The Phoenix Suns have a top-four that’s more stacked than any other team in the NBA. Chris Paul, Devin Booker, Kevin Durant and Deandre Ayton form an undeniably potent, star-studded core. Come playoff time, the sheer firepower of that foursome will help mitigate concerns about the team’s overall depth, let alone who becomes the fifth starter/closer. However, over this prolonged…
The Phoenix Suns have officially entered the Kevin Durant era, and so now felt like a good time for another Suns Monthly Mailbag! From questions about Durant’s Suns debut to what Monty Williams’ rotation might look like to possible playoff matchups, there’s plenty of hoops-related content to dive into. But our readers were also curious about favorite movies, Marvel vs.…...
Friday was a normal game day for the Phoenix Suns. Coming off the All-Star break and the media circus that followed Kevin Durant’s arrival, a game against the Oklahoma City Thunder represented a return to the norm. For Ish Wainright, however, it was a turbulent, emotionally charged day. Wainright, who was still playing on a two-way contract, officially ran out…
The Phoenix Suns appear to be in a holding pattern for Kevin Durant, but after that initial flurry of reports stemming from his July 1 trade request, it’s grown fairly quiet. While other suitors have risen and fallen, the Suns will remain smack-dab in the middle of these long-winding sweepstakes as long as KD wants to play in Phoenix. There…...
On an NBA Summer League roster full of players from different backgrounds, nationalities and levels of experience, Ish Wainright is the lone holdover from the Phoenix Suns’ roster. And despite being the new guy just a few months ago, he’s come to represent this organization’s best case-scenario for player development on the margins. Last August, Wainright signed a two-way contract…...
While it’s only natural to look outward for external upgrades after such a traumatic playoff collapse, the Phoenix Suns will also spend a good deal of their offseason looking inward…and not just the players and coaches staring at a mirror wondering what went wrong. From a pure team-building perspective, the Suns will have to reconcile the franchise-record, 64-win season that…...
If the NBA playoffs started today, Ish Wainright wouldn’t be allowed to suit up for the Phoenix Suns. Wednesday’s blowout-turned-uplifting loss to the LA Clippers showed why that probably needs to change. In a game where the NBA’s No. 1 team rested Devin Booker, Chris Paul, Deandre Ayton, and Chris Paul, and then trailed by as many as 39 points,…...
On the season, Ish Wainright holds averages of 2.2 points and 1.5 rebounds in 7.6 minutes per game. He’s shot 38.5 percent from the field, has only appeared in 23 games for the Phoenix Suns and is playing on a two-way contract that would make him ineligible for the playoffs. But against the San Antonio Spurs Sunday night, and sparingly…...
Take away two of an NBA team’s best players and you’ll learn a lot about the other guys. Take away two of their best players and several other rotation players, and suddenly things get interesting in a hurry. So far for the Phoenix Suns, the results have been somewhat mixed ever since Devin Booker and then Deandre Ayton went down…...
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