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With the 2025-26 NBA season coming closer to an end, some teams are benching players as they begin to tank for a better draft pick. The NBA tanking “strategy” has been a popular discussion as of late, and now Phoenix Suns owner Mat Ishbia …
Bill Simmons has still got his fastball. Phoenix Suns owner Mat Ishbia decided to call out The Ringer CEO Simmons in a post to X on Wednesday. Ishbia noted that the Suns had just won their 32nd game, putting them over Simmons’ preseason …
Phoenix Suns owner Mat Ishbia is being sued by two of the team’s minority owners. Scott Seldin and Andy Kohlberg, minority stakeholders in the franchise, filed a lawsuit in Delaware State Court accusing Ishbia of using the franchise as …
Mat Ishbia is trying his best to adopt an “us against the world” mentality this season. The Phoenix Suns owner Ishbia called out Bill Simmons and The Ringer on Tuesday over a recent column that ran on their website. The column predicted …
Phoenix Suns owner Mat Ishbia is already in “Kevin who?” mode. Ishbia appeared for an interview on ESPN’s “NBA Today” on Wednesday. During the interview, Ishbia was asked about the team’s trade of Kevin Durant …
Phoenix Suns team owner Mat Ishbia may want to reconsider his response to a recently conducted ESPN poll. ESPN published an article on Monday called the “NBA Summer Forecast,” which shared the results of a poll conducted among the …
Mat Ishbia continues to turn the Phoenix Suns into Michigan State West. The Suns announced on Friday that they have officially hired former NBA guard Mateen Cleaves. The 47-year-old Cleaves will be serving as a player development/leadership …
The Phoenix Suns were arguably the most disappointing team in the NBA this season, and they have not been shy about using former head coach Mike Budenholzer as their scapegoat. Budenholzer was fired on Monday after just one season at the helm in …
Phoenix Suns owner Mat Ishbia did not take Stephen A. Smith’s recent comments lying down. On Monday, the Suns announced that they were firing Mike Budenholzer after just one season as Phoenix’s head coach. Budenholzer became the third …
Mat Ishbia’s tenure as Phoenix Suns owner hasn’t quite gone to plan so far, but he isn’t about to throw in the towel. Ishbia met with reporters on Thursday after his team’s disappointing season came to an end. Despite having a …
Phoenix Suns owner Mat Ishbia may be trying to expand his portfolio out to professional baseball. Dan Hayes of The Athletic reported on Friday that Ishbia is interested in a potential purchase of Major League Baseball’s Minnesota Twins. …
Phoenix’s Big Three of Devin Booker, Kevin Durant, and Bradley Beal went kaput in their first year together last season, and Suns owner Mat Ishbia may not view the trio as an indefinite experiment. Ishbia appeared this week on Arizona …
Phoenix Suns owner Mat Ishbia issued a public response on Wednesday to rumors that teams are trying to get his team to consider trading Kevin Durant. In a post on X, Ishbia acknowledged that the NBA Draft generates a lot of “drama,” …
Mat Ishbia has officially won The Great NBA Mortgage Company War. The NBA announced on Thursday a new multi-year partnership with United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM). Mortgage Matchup, UWM’s consumer-facing brand, will become the official mortgage …
Chris Paul may have let something notable slip on his way out of Phoenix. The veteran guard Paul, who was just traded to the Washington Wizards in the Bradley Beal blockbuster, opened up about the move in an interview this week with the New York …
Nikola Jokic has no hard feelings toward Phoenix Suns owner Mat Ishbia following the incident between the two on Sunday night, but Jokic does have one request for the billionaire. Jokic was fined $25,000 by the NBA for shoving Ishbia during Game 4 of …
