Empire of the Suns

The Phoenix Suns have changed starting centers in flipping Oso Ighodaro in for Khaman Maluach. Their player who's struggling the most, Jalen Green, has also sacrificed the most, and we don't think he's playing that miserably. The bench has been sneaky good. What else have we learned about this team through 10 games?

Sam Vecenie joined Kellan Olson to discuss the Phoenix Suns' young players and why they might be off to a rough start.

A report surfaced that the Phoenix Suns are frustrated over the lack of a point guard brewing in the locker room. What does that mean? What lineup changes could happen down the road? And yeah, we'll throw out some potential trade targets just for fun.

It's hard to take much away from the Phoenix Suns' loss to the Blazers that opened the 2026-27 season. But it doesn't make us feel better about preseason worries about this team. How concerning was Miles Bridges' debut as a Sun, Khaman Maluach's debut as a starter and Devin Booker's nonchalant performance?

Luke Kennard might be fine. He could be hurt. But it led us to worry about the Phoenix Suns' 3-point efficiency and volume, especially when it comes to Devin Booker. Kellan takes a deep dive into Booker's pull-up numbers, and we look at the strides we are seeing from Khaman Maluach.

Kellan Olson and Kevin Zimmerman are back to talk the Phoenix Suns center rotation between Oso Ighodaro and Khaman Maluach through two preseason games, Ryan Dunn's role and more. The Empire of the Suns podcast will now stream LIVE every Thursday at 2:30 p.m. on YouTube. Join us there!

Kellan Olson and Kevin Zimmerman are back as the Phoenix Suns opened 2026-27 with a media day, talking Year 2 under coach Jordan Ott and Year 12 for Devin Booker.

Dillon Brooks got his extension. Miles Bridges is next up for the Phoenix Suns. Plus, we run down the pecking order and power rank the NBA's Western Conference.

Khaman Maluach, Koa Peat and Rasheer Fleming have shown signs in Las Vegas. We have a healthy debate about who's looked the best in Summer League and which Phoenix Suns might actually parlay that into NBA playing time.

The Phoenix Suns' trade to acquire Miles Bridges and signing of Mark Williams only adds to roster questions. Did they get worse?