Phoenix Suns fans share their thoughts on new-look roster
The Phoenix Suns made many changes to their roster in the offseason. Here’s what fans had to say about the new-look team ahead of the 2025-26 season.
ESPN projects the Phoenix Suns to win 34.7 games this season without Kevin Durant and Bradley Beal after winning just 36 games last season with those two.
ESPN BET over/under total is 31.5 wins.
“I get the logic that Phoenix won 36 games last season then subtracted Kevin Durant,” wrote ESPN’s Kevin Pelton. “However, the Suns were probably due for some degree of bounce-back after underperforming their projections a season ago, and Durant’s value at this stage of his career is likely overstated. It’s also worth remembering that Phoenix will have no incentive to accumulate losses late in the season because the team’s draft pick has been swapped to the point of irrelevance.”
The Suns traded Durant to the Houston Rockets and bought out Beal in the offseason. Beal later signed with the Los Angeles Clippers.
“The Suns have no tradable firsts in the next seven years and have $23 million in dead money on their books in the next five years,” ESPN’s Bobby Marks wrote last month. “One positive is that Phoenix has shifted away from building around multiple high-priced veterans to trading for former first-round picks Jalen Green, Mark Williams and selecting Khaman Maluach in June’s draft.”
The Suns are projected to finish 13th in victories in the Western Conference with the New Orleans Pelicans (14th, projected 32.6 wins) and Utah Jazz (15th, projected 20.2 wins).
Phoenix opens the 2025-26 season Oct. 22 against the Sacramento Kings at Mortgage Matchup Center.
Have opinions about the current state of the Suns? Reach Suns Insider Duane Rankin at dmrankin@gannett.com or contact him at 480-810-5518. Follow him on X, formerly Twitter, at @DuaneRankin.
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