on the second night of a back-to-back, not the other way around. Despite falling short in...

The Phoenix Suns’ second NBA Finals rematch of the 2021-22 season lost a bit of its luster without Devin Booker, Chris Paul and Cam Johnson on the court, but their absence didn’t stop it from being a phenomenal game. While the Suns came up short against the Milwaukee Bucks on the road, 132-122, the game was far closer than the...

It’s a good thing the Phoenix Suns have built a comfy cushion for themselves atop the NBA standings, because the injury hits just keep on coming. According to the team, Suns star Devin Booker has entered COVID health and safety protocols as of Wednesday, ruling him out for their home game against the Portland Trail Blazers. Phoenix is already missing Chris Paul for the next 6-8 weeks due to an avulsion fracture in his right thumb, as well as Frank Kaminsky (right knee stress reaction) and Dario Saric (right knee rehab from ACL tear). “We’ll figure it out, man,” JaVale McGee said at Wednesday’s shootaround. “We knew this season was gonna be crazy just ’cause of COVID alone, and injuries…

There’s never a good time to be injured, but Chris Paul and the Phoenix Suns will try their hardest to prove themselves as the exception to the rule. On Sunday evening, TNT sideline reporter Allie LaForce dropped the bomb that had been hanging overhead since Phoenix’s final game entering the All-Star break: Chris Paul had suffered an avulsion fracture in...

Tied for the NBA’s best record at 30-9, the Phoenix Suns are in a pretty good place. Despite Devin Booker, Deandre Ayton, Jae Crowder and a host of other Suns players missing games left and right, this team’s impressive depth, reliable system and ingrained culture have them in the running for the top seed in the Western Conference. But after...

Monday’s literal last-second loss to the Memphis Grizzlies was just about as close to an outlier as you could get for the Phoenix Suns — not because the Grizz are a bad team or anything like that, but because it was so far outside the norms of what this group is capable of at full strength. Playing without Deandre Ayton,...

Remember when the Phoenix Suns were 1-3 to start the new season and everyone wanted to hit the panic button? Boy was that silly! After Sunday’s 26-point win over the lowly Houston Rockets, the Suns notched their eighth straight win, improving to the NBA’s second-best record (9-3), fifth-best point differential (+5.7) and longest active win streak in the process. This...

Just over a year ago, Cam Payne wasn’t on an NBA roster. Fast-forward 15 months, and his three-year, $19 million deal to re-sign with the Phoenix Suns is one of the league’s biggest steals. For Payne, there was no question about where he wanted to be as he approached his first free agency. “I knew from the jump I wanted...