Deandre Ayton Returns To Starting Unit In Friday's Loss

Phoenix Suns center Deandre Ayton returned to his usual starting spot on Friday after coming off the bench on Thursday due to an illness and posted a solid line in the loss. Ayton scored 16 points with 11 rebounds and added two assists with a block in 29 minutes on the night. Ayton had a […]

Richaun Holmes Scores 11 Points Off The Bench

Phoenix Suns power forward/center Richaun Holmes moved back to his usual bench role after starting the last game and posted a solid line in 19 minutes of action on Friday. Holmes connected on 5-for-7 shooting to score 11 points and added two blocks with four rebounds on the night. With most of the Suns games […]

De'Anthony Melton Scores 12 Points In Friday's Start

Phoenix Suns point guard De'Anthony Melton got the bump to the starting unit and posted a solid line, which included 12 points and three triples in Friday's loss to the Miami Heat. Melton connected on 4-for-9 shooting overall and added four dimes with three rebounds and a steal, but committed four turnovers. Melton has played […]

Troy Daniels Connects On Six Makes From Three On Friday

Phoenix Suns shooting guard Troy Daniels got hot from deep on Friday when he connected on six of 10 shots from beyond the arc to record 18 points on the night. Daniels added four rebounds without committing a single turnover in 32 minutes of action. Daniels is putting up 15.3 points with 4.0 makes from […]

Trevor Ariza Cleared To Play In Friday’s Game

Phoenix Suns small/power forward Trevor Ariza is set to play in Friday’s game against the Miami Heat after having been listed as questionable earlier in the day due to a knee ailment. Ariza could see a larger role than usual with both Devin Booker and T.J. Warren sidelined, while Josh Jackson also figures to get […]

T.J. Warren Ruled Out For Friday’s Game

Phoenix Suns small forward T.J. Warren will remain sidelined for Friday’s game against the Miami Heat due to a right ankle injury. The absence will mark Warren’s fifth straight game spent on the bench, meaning that Josh Jackson will continue to see a lion’s share of the offensive duties as Devin Booker remains sidelined as […]

Jawun Evans Inks Deal With Suns

Free-agent point guard Jawun Evans signed a two-way contract with the Phoenix Suns on Friday. Evans had been playing with the Northern Arizona Suns of the NBA G League, where he was averaging 18.5 points, 4.6 assists and 4.0 rebounds per game across 14 contests. Evans spent his rookie season with the Los Angeles Clippers […]

T.J. Warren is Questionable on Friday

Phoenix Suns forward T.J. Warren (ankle) is questionable for Friday's game against the Miami Heat. Warren has missed the last four games, but is questionable for this one, so there is some hope that he'll play. Trevor Ariza (knee) is also questionable for Friday's contest. Josh Jackson would be a busy man with both of […]

Trevor Ariza is Questionable for Friday

Phoenix Suns forward Trevor Ariza (knee) is questionable for Friday's game against the Miami Heat. He has only missed two games this season and both were due to personal reasons. Josh Jackson and Mikal Bridges would get extra minutes if Ariza is unable to play on Friday.

DraftKings Daily Fantasy Basketball Picks (12/7/18): NBA DFS Lineups

The eighth Friday of the NBA season is just hours away from tipping off with 10 games on the slate. Of the 20 teams in action, Phoenix is the only team that is playing the second game of back-to-backs as the Suns are coming off yet another blowout loss, falling to the Trail Blazers 108-86. With […]

The Rookie Report - An Early Look At This Year's Class (Part 2)

I took a look at last year's rookie class, analyzing their fantasy games and throwing out some comparables based on their stat spread and figured that now is a good time to take a look at this year's class with a similar lens. We're through only around a fifth of the season so the sample […]

Deandre Ayton Comes Off The Bench In Thursday Loss

Phoenix Suns center Deandre Ayton got moved to a bench role for Thursday's contest as it was stated he had a stomach issue, but he looked fine in the loss. Ayton scored 11 points on 5-for-13 shooting and added eight rebounds with three assists and a steal with a block in 27 minutes. It is […]

De'Anthony Melton Struggles In 28 Minutes Of Action

Phoenix Suns guard De'Anthony Melton could not follow up his 21-point performance on Thursday as he recorded just seven points in the loss. Melton connected on 3-for-12 shooting while adding five rebounds with four assists and two steals with a single turnover. Overall, it was a decent low-end line for the young guard who started […]

Troy Daniels Scores 15 Points On Thursday

Phoenix Suns guard Troy Daniels was one of the couple bright spots in Thursday's loss when his club managed to score just nine points in the first quarter that led to a 22-point loss to the Trail Blazers. Daniels was 5-for-9 from the floor for 15 points and added two makes from three with three […]

Trevor Ariza Quiet In Thursday's Loss

Phoenix Suns forward Trevor Ariza did not provide much for owners in 23 minutes of action in Thursday's thrashing at the hands of the Portland Trail Blazers. Ariza was just 1-for-5 from the floor to score two points and added three rebounds with an assist and a steal on the night. Ariza had provided three […]

