Suns News: 2026 Postseason Edition

[Superbone]

[Superbone]

I like this proposal.

[JJ Slim]

Here's his full post

[Mori Chu]

I have pretty mixed feelings on Ishbia, but it is undeniably cool that he has made free broadcasts of Suns games available all throughout Arizona. I think that's an incredibly smart, and also kind, thing to do. Smart because it helps build the local fan base by removing barriers for them to watching the games. When I was a young fan, I was really disappointed that I couldn't even get the Suns games on TV despite having cable; they just weren't on in Tucson (second-biggest freaking city in AZ!!) and League Pass didn't exist yet. And even now that League Pass does exist, they black out a bunch of games and it costs a lot of money that casual (or potential) fans don't have. Make the games free and get people watching and loving the Suns. That's the way to do it. Kudos to Ishbia!

[Superbone]

[The Bobster]

I have pretty mixed feelings on Ishbia, but it is undeniably cool that he has made free broadcasts of Suns games available all throughout Arizona. I think that's an incredibly smart, and also kind, thing to do. Smart because it helps build the local fan base by removing barriers for them to watching the games. When I was a young fan, I was really disappointed that I couldn't even get the Suns games on TV despite having cable; they just weren't on in Tucson (second-biggest freaking city in AZ!!) and League Pass didn't exist yet. And even now that League Pass does exist, they black out a bunch of games and it costs a lot of money that casual (or potential) fans don't have. Make the games free and get people watching and loving the Suns. That's the way to do it. Kudos to Ishbia!

Yes, it's taken for granted now that everything should be available on TV and at our convenience (especially with the NFL now). I spent most of my early years ass a Suns fan listening to the large majority of the games on KTAR because so few of them were televised. If you can get the Suns or Cardinals free every game and that's great for the fans. The Diamondbacks, who are part of the mess that baseball regional broadcasting has become, would be well-served to get more of them on free TV.

Putting the Suns back on free TV was the best PR move that Ishbia could have done.