May 2017 Phoenix Suns Wiretap

Suns To Waive Jared Sullinger, Mike Scott; Sign Ronnie Price For Remainder Of Season

Feb 23, 2017 9:44 PM

The Phoenix Suns plan on waiving Jared Sullinger and Mike Scott.

The Suns traded for Sullinger as part of their deal with the Toronto Raptors for P.J. Tucker. 

Scott was acquired in a separate trade with the Atlanta Hawks.

The Suns will sign Ronnie Price for the remainder of the season.

Doug Haller/Arizona Republic

Tags: Jared Sullinger, Mike Scott, Ronnie Price, Phoenix Suns, NBA, NBA Signing Rumor, NBA Misc Rumor, NBA Waiver

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Suns Seek 2nd Rounder For Brandon Knight

Feb 23, 2017 11:32 AM

The Phoenix Suns continue to shop Brandon Knight in trade scenarios.

Two years after the Suns traded a future pick from the Los Angeles Lakers, they are seeking an expiring contract and a high second rounder for Knight. The Milwaukee Bucks traded away Knight in a three-team trade with the Suns while acquiring Michael Carter-Williams from the Philadelphia 76ers. Carter-Williams was eventually traded to the Chicago Bulls for Tony Snell.

The Suns re-signed Knight in the 2015 offseason on a five-year, $70 million deal.

Sam Amick/USA Today

Tags: Brandon Knight, Phoenix Suns, NBA, NBA Trade Rumor, NBA Misc Rumor

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Raptors Debating Whether To Trade 1st Rounder For P.J. Tucker, Wilson Chandler

Feb 23, 2017 10:29 AM

The Toronto Raptors are considering whether to give up a first round pick in a trade for P.J. Tucker of the Phoenix Suns or Wilson Chandler of the Denver Nuggets.

The Raptors would likely include Jared Sullinger as salary filler in any such deal.

Toronto already traded for Serge Ibaka but Tucker would give Dwane Casey a player capable of playing both the 3 and the 4.

Tucker, who began his career with the Raptors, will be a free agent in the offseason.

Chandler has a player option to become a free agent in 2018.

Marc Stein/ESPN

Tags: P.J. Tucker, Phoenix Suns, Toronto Raptors, NBA, NBA Trade Rumor, NBA Misc Rumor

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Suns Didn't Want To Break Up Core To Acquire DeMarcus Cousins

Feb 20, 2017 8:38 PM

Ryan McDonough spoke publicly about the Phoenix Suns' interest in DeMarcus Cousins the day after he was traded by the Sacramento Kings to the New Orleans Pelicans.

“We would have traded for him at the right price,” said McDonough. “We didn’t want to break up our young core to get him.”

The Suns could have offered Cousins an opportunity to reunite with his former Kentucky teammate Eric Bledsoe.

Phoenix are owed a number of picks from the Miami Heat along with their own that they could have used to trade for Cousins.

According to a source that spoke with Kevin O'Connor of The Ringer, the Suns offered a package of players and multiple first round picks.

John Gambadoro/Arizona Sports

Tags: DeMarcus Cousins, New Orleans Pelicans, Phoenix Suns, Sacramento Kings, NBA, NBA Trade Rumor, NBA Misc Rumor

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Suns Continue To Shop Brandon Knight

Feb 19, 2017 2:29 PM

The Phoenix Suns have continued to shop Brandon Knight in search for picks.

Phoenix acquired Knight in February of 2015 and re-signed him that offseason.

With Eric Bledsoe and Devin Booker in the Suns' backcourt, Knight is the odd man out.

Adrian Wojnarowski/The Vertical

Tags: Brandon Knight, Phoenix Suns, NBA, NBA Trade Rumor, NBA Misc Rumor

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Dragan Bender To Undergo Season Ending Ankle Surgery

Feb 8, 2017 12:04 PM

Dragan Bender will miss the rest of the 16-17 season due to an ankle injury.

Bender is set to undergo ankle surgery and will miss at least three months.

Bender averaged 3.3 points and 2.2 rebounds per game in his first season in the NBA.

Bernard Djurisic (via Sportando)

Tags: Dragan Bender, Phoenix Suns, NBA, NBA Injury

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Suns Sign Ronnie Price To 2nd 10-Day Contract

Feb 6, 2017 2:14 PM

The Phoenix Suns have signed guard Ronnie Price to a second 10-day contract.

Currently in his third tenure with the Suns, Price has not yet appeared in a game this season since initially signing a 10-day contract with the team on Jan. 27.

An 11-year NBA veteran out of Utah Valley University, Price most recently played last season with the Suns when he averaged a career-best 5.3 points while appearing in a career-high 62 games. In addition to 2015-16, he averaged 3.6 points and 1.9 assists in 36 games with Phoenix in 2011-12. For his career, the 6-2, 190-pound point guard has averaged 3.8 points and 1.8 assists in 530 games with Sacramento, Utah, Phoenix, Portland, Orlando and the Los Angeles Lakers.

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Tags: Ronnie Price, Phoenix Suns, NBA, NBA Signing Rumor, NBA Misc Rumor

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Joel Embiid, Marquese Chriss Named Rookies Of The Month

Feb 2, 2017 4:03 PM

Joel Embiid and Marquese Chriss have been named the NBA's Rookies of the Month for January.

Embiid averaged 23 points, nine rebounds, three assists and three blocks in 27 minutes per game in nine January games. Embiid has won the award each month this season, and he leads all rookies in scoring, rebounding and blocks per game. 

Chriss averaged 8.3 points, 3.6 rebounds and 1.4 steals for the month. 

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Tags: Philadelphia Sixers, Phoenix Suns, NBA, NBA Award

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