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Grayson Allen Rumors
Suns shopping Royce O'Neale, Grayson Allen
Phoenix has also gauged the trade market on swingmen Royce O’Neale and Grayson Allen, league sources told HoopsHype. The Timberwolves were concerned about trading for Durant when Minnesota wasn’t on his preferred list of destinations. In addition, the Suns desired Rudy Gobert in trade talks, and losing their French defensive anchor to pair Julius Randle and Kevin Durant in the frontcourt together wasn’t seen as an ideal pairing defensively, HoopsHype has learned.
Grayson Allen, Royce O'Neale could be traded?
There has been a good bit of chatter this week about the Suns' willingness to explore trades involving Grayson Allen and Royce O'Neale as part of the Durant discussions, sources say, to reduce their tax bill further. After a winter of non-stop trade discussions with various teams, Phoenix is very familiar with the concept of trying to triangulate three-team (or larger) deals.
Gerald Bourguet: Grayson Allen evaluating Mike Budenholzer: "There's a lot more that goes into it than just wins & losses. You can do a bad job and win a lot of games, you can do a good job and lose a lot of games" On Mike Malone: "It's kinda crazy how fast this league moves on from people now" pic.x.com/hhlvpLEVPj
Duane Rankin: "It's hard to say. It's easy to judge based off a win-loss record, but I think there's a lot more that goes into it than that." Grayson Allen on how Mike Budenholzer has done as Suns head coach. 35-43 first season in Phoenix. "I know that where our record is at right now, he's obviously not happy with and I don't think anybody in this organization is happy with it. It's hard to look at the big picture right now." #Suns
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Duane Rankin: "There's a million reasons." Grayson Allen on why season has gone south for Phoenix Suns (35-43) as he gave a list of reasons. 1. Injuries early. 2. Lack of continuity early. 3. Failure to win road games. 4. Defense. 5. 33 different starting units. "There's a lot and at a certain point, you can come up with that many reasons, it just becomes excuses. The guys here, in the locker room, we just needed to be better up to this point and figure out better ways to win." On Michael Malone and Taylor Jenkins being fired: "You would look at those teams and think the coaches have done a good job with them, but it’s kind of crazy how fast this league moves on from people now.”
Gerald Bourguet: Final: NYK 112, PHX 98 Booker: 40 Pts, 4 Reb, 16-29 FG, 2-7 3P Beal: 16 Pts, 4 Stl, 8-19 FG Allen: 15 Pts, 6 Reb, 4-13 FG, 0-6 3P Anunoby: 32 Pts, 6 Reb, 13-17 FG, 6-8 3P Suns shot 4-for-34 from 3 and are 2.5 games out of the 10-seed
Duane Rankin: From Sunday night: "It's really frustrating and I wouldn't say it's the losses. It's just not even being close in these games sucks." Grayson Allen as Phoenix Suns have suffered two 30-point losses in a three-game losing skid after winning four in a row. #Suns #Rockets pic.x.com/DATV5FQVI5
Gerald Bourguet: Grayson Allen on his "frustrating" foot strain, which was a new injury: "Took me longer than I thought. It's not really something I had, I just did something to it, I think the 1st game of that back-to-back that we played. Swole up, took a while to get the swelling out of there" pic.x.com/jN4cch8zxc
Kellan Olson: Grayson Allen is no longer on the Suns injury report for tomorrow's game against the Bucks. Nick Richards (right calf tightness) and Mason Plumlee (left quad strain) are probable. Bradley Beal (left hamstring strain) remains out.
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Phoenix has won three consecutive games for the first time since late January while Cleveland (56-14) have lost four games in a row. Kevin Durant paced the Suns with 42 points. Phoenix remains in 10th in the West for the final play-in spot in the conference as Dallas (34-37) topped Detroit, 123-117, at home. Dallas has the same record as Phoenix, but the Suns hold the tiebreaker over the Mavs Phoenix (34-37) was without Nick Richards (right calf tightness), who was a late scratch, Bradley Beal (hamstring), Grayson Allen (foot), Mason Plumlee (quad) and Vasa Micic (illness).
Duane Rankin: Grayson Allen (foot) OUT. #Suns
Duane Rankin: Suns injury report vs. Cavs: OUT: Bradley Beal (left hamstring strain) and Mason Plumlee (left quad strain). QUESTIONABLE: Grayson Allen (left foot strain). #Suns
Duane Rankin: Suns injury report vs. Bulls OUT: Grayson Allen (left foot strain), Bradley Beal (left hamstring strain) and Mason Plumlee (left quad strain). #Suns
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