Suns @ Hawks Friday game thread, 1-23-2026

[Mainstreet]

Jordan Ott on Devin Booker.

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[Suns_fan69]

Jordan Ott on Devin Booker.

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That doesn't sound good, can't really afford to have Book out more than a week if we want to stay out of the play-in

 

[Cheesebeef]

Here is video of the injury to Devin Booker.

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Cheese and Rice… REALLY?!?!?? That’s how he hurt it?!?

Arizona State Sports is freaking CURSED.

 

[BooksOrangePlanet]

Cheese and Rice… REALLY?!?!?? That’s how he hurt it?!?

Arizona State Sports is freaking CURSED.

while having one of his best games of the season

 

[dscher]

Jalen green crap is getting old. Just shelve him the rest of the year so this team can focus without that distraction

 

[SirStefan32]

Oh man, just watched this. What a mess! Book's injury looked nasty. I hope it's not a grade 3, but it looked like at least a grade 2, which means he'll be out for at least four weeks or so.

 

[TJ]

$70+ million a year for a non-MVP caliber, injury-prone player is crazy

 

[Phrazbit]

$70+ million a year for a non-MVP caliber, injury-prone player is crazy

If he wasn’t around we’d probably be sitting on 10 wins… so I disagree.

Counting the collapse tonight, we’re 1-4 without him.

 

[Phrazbit]

I feel like this is going to be a lost season for Green and we're praying that Booker only misses a few weeks, during a stretch of the schedule where we have an opportunity to make huge games.

I don't think I've been this bummed after a Suns game in a few years.

That Christmas game in 23 when KD's revealed his true nature? Game 7 against the Mavs?

Was this the same ankle he rolled a week ago?

 

[Carolinacacti]

Well it is a position that the Suns had to many players. Oso, Williams go down that would be bad Suns are going to have some undrafted players playing major minutes. Go get some wins

 

[Sparky16]

92-93, Age 26 was the first season he missed significant time.

wasn't KJs problem a groin?

 

[82CardsGrad]

Or he is soft as fudge. I think he is soft

The prior two seasons before coming to PHX, Green started all 82 games, averaging over 33 mins per game.

 

[BooksOrangePlanet]

 

[Adrian]

From Suns’ resilience to wreckage in one night

The night everything finally broke at once.

sports.yahoo.com

 

[Adrian]

Suns reach peak of adversity with Booker, Green both injured- Arizona Sports

Injuries to Devin Booker and Jalen Green halt the Phoenix Suns season-long momentum in Friday's 110-103 lost to the Atlanta Hawks.

arizonasports.com

 

[Adrian]

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[BooksOrangePlanet]

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the man gives the most honest pressers

 

[Chaplin]

$70+ million a year for a non-MVP caliber, injury-prone player is crazy

Injury prone? Has nothing to do with that, it was a freak accident. But you already know this. You’re just posting this because you don’t like him.

 

[mjb21aztd]

Just a down gm tough l

Much confidence suns will bounce back quickly

Lot of good wins so far though

Also suckssss on dbook inj hopin not out a month(

 

[BooksOrangePlanet]

i might be playing r.e.m. "everybody hurts" on repeat at work today but im still dressed like im headed to a game

 

[TJ]

Injury prone? Has nothing to do with that, it was a freak accident. But you already know this. You’re just posting this because you don’t like him.

I’m posting this because he makes a ton of money, and neither his production nor his ability to stay healthy merit such a massive contract

 

[Superbone]

Well it is a position that the Suns had to many players. Oso, Williams go down that would be bad Suns are going to have some undrafted players playing major minutes. Go get some wins

It is Bouyea's time to shine.

 

[Covert Rain]

wasn't KJs problem a groin?

That and hamstring issues. When he went in for a hernia surgery they discovered that he had had a secondary undiagnosed hernia that they found during surgery (that he had for years). They speculated that is what led to some of his problems (groin, hamstring, quadriceps, and other muscle strain issues).

 

[Chaplin]

I’m posting this because he makes a ton of money, and neither his production nor his ability to stay healthy merit such a massive contract

That’s just a general statement brought on by a freak accident, as if that accident proves he’s overpaid. News flash: 95% of the NBA is overpaid.

Who cares? You’re not paying him out of your pocket are you? This is just anger trolling.

 

[Raindog]

That’s just a general statement brought on by a freak accident, as if that accident proves he’s overpaid. News flash: 95% of the NBA is overpaid.

Who cares? You’re not paying him out of your pocket are you? This is just anger trolling.

Possibly more frustration than anger. I feel that, too. The Suns have to be the most snakebitten franchise in basketball, if not all pro sports. Nothing ever seems to go very well for very long here.