Tag: Phoenix Suns

NBA futures odds: Suns, Mavericks and Lakers make big moves as well as Cavs and Spurs against the spread

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With the 2023 deal deadline coming up and gone, there are more than enough articles discussing the winners and losers while providing ratings for each transaction. I’m not here to add to that. Instead, here’s a quick breakdown of how trades affect the title odds of some teams at BetMGM, which will be followed by some betting trends and Valentine’s Day props that catch our eye. Last week’s trade deadline was wild. You know details about Kevin Durant to the Phoenix Suns, Kyrie Irving to the Dallas Mavericks, Russell Westbrook…

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What does Kevin Durant’s trade with the Sun mean: 10 ideas

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PHOENIX – There’s no denying it’s a championship or bust for the Phoenix Suns. Late Wednesday night in Arizona, hours after team gubernatorial Matt Ichpia filed and on the eve of the NBA trade deadline, the Phoenix Suns struck a massive deal to send Mikal Bridges, Cam Johnson, Jae Crowder and four first-round draft picks to Brooklyn. Nets on Kevin Durant and TJ Warren. Durant suffered an isolated MCL sprain in his right knee last month and may not play before the All-Star break, but this is a season-changing move.…

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Kevin Durant Trade Scores: How the Suns and Nets Made a Huge Deal

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The biggest dominoes that could fall is now in the NBA 2023 marketplace. Two days after the Brooklyn Nets traded away Kyrie Irving to the Dallas Mavericks and turned down a trade that would have sent Irving to the Phoenix Suns, Nets general manager Sean Marks decided to make a big deal with Suns general manager James Jones after all. Shams Charania reports that the Nets will send Kevin Durant to the Suns in exchange for Michal Bridges, Jay Crowder, Cam Johnson and four first-round picks. The Nets trade Kevin…

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Inside Kyrie Irving’s Trade Negotiations: Why the Mavericks Beat the Lakers, Suns, and Other Offers

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When Kyrie Irving demanded a trade from the Brooklyn Nets on Friday, a league-altering domino fell and shook the market, sending shockwaves across the league and starting an arms race. That could cause many league teams to look for that one game-changing piece that could put them at the top of the title contenders against each other. Once Irving’s trade request became known, the Nets had a few serious suitors, including the Los Angeles Lakers, Phoenix Suns, Dallas Mavericks, and Los Angeles Clippers. After receiving a string of offers, from…

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As for the extremely hot Phoenix Suns, they may not get any bigger than this week

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DETROIT – This is an important week for the Phoenix Suns. do it huge. For several months, three factors hung over this organization, making it impossible to predict in which direction the sun would turn. Can they overcome an injury-plagued first half and set themselves up for a strong seed for the postseason? Or will this turn into a lost season, another sign of the championship window closing? First issue: Property. Since mortgage manager Matt Ichpeia agreed in principle to buy a majority stake in the Suns and Phoenix Mercury…

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Kyrie Irving makes sense for the Suns on the field, but not off it

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Some executives around the NBA have been wondering this week if the upcoming trade deadline will be quiet. However, as someone warned, all it takes to turn things around is one team willing to blow it up and start a domino effect across the league. In this case, it would probably be a single player. In a decision that could have a significant impact not only on the Brooklyn Nets, but on the entire league, Kyrie Irving has requested a deal from the organization, according to a the athleteThe Sharanian…

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The escalating attack of the Birds of Prey brings them down to the costly half in Phoenix

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PHOENIX – The Raptors’ offense should have been the thing that has sunk them this season. There isn’t a lot of natural flow to it because there aren’t a lot of trigger-happy decision makers around. All five members of the regular starting line-up love to dribble and sweep. While Fred VanVleet, Pascal Siakam, and Scottie Barnes are all gifted passers, none of them are natural conductors in such a way that they get the ball flying around the ground. This was true through most of the first half of the…

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NBA Trade Deadline: What Shams Hears About Jacob Boltel, John Collins, Fred VanVleet & More

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There’s less than a month left before the Feb. 9 NBA trade deadline, and with team executives ramping up conversations, notable names for this year’s market are starting to emerge. John Collins of Atlanta and Jay Crowder of Phoenix remain on the trading block, and discussions surrounding both are expected to continue to heat up in the coming days. However, one organization emerges at each deadline as the main focus of the entire NBA. This season, it could be San Antonio. Spurs center Jacob Boltel has gained significant commercial interest…

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Aldridge: Is there a Summer of 2023 deal for LeBron James that makes sense? The art of the possible

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The following is a thought exercise. Not only is it academic, but also it is, for this NBA season anyway, legally impossible. The 2022-23 trade deadline is Feb. 9. LeBron James signed his two-year, $97 million extension with the Lakers in mid-August of last year. Under the NBA’s rules, he can’t be traded until at least six months after he signed. That date would be Feb. 14, 2023 – five days after this year’s trade deadline. So he’s not going anywhere this season. But James has made clear his issues…

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Hollinger’s Showcase notebook: Suns’ $4 billion sale renews NBA expansion buzz

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LAS VEGAS — Usually the G League Winter Showcase marks a beginning point for a big chunk of the NBA’s trade conversations. Even in our networked/texting/Zooming world, face time matters. Nearly every exec in the league spends at least a day here hobnobbing. Front office members and staffers see each other at the two courts where the event is held, and perhaps at the bar at the end of a long day, too, since virtually everyone is in the same hotel. Relaxed without the prying eyes of fans around, they…

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