Devin Booker was asked about the pressure that may come with being voted the player most likely to breakout in a survey of NBA general managers.

"Good pressure to have," said Booker. "Those are the brains of basketball so for them to predict that, it’s an honor but we’ve only played one game this season so it doesn’t mean anything until I go out there and perform. I’m not worried about it, I’m worried about getting wins and whatever comes with that comes with that."

Booker was the 13th overall pick in the 2015 NBA Draft out of Kentucky by the Phoenix Suns and was an NBA All-Rookie First Team selection.

Booker was one of the youngest players in his class and turns 20 on Oct. 30th.

Ronnie Price has been opened a job by Earl Watson to join the Phoenix Suns as an assistant coach.

Price signed a two-year deal with the Oklahoma City Thunder in August but was released before the start of the regular season.

"Just come," Watson said. "We need your presence. You wanna do front office work? You wanna do scouting? You wanna work with a player? Just take a trip. Come have dinner with me one time. I’ll never let you leave. That was the sales pitch."

Price is 33 and wants to continue his playing career.

"Ronnie Price is not open to the idea," Watson smiled. "He’s too competitive. I gotta call him every Sunday."

The Phoenix Suns have exercised their 2017-18 options on guard Devin Booker and forward T.J. Warren.

Booker ranked fifth in the NBA in scoring this preseason, averaging 19.6 points in five appearances, including a 34-point performance at Portland on October 7. An NBA All-Rookie First Team selection in 2015-16, Booker ranked fourth among rookies with a scoring average of 13.8 points in 76 games, averaging 18.5 points over the season’s final 44 games after permanently joining the starting lineup on Jan. 8. 

Warren started all six of the Suns’ preseason games, averaging 12.5 points on 46.6 percent shooting from the field and 4.2 rebounds. In his second season with the Suns in 2015-16, Warren averaged career bests of 11.0 points and 3.1 rebounds through 47 games before a right foot fracture caused him to miss the season’s final 34 contests.

The Phoenix Suns and have released Archie Goodwin in an unexpected move.

Goodwin has been a promising prospect since entering the NBA in 2013 after one season at Kentucky but he has yet to receive consistent playing time with the Suns.

Danny Leroux joins to discuss continued CBA news, the effects of preseason injuries, the Bulls/Bucks trade of Tony Snell for Michael Carter-Williams, and finally J.R. Smith's new deal in Cleveland.

Then (34:00) Michael Schwartz, former owner of Valley of the Suns, joins for the Phoenix Suns season outlook. We discuss the Suns' young players, how their frontcourt rotation may shake out, and potential trade candidates from the Suns crowded backcourt. We also hit on potential breakout and regression candidates, playing time and lineup issues, key questions for success this year, and give our predictions for the Suns season.

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The Phoenix Suns have waived center Gracin Bakumanya, forward Derek Cooke Jr. and guard Shaquille Harrison.

Bakumanya, Cooke and Harrison originally signed with the Suns on Sept. 25.

The three players did not appear in any of the team’s first three preseason games.

The Phoenix Suns don't currently have interest in trading away Eric Bledsoe.

Bledsoe is coming back from a torn meniscus in his left knee.

The Suns may eventually have to choose between Bledsoe and Brandon Knight to be their long-term answer at point guard beside Devin Booker.

Phoenix will have Knight coming off the bench to begin the season.

The Phoenix Suns will bring Brandon Knight off the bench as their sixth man this season with Eric Bledsoe and Devin Booker starting at the guard positions.

Knight has started 315 of 328 career games.

"Brandon Knight is not a bench player," said Earl Watson. "He's a starter in this league. He's sacrificed the most for our group. He took it like the pro he is because he understands the opportunity that we have to be special. Do players like coming off the bench? No, and we embrace that. That's the inner-competitive nature that we need."

Knight declined to talk about Watson's announcement on Monday.

"I knew at one point in my career I'd be a starter," Booker said. "I didn't know it'd be this soon but I have put in that work to be one."