April 2022 Phoenix Suns Wiretap

Viewership For Christmas Day Games Increase 5% From Last Year

Dec 29, 2022 1:32 AM

Viewership for the NBA's Christmas Day slate was up 5% from last season, with the five games averaging a 1.8 rating with 4.31 million viewers.

The Bucks-Celtics matchup recorded the highest viewership in the day with 6.08 million viewers and a 2.25 rating. Viewership was up 17% from last year's equivalent game, with the Celtics win also representing the first time since 1995 that the most-watched Christmas Day did not feature Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, or LeBron James. 

Three out of the five games registered a double-digit increase in viewership. The Grizzlies-Warriors and Lakers-Mavs were both down in ratings from their equivalent time slots last season.

With an average of 1.9 and 4.07 million viewers, the Sixers-Knicks was the most-watched Noon ET Christmas Day game since 2011.

The Suns-Nuggets was also the most-watched late-night Christmas game since 2015. 

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Tags: Boston Celtics, Dallas Mavericks, Denver Nuggets, Golden State Warriors, Los Angeles Lakers, Memphis Grizzlies, Milwaukee Bucks, New York Knicks, Philadelphia Sixers, Phoenix Suns, NBA, NBA B-Ball IQ

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Devin Booker Out At Least Four Weeks With Groin Strain

Dec 28, 2022 6:01 PM

Devin Booker will miss at least the next four weeks with a left groin strain.

Booker has missed six of the Phoenix Suns' past nine games due to hamstring and groin ailments.

Booker tried to return for the team's Christmas Day matchup against the Denver Nuggets but played just four minutes before having to leave the game.

The Suns currently have a 20-15 record and are in fifth place in the Western Conference. 

ESPN

Tags: Devin Booker, Phoenix Suns, NBA, NBA Injury

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Devin Booker Leaves Game With Groin Injury, Does Not Return

Dec 26, 2022 1:45 AM

Devin Booker left the Phoenix Suns game against the Denver Nuggets in the first quarter with a groin injury.

Booker had missed the previous three games with groin soreness.

The Suns would lose the game 128-125 in overtime. 

ESPN

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Wizards Recently Pursued Trade For Jae Crowder

Dec 22, 2022 2:44 PM

The Washington Wizards recently pursued a trade with the Phoenix Suns for Jae Crowder.

The Wizards were believed to have offered a package centered on Rui Hachimura, which the Suns rebuffed. Phoenix is holding out for a certifiable starter in return for Crowder.

Crowder will be a free agent in 2023 and has been away from the Suns all season.

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Tags: Jae Crowder, Phoenix Suns, Washington Wizards, NBA, NBA Trade Rumor, NBA Misc Rumor

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Dec 25, 2022 11:00 AM

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Matthew Brown

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Dec 25, 2022 11:00 AM

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Andrew Hughes

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Monty Williams, Deandre Ayton Have Heated Exchange At End Of Loss To Wizards

Dec 21, 2022 11:54 AM

Monty Williams and Deandre Ayton had a heated exchange during a timeout late in the Phoenix Suns' 113-110 loss Tuesday night to the Washington Wizards. 

The exchange occurred with Phoenix down, 107-100, with 43.4 seconds left.

"It was the whole team in those moments," Williams said after the game. "It wasn't just Deandre, it was the whole group out there not executing properly. It was a bit of frustration, but that happens. That was not an isolated one-person or one-player thing."

"We weren't really exchanging words," Ayton said. "We're a family. He knows how to talk to his boys and his boys know how to just communicate. Obviously, the whole world see it, but it's really all love and just getting us back to regroup and just take out the confusion."

Williams and Ayton had issues during their Game 7 elimination in last year's playoffs and didn't speak again until the start of training camp.

Duane Rankin/Arizona Republic

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Mat Ishbia Finalizing Purchase Of Suns

Dec 20, 2022 12:47 PM

Mat Ishbia is finalizing the purchase of the Phoenix Suns and Phoenix Mercury at a valuation of approximately $4 billion. 

Ishbia is a billionaire mortgage lender as the President and CEO of United Wholesale Mortgage. UWM was founded by Ishbia's father, Jeff Ishbia, in 1986.

Ishbia played college basketball at Michigan State and has a reported net worth of approximately $5.1 billion.

Justin Ishbia, a founding partner in Shore Capital and the brother of Mat Ishbia, will make a significant investment and serve as alternate governor.

The sale of the Suns will end the tenure of Robert Sarver as owner. Sarver bought the Suns in 2004 for $401 million and he was suspended by the NBA for one year in September due to his conduct as owner.

Adrian Wojnarowski/ESPN

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Jazz, Hawks, Suns Talked Three-Team Trade

Dec 15, 2022 9:26 AM

The Phoenix Suns have been trying to find a home for Jae Crowder since he requested a trade this offseason. The Atlanta Hawks are interested in acquiring Crowder, while shopping John Collins themselves. The Utah Jazz have been linked to Collins, so the three teams seem like natural partners in some sort of three-team deal.

In recent weeks, Phoenix, Atlanta and Utah had conversations about a deal that would have landed Crowder in Atlanta, Collins in Utah and potentially Jarred Vanderbilt in Phoenix.

The Jazz are open to trading Vanderbilt, while the Suns have known interest in the big man. The Suns and Hawks have talked trade iterations that would have also sent Landry Shamet to Atlanta, but those talks broke down over draft pick compensation.

Jake Fischer/Yahoo Sports

Tags: Jae Crowder, John Collins, Jarred Vanderbilt, Landry Shamet, Atlanta Hawks, Phoenix Suns, Utah Jazz, NBA, NBA Trade Rumor

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Suns, Bucks, Rockets Held Trade Talks Involving Jae Crowder, Eric Gordon, Kenyon Martin Jr.

Dec 12, 2022 11:35 AM

The Phoenix Suns recently engaged in three-team trade talks that would have resulted in Jae Crowder to the Milwaukee Bucks, four second round picks from the Bucks and players to the Houston Rockets, and Eric Gordon and/or Kenyon Martin Jr. to the Suns.

The hold up in the trade was that the Rockets are seeking a first round pick each for Gordon and Martin rather than four second rounders. The Rockets have received interest on Gordon from several contending teams. Houston has been less willing to entertain trading Martin, who is having a breakout third season.

The Miami Heat and Atlanta Hawks are also interested in Crowder. 

Shams Charania/The Athletic

Tags: Jae Crowder, Eric Gordon, K.J. Martin, Houston Rockets, Milwaukee Bucks, Phoenix Suns, NBA, NBA Trade Rumor, NBA Misc Rumor

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