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• Mat Ishbia Acknowledges Suns' Championship Timeline Miscalculation As He Sets New Vision

Mat Ishbia believes the Phoenix Suns have completed a reset of the franchise this offseason after trading away Kevin Durant and using the stretch-and-waive provision on Bradley Beal. The Suns have added Jalen Green, Dillon Brooks and Mark Williams via trade while also drafting Khaman Maluach, Rasheed Fleming and Koby Brea. "We have young players that are ascending instead of players that are desce...2025
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• Draft guru says the quiet part out loud about Khaman Maluach's game

Phoenix Suns rookie Khaman Maluach has a ton of potential, but he has a lot of work to do if he wants to blossom in the NBA....2025
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• Khaman Maluach just missed perfect chance to excite Suns fans

Despite rumors he might appear at EuroBasket for South Sudan, Phoenix Suns rookie Khaman Maluach did not make their final roster and will not get a chance to get some competitive reps in ahead of the new season....2025
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• Suns fans must be patient with Khaman Maluach - and it could take years

The Phoenix Suns will need to be patient with 18-year-old prospect Khaman Maluach as he takes his first steps in the league next season....2025
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• Suns made their stance on Khaman Maluach crystal clear

In turning down a too good to be true trade offer from the New Orleans Pelicans, it is clear the Phoenix Suns have a strong stance on the potential of rookie Khaman Maluach....2025
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• NBA’s 11 worst long-term team outlooks, ranked by who has the bleakest future

Photo by Tim Heitman/Getty Images Let’s rank the teams that just feel hopeless right now. Fortunes can change quickly in the NBA, and you only need to look at the two teams in the 2025 NBA Finals for proof. The Thunder ended the 2021-2022 season at 24-58 overall. The Indiana Pacers finished that season 25-57. Three years later, the two franchises played a Game 7 for the championship. That’...2025
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• 9 best NBA rookies at Las Vegas Summer League 2025, ranked

Photo by Logan Riely/NBAE via Getty Images Let’s rank the best rookies at NBA summer league. NBA Summer League doesn’t really matter, but still one of the most fun events on the league calendar. Team personnel and diehard fans converge in Las Vegas every year to get a first-look at rookies, check-in on second-year players, and gossip about the state of the league. Along the way, journeymen...2025
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• 6 NBA teams stuck in purgatory

Nick Turchiaro-Imagn Images These six NBA teams are going nowhere fast. What does it mean to be stuck in NBA purgatory? The easiest definition is a team that isn’t good enough to win a playoff series, but also won’t be bad enough to get a crack at a franchise-changing prospect at the top of the NBA Draft. In fairness, the flattened odds in the draft lottery have consistently failed to rewa...2025
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• NBA Notes: Raptors, Brandon Ingram, Pistons, Suns, Khaman Maluach

Small forward Brandon Ingram has taken a big step in his recovery from the ankle injury that kept him sidelined after the Raptors acquired him at last season’s trade deadline. According to Josh Lewenberg of TSN, Ingram has been cleared for contact and is expected to start scrimmaging soon after months of individual workouts this […] The post NBA Notes: Raptors, Brandon Ingram, Pistons, Suns,...2025
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• NBA Draft’s 5 biggest winners and 3 losers in 2025 class

Photo by Steve Freeman/NBAE via Getty Images Here are our biggest winners and losers from the 2025 NBA Draft. The biggest intrigue in the 2025 NBA Draft was settled with the lottery drawing. Cooper Flagg was the wire-to-wire No. 1 overall player in this class, and the only question was who would land him. The Dallas Mavericks were the lucky winners of the lottery, and on Wednesday night th...2025
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• 10 best NBA Draft picks in 2025 that get an A-grade from us

Brad Penner-Imagn Images The 10 best picks from the 2025 NBA Draft The first round of the 2025 NBA Draft has come and gone, with some foregone conclusions (Cooper Flagg first) to some unexpected surprises (Yang Hansen, anyone?). Through all of these, however, some picks were made that passed the sniff test with flying colors. In my colleague Ricky O’Donnell’s instant NBA Draft Round 1 grad...2025
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• NBA Draft rankings 2025: Top 60 big board of prospects

Bob Donnan-Imagn Images Let’s rank the best players in the 2025 NBA Draft. The 2025 NBA Draft was always going to look good in comparison to its predecessor. The 2024 draft lack a consensus top dog and largely consisted of prospects believed to top out as role players. The 2025 draft class has the opposite problem: after you get past Cooper Flagg, there are a bunch of high-upside oddballs ...2025
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• NBA mock draft 2025: Perfect picks for each team in the first round

