Real value comes from critical thinking, from stepping up and saying, “Here’s how we fix it.” Which brings me to the Phoenix Suns. I’ve aired my grievances here plenty. Vented, ranted, even thrown in a little gallows humor about their rocky start this season.

According to Forbes’ Evan Sidery, for the Suns to trade Beal if he was to waive his no-trade clause, they would likely need to attach two first-round picks to offload his massive contract. With Phoenix having just one first-round pick in 2031, they may have to make another move to add extra draft capital.

The Phoenix Suns will be without Jusuf Nurkic, who will serve the second of a three-game suspension without pay for involvement in an altercation.

The Phoenix Suns will begin a three-game road trip Saturday at Indiana without Royce O'Neale (left ankle sprain) and Jusuf Nurkic (suspension), but hope to have Grayson Allen and Bradley Beal back.

The Phoenix Suns will face the Golden State Warriors in their second of a back-to-back Saturday at Chase Center in San Francisco.

The Grizzlies have also been missing Ja Morant, who suffered a joint strain following a rough screen from New Orleans Pelicans center Daniel Theis on Friday night. According to an ESPN report, Morant will be week-to-week, and he wore a shoulder cast in the previous game against the West top-seed OKC Thunder.

Devin Booker is out for the Phoenix Suns' Friday game against the Mavericks as well as their Saturday game against the Golden State Warriors.

The Phoenix Suns emerged from all the starting lineup changes and trade talk noise Monday night with a huge win at Philadelphia to end a four-game losing skid. Much needed, but the Suns hadn’t won two games in a row since Dec.

The Suns opened the 2024-25 season on the road against the Los Angeles Clippers with Booker, Durant, Beal, Nurkic and Jones in the starting lineup. They are 7-3 this season with that lineup as Booker, Durant, Beal and Nurkic have missed multiple games this season.

Booker scored a game-high 39 points on 14-of-25 shooting after struggling with his shot to lead the Suns (16-19), who remain 12 th in the West. Durant went for 26 points while Beal followed up his 25-point effort off the bench Monday at Philadelphia with 10 on 5-of-13 shooting Tuesday.

This team built around Devin Booker and Kevin Durant has not worked. Will Phoenix Suns owner Mat Ishbia spend on Jimmy Butler to find that out?