When Channing Frye retired from the NBA in 2019 after 14 seasons, he was faced with uncertainty for the first time. Basketball had taken up much of his life by him; it had conscripted him when he was a 6-foot-2 sixth-grader, and he dove in to make a career out of it. But now that …
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PHOENIX — Monty Williams double-checked the stat sheet to make sure. Yes, there it was. Phoenix guard Devin Booker attempted three foul shots in Tuesday night’s 116-104 loss to the Milwaukee Bucks at the Footprint Center. “And Jrue Holiday is one of the most physical defenders in the game,” the Suns coach said. Williams didn’t …
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— Written by David Aldridge, James Edwards III and Josh Robbins The 2022-23 NBA Defensive Player of the Year race has plenty of deserving candidates. With only four weeks remaining in the regular season, who are the favorites for the award? To answer that question, The Athletic has assembled three of its writers who voted …
PHOENIX — Suns coach Monty Williams found out before the team’s pregame meeting. Guard Devin Booker found out right before the Suns took the court. He saw Kevin Durant sitting on the trainer’s table. Point guard Chris Paul noticed the same. “I didn’t even know what was going on, I saw him on the table, …
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PHOENIX – Monty Williams on Tuesday was asked how he would assess the Suns’ first three games with Kevin Durant. The Phoenix coach wasn’t sure how to respond because he doesn’t think of things in such a way. He’s just trying to win every game. Williams settled on this: Offensively, the stretch – which included …
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Want this content directly to your inbox every day for free? Sign up here. Serenity now! Insanity later, Luka. Last Night Guess what? KD’s still good Kevin Durant returned to action last night, making his debut with the Suns. He was traded to Phoenix right before the deadline but had been nursing a knee injury …
CHARLOTTE, NC — The first sign that life had changed for the Phoenix Suns surfaced long before Wednesday’s contest against the Charlotte Hornets. Four hours before tipoff, a line already had formed outside The Ritz-Carlton hotel on East Trade Street, a couple of blocks from the Spectrum Center. A girl held a sign that reads, …
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Start every morning with The Pulse in your inbox. Sign up here. Goodmorning! Do you care about QB sneaks? Debuts OK, the Suns might be scary If anyone was worried about rust for Kevin Durant coming off an MCL sprain, let it leave your mind. Durant made his Suns debut last night and, well, he …
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The 2022-23 NBA Sixth Man of the Year almost certainly will be someone who has never won the award before. Jordan Clarkson and Tyler Herro, the two most recent winners, are now entrenched as starters for their respective teams. So who leads this year’s race? To answer that question, The Athletic turned to three of …
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There’s really just one reason I first started watching basketball: it was fun. That has colored why I kept watching the sport for the last [redacted] years — because it remained fun. Even now, while covering the NBA, it remains a driving ethos. So, this month, as everyone threw out their All-Star teams and snubs …
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