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The Phoenix Suns had a brutal Sunday afternoon that included the firing of their head coach, Earl Watson, and a subtweet from their veteran Eric Bledsoe about wanting to get the heck out of there. Then Bledsoe was openly recruited by conference rival DeAndre Jordan on Twitter. It was all somehow uglier than the two 40-plus-point losses the team suffered in its opening week. Now-former assistant coach Mehmut Okur added onto the pile. Okur was fired along with two other assistant coaches on Sunday, and he took to Instagram in a not-so-thankful way. Family first Other little s... and MFS comes and goes in my life ✌️F... em I am out for now y'all ☝️ see y'all down the road And let’s take a look at Continue to Article

October 23, 2017 9:50:am EST

The Phoenix Suns have fired coach Earl Watson just three games in to the NBA season. The Suns announced the firing Sunday night after hours of meetings at the team's headquarters. Assistant coach Jay Triano, a former head coach of the Toronto Raptors, was named interim coach. Continue to Article

October 22, 2017 10:20:pm EST

It’s running on four seasons now that the Suns have quietly become one of the biggest disasters in the NBA. Sunday’s firing of Earl Watson may provide some temporary relief, but it won’t cure what ills Phoenix. From top to bottom, this organization is in disarray, and Watson was only one issue among many. Continue to Article

October 22, 2017 8:24:pm EST

The NBA doesn’t stop. On Sunday evening with football games going on in the background, the NBA snatched a spot in the headlines behind drama surrounding the Phoenix Suns. The Suns have lost three games in a row to start their season, including a 48-point loss to the Trail Blazers and a 42-point loss to the Clippers. On Sunday, everything burned to the ground in Phoenix and, thanks to the power of Twitter, we the chaos unfold live. Tanking takes patience, and Eric Bledsoe seems to have run out of it with the Phoenix Suns. On Sunday afternoon, Bledsoe took to Twitter and fired this off with no warning. There was no immediate context to this tweet from Bledsoe, but it wasn’t hard to figure out Continue to Article

October 22, 2017 7:31:pm EST

The Sacramento Kings have done their best to avoid the non-basketball related issues that often come with the NBA game, but they'll walk into someone else's firestorm Monday night in Phoenix. The Suns have fired head coach Earl Watson just three games into the 2017-18 season, according to ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski. Phoenix has dropped all three contests, including a 48-point loss to the Portland Trail Blazers on opening night and a 42-point defeat at the hands of the Clippers on Saturday. Continue to Article

October 22, 2017 6:13:pm EST