Photo by David Buono/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Here’s an updated 2025 NBA mock draft projection. Evaluating the 2025 NBA Draft class has been the ultimate rollercoaster. This group entered the year looking like it could potentially be one of the strongest classes in recent memory, but much of that optimism faded by the midway point in the season. We are left with a draft class that ...2025
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• Sixers’ 8 best NBA Draft choices for No. 3 overall pick, ranked

Zachary Taft-Imagn Images The 2025 NBA Draft really begins with the Sixers at No. 3. Let’s rank the best prospects for Philly. The Philadelphia 76ers had more at stake than any team entering the 2025 NBA Draft lottery. Philly originally traded its 2025 first-round pick away to the Oklahoma City Thunder to clear Al Horford’s salary way back in 2020. Fortunately for them, the Sixers made the...2025
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• NBA Draft combine 2025 winners and losers, starring Ace Bailey, Duke recruit, and more

Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images Here are our winners and losers from the 2025 NBA Draft Combine. CHICAGO — The NBA Draft Combine might never have quite as much star-making power as its NFL counterpart, but make no mistake: a good week of measurements, athletic testing, and interviews can change a young basketball player’s life forever. It was only a few years ago when Santa Clara sen...2025
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• NBA mock draft 2025: Instant projection after Mavs win Cooper Flagg sweepstakes

Photo by Grant Halverson/Getty Images The 2025 NBA draft lottery is settled. Here’s our instant mock draft. The 2025 NBA Draft lottery was always going to be one of the most meaningful of the 21st century. Teams at the bottom of the standings wrestled for position all season to increase their odds at landing the No. 1 overall pick and the rights to Duke super freshman Cooper Flagg. We now ...2025
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"Cooper Flagg has lived up to the hype as Duke’s latest Number 1 overall draft pick, but fellow freshman Kon Knueppel, Khaman Maluach, and Isaiah Evans have also given the team important minutes."

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"Khaman Maluach, a 7’2 center from South Sudan developing in NBA Academy Africa, committed to the Duke on Wednesday to fortify its historic recruiting haul."

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"South Sudan's Khaman Maluach, an elite 2025 NBA draft prospect who is just 16 years old, will be the third-youngest player in FIBA World Cup history."

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"While football, the soccer kind, is the most popular sport in Africa, the NBA and the Basketball Africa League are providing a different path for teens like Emmanuel Okorafor and Khaman Maluach."

• Mat Ishbia Acknowledges Suns' Championship Timeline Miscalculation As He Sets New Vision
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• Suns made their stance on Khaman Maluach crystal clear
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• NBA’s 11 worst long-term team outlooks, ranked by who has the bleakest future
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• Suns fans must keep Khaman Maluach expectations in check

The Phoenix Suns drafted Khaman Maluach knowing that he wouldn't be a starter on day one....2025
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• 9 best NBA rookies at Las Vegas Summer League 2025, ranked
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• Khaman Maluach's summer league performance proves scouts biggest worry

The Phoenix Suns drafted Khaman Maluach tenth overall, but his struggles in the Las Vegas Summer League proved scouts' biggest worry....2025
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• 6 NBA teams stuck in purgatory
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• NBA Notes: Raptors, Brandon Ingram, Pistons, Suns, Khaman Maluach
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• Suns Sign Khaman Maluach, Rasheer Fleming, Koby Brea

The Suns have officially signed all three of their 2025 draft picks, according to NBA.com’s transaction log. That trio consists of No. 10 overall pick Khaman Maluach, No. 31 pick Rasheer Fleming, and No. 41 selection Koby Brea. That No. 10 pick was one of the primary assets the Suns received from Houston in their […]...2025
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• Suns Guarantee Nick Richards' $5M Contract

The Phoenix Suns have fully guaranteed center Nick Richards' $5 million contract for the 2025-26 season. Richards had a guarantee date of June 29. The Suns acquired Richards in a mid-January deal last season. In 36 games (34 starts) with Phoenix, Richards averaged 9.5 points on 60.5% shooting. Richards also grabbed 8.6 rebounds a night for the Suns. The center situation in Phoenix is still in tran...2025
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• 9 best NBA rookies at Las Vegas Summer League 2025, ranked
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• Suns Guarantee Nick Richards' $5M Contract
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• 5 best NBA Draft team hauls and 2 teams who didn’t do enough

