Suns News: Week 7 (12/1 - 12/7)

[Kryptonic]

We all know he's going to L.A. for scrap....

[BKinSJC]

We all know he's going to L.A. for scrap....

Gonna rescue the Clippers season, huh?

[pickle]

This is extremely off topic but I just had to.

[BKinSJC]

Uh ....

When a math guy's the boss, and lets Harden shoot lots, that's a Morey?

[pickle]

I just remember Mori posting a rewrite of this jingle in a self-spoof many many years ago. Before we got the dash in the site name.

[Danimal]

Vally suns have a whole bunch of games in a row over the next week in California. Would be good to give Fleming and maluach an extended run of games there time thinks.

[ShelC]

https://www.nba.com/news/power-rankings-2025-26-week-7

#7 Phoenix Suns
Last Week:7
Record: 12-9
OffRtg: 115.8 (12) DefRtg: 113.5 (14) NetRtg: +2.3 (14) Pace: 100.1 (24)

The Suns took care of business in Sacramento on Wednesday, but their schedule has gotten tougher. They went 0-3 against the Rockets, Thunder and Nuggets last week, sliding out of the top six in the West.

Three takeaways

The Suns still rank as the league’s most improved defensive team, having allowed 4.2 fewer points per 100 possessions than they did last season. But they’ve allowed 125.6 per 100 over their four games against the Nuggets (0-2), Rockets and Thunder. Oklahoma City’s 10 turnovers on Friday were the fewest the Suns have forced all season, and Denver’s effective field goal percentage of 72.4% the following night (the end of the Suns’ first stretch of five games in seven days) was the fourth-highest mark for any team.

Ryan Dunn has missed the last five games and Mark Williams has sat out the second game of the Suns’ back-to-backs. Phoenix has allowed just 101.8 points per 100 possessions when both have been on the floor, but, at 176 minutes, they’re the team’s 22nd most-used two-man combination.

Grayson Allen returned from a seven-game absence on Saturday, bumping Collin Gillespie back to the bench. Allen was just 2-for-7 from beyond the arc in the loss to the Nuggets, but, as things stand, he is the only player who’s shot 42% or better on at least 100 3-point attempts in each of the last three seasons.

Coming up: The Suns have just two or three home games in December, but their visit to the Lakers on Monday (their first meeting of the season) will be their first rest-advantage game. (The Nets are the only other team that hasn’t had one.) After that, they’ll play just seven games (eight if they reach the NBA cup final) over the next 24 days.

Week 7: @ LAL, @ HOU

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/471 ... -dominance

14. Phoenix Suns
2025-26 record: 13-9
Previous ranking: 13

Next games: @ HOU (Dec. 5), @ MIN (Dec. 8)

It might be time to start considering Collin Gillespie's case for Most Improved Player this season. The third-year point guard's scoring has increased from 5.9 points to 13.4 points per game; his assists have more than doubled from 2.4 to 5.0 per game; and his rebounds (2.4 to 3.8) and steals (0.6 to 1.2) are also on the rise. He's also shooting a career-best 44.2% on 3-pointers, which he showcased Monday with an 8-for-14 performance from 3 en route to a career-high 28 points in a rout of the Lakers.-- McMenamin

[Mori Chu]

That #14 ranking in ESPN's power rankings is not very generous.

[Superbone]

That #14 ranking in ESPN's power rankings is not very generous.

Especially when considering it included the Lakers shellacking.

[pickle]

I don’t care about what ESPN has to say. We aren’t a team that will advance far in the playoffs but we are playing way above anybody’s wildest dreams right now and I can’t be more thrilled. Let the media do what they do. Doesn’t change our team’s effort on the court.

[Superbone]

More Jordan Ott coach of the year fodder:

[ShelC]

ESPN had the Lakers 7th but even said they haven't played a lot of winning teams. Nothing they said really made sense. I don't know if we're as good as 7th but at least the NBA rankings had some context to them and factored in the strength of our opponents and how well we played.

[Superbone]

[Superbone]

How the Phoenix Suns are proving doubters wrong
Dan Bickley explains how the Phoenix Suns are proving doubters wrong early in the season on his Bickley Blast.

https://arizonasports.com/watch/how-the ... 5a59c27c4/

[ShelC]

Brooks shoots such a hard, fast, flat shot that I never think it's going in.

[Mori Chu]

[Superbone]

[Split T]

I’m worried Brooks is gonna come crashing down to earth with his shooting

[TOO]

I’m worried Brooks is gonna come crashing down to earth with his shooting

He shot it well enough last year too, I wouldn't be too concerned.

[Superbone]

I’m worried Brooks is gonna come crashing down to earth with his shooting

He shot it well enough last year too, I wouldn't be too concerned.

Don't you worry about it, Split. He's working on it every night while you're at home reading your romance novels.