Richaun Holmes Plays 21 Minutes In The Start

Phoenix Suns power forward/center Richaun Holmes moved into the starting unit on Thursday with Deandre Ayton feeling a bit under the weather in the loss to the Portland Trail Blazers. Holmes scored nine points and added four rebounds with an assists without any defensive numbers in 21 minutes of action. Owners were hoping for more […]

Elie Okobo Scores 11 Points In 28 Minutes On Thursday

Phoenix Suns point guard Elie Okobo again received the start with Devin Booker (hamstring) out and he provided 11 points in the 22-point loss to the Portland Trail Blazers. Okobo added five rebounds while connecting on 5-for-13 shooting and added a steal with a block with a make from three while dishing out just a […]

Josh Jackson Scores 14 Points On Thursday

Phoenix Suns shooting guard/small forward Josh Jackson again got the starting nod for the depleted Suns squad and scored 14 points in the process. Jackson added seven rebounds with three assists and three steals but committed five turnovers on Thursday. Jackson connected on 6-for-14 of his shots and is now shooting just 33.9% from the […]

Mikal Bridges Is Quiet In Thursday's Loss

Phoenix Suns forward Mikal Bridges scored just seven points on Thursday when his club got blown away by the Portland Trail Blazers. Bridges did connect on half of his six shots in this one and added three boards with an assist and a steal with a make from distance in 23 minutes. The Suns had […]

RotoBaller NBA Recap: Derrick Favors the Bench

Welcome to the RotoBaller NBA Recap. In this feature, we highlight three fantasy basketball takeaways from last night's slate of NBA games. Thursday night featured a typical short slate of games. This week was quite underwhelming with three blowout wins for Boston, Portland, and Utah. With so many fantasy irrelevant bench players playing, most of […]

Elie Okobo Remains In Suns Starting Lineup

Phoenix Suns point guard Elie Okobo will once again be in the starting lineup against the Trail Blazers on Thursday. Okobo will join Josh Jackson, Mikal Bridges, Trevor Ariza and Deandre Ayton with the first unit. Okobo, who posted a team worst minus-22 rating in the game, finished with six points, three rebounds and one […]

DraftKings Daily Fantasy Basketball Picks (12/6/18): NBA DFS Lineups

There used to be these DirecTV commercials of genius-level cleverness that would detail an unfortunate sequence of events a person would go through as a result of having cable. Each plot twist would build upon the prior, ultimately leading to some comedic, yet unpleasant, outcome for said individual. Like there was one where the narrator […]

DraftKings Daily Fantasy Basketball Picks (12/5/18): NBA DFS Lineups

This is going to be one of our most competitive nights this season. Ten games on the slate and because each one has so much potential, I'll briefly go over each game starting with the Cavaliers and Warriors. This game is pretty clearly the one to skip out on. You could go Steph Curry or […]

RotoBaller NBA Recap: #FreeNikolaVucevic

The Phoenix Suns were on pace for 36 points after one quarter in the desert last night. Yes, you read that right, Phoenix scored nine whole points in the first quarter against the defensive juggernaut that is the Sacramento Kings. In case you didn't catch the hyperbole, the Kings had allowed more points per game […]

Josh Jackson Scores 14 Points In The Start

Phoenix Suns shooting guard/small forward Josh Jackson registered 14 points on 4-for-11 shooting and added two makes from three in Tuesday's 122-105 loss to the Kings. Jackson added four boards with three assists to go along with four turnovers in 27 minutes of action. With T.J. Warren sidelined once again, Jackson got the nod and […]

Richaun Holmes Notches A Double-Double In The Loss

Phoenix Suns power forward/center Richaun Holmes continued his solid play as of late when he registered a double-double in Tuesday's loss to the Kings. Holmes connected on 4-for-7 shooting to score 10 points and added 10 boards with three assists in 22 minutes on the night. With all of these blowout losses for the Suns, […]

Trevor Ariza Scores 14 Points In Tuesday's Loss

Phoenix Suns forward Trevor Ariza connected on 5-for-13 shooting and added three makes from three to score 14 points in Tuesday's ugly loss to the Sacramento Kings. Ariza added three rebounds with three steals and added three assists to four turnovers on the night. That is three games in a row where the veteran has […]

De'Anthony Melton Scores Career-High 21 Point On Tuesday

Phoenix Suns guard De'Anthony Melton came off the bench to record a career night when he scored 21 points in 23 minutes in his club's loss to the Sacramento Kings on Tuesday. Melton connected on nine of 12 shots with five assists and a steal with three makes from deep. Melton outplayed starter Elie Okobo […]

Deandre Ayton Plays Just 21 Minutes In The Loss

Phoenix Suns center Deandre Ayton tallied just 21 minutes as his club got blown away by the Sacramento Kings, which included his team scoring just nine points in the opening quarter on Tuesday. Ayton just missed the double-double as he recorded 10 points with nine boards and added two assists with a steal. Ayton has […]

Elie Okobo Plays 26 Minutes In Tuesday's Loss

Phoenix Suns guard Elie Okobo received the start with Devin Booker (hamstring) sidelined and did not provide much for owners who scooped him up hoping for some solid output on Tuesday. Okobo connected on 3-for-8 shooting to score six points with three boards and a single assist with a steal in 26 minutes. Backup De'Anthony […]