Photos by Michael Gonzales/NBAE via Getty Images Here’s who helped themselves and who didn’t in the 2025 NBA Draft. The 2025 NBA Draft has been dissected from every angle by now. At this point, all that’s left is to watch how this incoming rookie class performs at Las Vegas Summer League before heading to training camp to start their NBA careers. Teams need to think about the future, not ...2025
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• Devin Booker Expected To Sign Two-Year, $150M Extension With Suns

The Phoenix Suns have had significant upheaval to their roster over the past few seasons, but Devin Booker has remained the constant and the two sides plan for that to continue for the foreseeable future with a record-setting contract extension. Booker previously signed a four-year, $220 million supermax extension with the Suns during the 2022 offseason. "We have big positive news potentially comi...2025
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• Suns Select Khaman Maluach With No. 10 Pick
The Suns have drafted Khaman Maluach with the 10th overall pick. Maluach was considered by many draft experts to be the top center among 2025’s draft-eligible prospects after starting 39 games as a freshman for a Duke team that made it to the Final Four. He averaged 8.6 points, 6.6 rebounds, and 1.3 blocks in […]...2025
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• NBA mock draft 2025: Updated projection with NBA Finals now over

Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images Here’s our latest 2025 NBA mock draft with the season now over. The 2025 NBA Draft class has spent the last year under the microscope. Cooper Flagg going No. 1 overall has been a forgone conclusion from the moment he reclassified to accelerate his pro timeline, and Rutgers’ Dylan Harper quickly emerged as the consensus No. 2 pick. After that, the rest o...2025
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• NBA mock draft 2025: Perfect picks for each team in the first round
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• Raptors High On Khaman Maluach In Draft

The Toronto Raptors are high on Duke center Khaman Maluach as a prospect in the 2025 NBA Draft. Toronto holds the ninth pick in the draft and is in the market for a developmental player at center. Maluach declared for the draft after one season with the Blue Devils. In 39 games, the 7-foot-2 center averaged 8.6 points, 6.6 rebounds and 1.3 blocks. Maluach is currently ranked as the sixth-best play...2025
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• NBA Draft combine 2025 winners and losers, starring Ace Bailey, Duke recruit, and more
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• Devin Booker Expected To Sign Two-Year, $150M Extension With Suns
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• NBA Draft rankings 2025: Top 60 big board of prospects
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• NBA mock draft 2025: Updated projection with NBA Finals now over
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• Hollinger & Duncan: Bane Trade, KD Trade, Draft Boards

John and Nate react to the shocking Desmond Bane trade from both Memphis and Orlando's perspectives. They also assess where Kevin Durant might end up, and what kind of return Phoenix could realistically expect. Then it's time for their final draft board discussion before the big day, including Cooper Flagg's long-term upside, the rest of the top-5, and some of John's favorite sleepers. What to mak...2025
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• NBA mock draft 2025: Perfect picks for each team in the first round
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• NBA Draft combine 2025 winners and losers, starring Ace Bailey, Duke recruit, and more
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• NBA mock draft 2025: Instant projection after Mavs win Cooper Flagg sweepstakes
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• How Duke collapsed vs. Houston in Final Four in all-time March Madness comeback

Photo by Alex Slitz/Getty Images Kelvin Sampson painted his masterpiece in Duke’s Final Four collapse. Duke’s coronation was all but written late in the second half against Houston in the 2025 men’s Final Four. The Blue Devils led by 14 points with just over eight minutes left, putting the program on the doorstep of the national championship game. Duke’s talent advantage was overwhelming: ...2025
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• Who Are Khaman Maluach’s Parents? All About the Duke Star’s Family
Khaman Maluach and the Duke Blue Devils will face the Houston Cougars in the Final Four. What was his upbringing like, and who are his parents?...2025
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• Final Four teams, ranked by likelihood of winning 2025 men’s national championship

Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images The men’s NCAA tournament is down to four teams, and only the No. 1 seeds are still dancing. Let’s rank them by their championship chances. The top teams during the 2024-2025 men’s college basketball season always seemed a cut above the rest of the country. That idea was confirmed forever when all four No. 1 seeds reached the men’s Final Four for the fir...2025
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• Duke player saved teammate from turnover by literally yanking his leg

Kon Knueppel pulled his teammate’s leg to prevent turnover for Duke. March Madness is just around the corner, and the Duke Blue Devils are again a threat to win the national championship because of a standout freshman class. Cooper Flagg has lived up to the hype as Duke’s latest No. 1 overall draft pick, but fellow freshman Kon Knueppel, Khaman Maluach, and Isaiah Evans have also given the team im...2025
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• Duke is actually likable this year, and it feels so wrong

Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images Help, I think I actually like Duke. The Blue Devils did something unthinkable on Sunday afternoon — they actually made me like them. Conditioned on three decades of familial loathing, I walked into the Lenovo Center in Raleigh prepared to be wrapped in Duke’s weighted blanket of disgust, lulling me into a comfortable state of hatred. Instead I found my...2025
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• Sources: Flagg leads NBA's 13 green room invites
Cooper Flagg, Dylan Harper, Ace Bailey, VJ Edgecombe, Tre Johnson, Khaman Maluach, Jeremiah Fears and Kon Knueppel lead the first group of 13 prospects invited to the NBA draft's green room....2025
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• Sixers draft profile: Khaman Maluach is a bona fide big man
Duke center Khaman Maluach is a true big man draft prospect....2025
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• With Duke's three top-10 NBA draftees, Cooper Flagg, Kon Knueppel, Khaman Maluach, '25 class joins rare list

The Blue Devils' 2025 draft class matches the feats of Duke's program in 2019 and Florida's in 2007...2025
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• How Duke collapsed vs. Houston in Final Four in all-time March Madness comeback
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• NBA mock draft 2025: Updated projection with 2 March Madness prospects rising, 1 falling

Photo by C. Morgan Engel/NCAA Photos via Getty Images March Madness has impacted our latest 2025 NBA mock draft. March Madness is the first time a big section of NBA fans check in on the top prospects in college basketball. This is a good year to do it: 19 of the 30 first-round picks in our last mock draft made the 2025 men’s NCAA tournament, and a bunch of them are still playing as the fi...2025
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• NBA’s 11 worst long-term team outlooks, ranked by who has the bleakest future
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• 9 best NBA rookies at Las Vegas Summer League 2025, ranked
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• 6 NBA teams stuck in purgatory
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• 5 best NBA Draft team hauls and 2 teams who didn’t do enough
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• NBA Draft’s 5 biggest winners and 3 losers in 2025 class
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• 10 best NBA Draft picks in 2025 that get an A-grade from us
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• Suns Select Khaman Maluach With No. 10 Pick
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• Instant NBA Draft 2025 grades for every pick, starting with Cooper Flagg to the Mavs

Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images Let’s grade every pick in the 2025 NBA Draft. The 2025 NBA Draft class has been endlessly debated over the last 12 months, with little consensus among the lottery prospects after Cooper Flagg and Dylan Harper come off the board with the first two picks. Finally, draft day is here, and the speculation about how certain players fit with certain teams will ...2025
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• NBA mock draft 2025: Updated projection with NBA Finals now over
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• How Duke's Khaman Maluach went from playing soccer in South Sudan to a 2025 NBA Draft Lottery prospect

Maluach's journey from refugee to basketball stardom will culminate this month at the NBA Draft in Brooklyn...2025

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• Nets take Egor Demin in first shocking move of 2025 NBA Draft

With their first lottery pick in 15 years, the Nets turned in the first legitimate shock of the draft, picking BYU Egor Demin with the eighth selection on Wednesday. Brooklyn passed over Duke center Khaman Maluach, instead selecting the jumbo-sized Russian point guard. Egor Demin stands with NBA commissioner Adam Silver after being selected as......2025
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• Instant NBA Draft 2025 grades for every pick, starting with Cooper Flagg to the Mavs
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• Draft Rumors: Pelicans, Queen, Essengue, Raptors, Nets, Wolves
While Jonathan Givony and Jeremy Woo of ESPN have the Pelicans selecting Duke center Khaman Maluach with the seventh overall pick in their latest mock draft ahead of Wednesday night’s event, there has been some 11th-hour buzz linking New Orleans to Derik Queen, Givony notes. As Givony explains, new Pelicans executive Troy Weaver has “long-standing […]...2025
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• Hollinger & Duncan: Bane Trade, KD Trade, Draft Boards
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• NBA Draft combine 2025 winners and losers, starring Ace Bailey, Duke recruit, and more
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• Flagg, Harper, Bailey, Edgecombe, Fears Go 1-5 In ESPN's First Post-Lottery Mock Draft

The Dallas Mavericks won the 2025 NBA draft lottery Monday, shocking the basketball world by converting their minuscule 1.8% odds to secure the No. 1 pick. The Mavs now have the inside track to select Duke freshman Cooper Flagg, widely regarded as the consensus top player in this draft class. San Antonio jumped from their projected eighth spot to secure the No. 2 pick despite just 6.3% odds, while...2025
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