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LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Ten-time All-Star Chris Paul is set to join the Phoenix Suns from the Oklahoma City Thunder as part of a blockbuster deal that sends four players and a draft pick the other way, reports said on Monday. ESPN reported that Paul and team-mate Adel Nader would head to the Suns in exchange for Kelly Oubre, Ricky Rubio, Ty Jerome and Jalen Lecque. Oklahoma City would also receive a 2022 […]
ORLANDO, United States (AFP) — Devin Booker produced another 30-point scoring display as the Phoenix Suns made it six wins in a row since the NBA’s restart with a blowout victory over Oklahoma City Thunder on Monday. Booker scored 35 points with five rebounds and four assists in a 128-101 win that maintained Phoenix’s improbable charge towards a place in the Western Conference play-in. It was the fourth time in six games that Booker has […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Phoenix Suns center Deandre Ayton, the top pick in the 2018 NBA draft, has been suspended 25 games after testing positive for a banned diuretic, the league said Thursday. The brief statement from the NBA did not detail when Ayton tested positive but said his suspension would begin with Friday’s game against the Denver Nuggets. ESPN, citing league sources, reported that the NBA Players Association plans to file arbitration […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Devin Booker exploded for 59 points on Monday but could not prevent the Phoenix Suns suffering a blowout 125-92 defeat against the Utah Jazz. Booker’s brilliant half century of points included five three pointers as he drained 19 of 34 field goal attempts at Vivint Smart Home Arena in Salt Lake City. The 22-year-old Booker is only the fourth player in NBA history to post multiple 50-point games before […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — James Harden flirted with a triple double as the Houston Rockets beat the Phoenix Suns for the 10th straight game with a 108-102 win on Friday. Harden had 41 points, 11 assists and nine rebounds finishing just one rebound short of a triple double. He also had six steals. Houston was behind for much of the game and shot poorly from beyond the arc but their ability to finish […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — LeBron James had 19 points, 10 assists and seven rebounds as Los Angeles clobbered the Phoenix Suns 131-113, giving the four time MVP his first win as a Laker. James likely would have posted his 74th career triple double as he got all his points in first three quarters then sat out the fourth with the game in hand. But this Laker win was by committee as seven players […]
PHOENIX, United States (AFP) — The Phoenix Suns have fired head coach Earl Watson just three games into the NBA season, the earliest ousting of a head coach in league history, ESPN.com reported on Sunday. Assistant coach Jay Triano is expected to take over from Watson as an interim head coach of the 0-3 Suns until management decides on a long-term replacement. Phoenix’s latest defeat was a 130-88 blowout on the road against the Los Angeles Clippers on […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Our Sun is much like other stars, and not an anomaly because of its magnetic poles that flip every 11 years, scientists said Thursday. The report in the journal Science aims to lay to rest the controversy over whether our solar system’s star is cyclic, like other nearby, solar-type stars. “We have shed light on a fundamental mechanism which determines the length of these cycles, which helps us understand the […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Kevin Love missed full contract drills for the Cleveland Cavaliers on Wednesday and could be sidelined when the reigning NBA champions play host to Phoenix on Thursday. Kyle Korver, Cleveland’s newly acquired 3-point specialist, could make his first start for his new club if Love’s sore back keeps him out of the lineup against the Suns. “He went through half the practice,” Cavaliers coach Tyronn Lue said. “He’s still questionable. […]
