Richards, the Suns and Wizards
Kevin Durant scored 29 points, Nick Richards added 20 points along with a career-high 19 rebounds and the Phoenix Suns held off the Washington Wizards 119-109 on Saturday night
The Phoenix Suns (22-21) begin their three-game homestand against the lowly Washington Wizards (6-37) on Saturday.
Upon hearing trash talking from Washington’s bench, Kevin Durant was quick to fire back and shut down the trash talk with a sharp retort.
Speaking of the game, Kevin Durant made headlines on social media was his unique interaction with the Wizards bench. A video went viral where KD had an NSFW roast directed at the Wizards bench while his teammate Nick Richards was shooting free throws.
The Suns recorded their fourth win in five games but one decision must be made to enhance that superb run of form
The Phoenix Suns will have a very active 2025 NBA trade deadline. One of those moves will be offloading Jusuf Nurkic. What's the latest on Nurkic's future in Phoenix?
The Phoenix Suns have four bigs on the roster, including newly acquired 7-footer Nick Richards. Nurkic was moved to the bench earlier this month.
Though the strength of schedule over this span hasn’t necessarily been impressive, Phoenix has been better recently, winning nine of its last 13 games. So, as the team continues its pursuit of Jimmy Butler, the Suns (24-22) are moving their way up the standings.
Almost every team gets involved with NBA trade deadline deals in the modern era. So, what trades should each team make?
"The Suns are also exploring pairing one of the newly acquired first-round picks with Jusuf Nurkic to acquire a starting-caliber or high-level rotation player on the trade market, league sources told HoopsHype. "Nurkic is owed $18.13 million and has averaged 8.6 points and 9.2 rebounds in 23.7 minutes this season.
The Phoenix Suns on Tuesday announced Tuesday that rookie center Oso Ighodaro is being assigned to the Valley Suns, Phoenix’s G League affiliate.