Suns Announce Plans for a G-League Team in 2024-25

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I found another article about Jaden Shackelford, a 6'3" inch guard from the Oklahoma City Blue whom the Suns just acquired.

The Suns G League team sent a first-round pick in the 2025 NBA G League Draft to obtain his rights.

He must have made an impression in the Las Vegas Summer League.


Story by Damon Allred, SB Nation:

Suns fans may recognize Shackelford’s name from when he terrorized the Summer Suns in Las Vegas to the tune of six threes, three assists and one steal with no turnovers off the bench in a 100-99 Suns win.

The 6-foot-3, 200-pound guard averaged 14 points (37.1% on 8.6 3PA) over 60 regular season games (43 starts) with the Blue over the past two seasons.

He has not yet made his NBA debut, as he went undrafted in 2022 and signed an Exhibit-10 deal with the Thunder before being placed on the Blue’s opening night roster.



 

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Charlie Bell has been hired as a personnel evaluation for the Phoenix Suns G League team, the Valley Suns, according to Bell's LinkedIn account.Bell and Phoenix Suns team owner Mat Ishbia were teammates at Michigan State when the Spartans won the 2000 national title. #Suns
 

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Charlie Bell has been hired as a personnel evaluation for the Phoenix Suns G League team, the Valley Suns, according to Bell's LinkedIn account.Bell and Phoenix Suns team owner Mat Ishbia were teammates at Michigan State when the Spartans won the 2000 national title. #Suns

Seems like Ish takes care of his buddies, I'm just waiting for IT to come on board. Not exactly the best look for the future imo.
 
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The Suns trade for the rights to guard Kaleb Johnson with Austin Spurs.

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Hmmm. Seems like more wheeling and dealing in the G League just from first glance...
 
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Hmmm. Seems like more wheeling and dealing in the G League just from first glance...

Only a guess, but it looks like the Suns want certain type of players who fit in their system better.
 
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The Suns sign Moses Wood to an Exhibit 10 contract.

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Suns are loving those point guards this season.

It really seems like Coach Bud told JJ he's not going to play the fool like Vogel did for the horrible roster construction. It's still mind boggling how we were supposed to contend with half a PG on the roster. I say half because Goodwin wasn't a real PG and he was dealt anyways and IT came in on 10 day contracts right at the end of the season. Saying we carried 1 PG all season would be rounding up.
 
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Here is a look at the Valley Suns jerseys. I like the way these appear.

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Saw a deal on Facebook for the Suns Live package that gives you access to all games for the season through the Suns Live app plus 2 tickets to the Valley Suns for $100. If anyone is in the market for the season pass for the Suns I'd definitely check that out. I couldn't grab a link since it was a Facebook link but I imagine you can find it if you look around.

Theres also a deal where you can get free tickets to the Valley Suns by making a Goodwill donation. Here's a link to info on that. I'm glad they're trying to push the Valley Suns games.

 

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Boring. Not a fan of this seasons jerseys.

Those are D-League jerseys, I don't think any effort is putting into designing them, by any team in the league. The next time I see someone who has purchased a D-League jersey will be the first time.

But our bizarre Frankenstein, 80s Western, 90s All-Star, with green for no reason, jerseys are hideous.
 

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Those are D-League jerseys, I don't think any effort is putting into designing them, by any team in the league. The next time I see someone who has purchased a D-League jersey will be the first time.

But our bizarre Frankenstein, 80s Western, 90s All-Star, with green for no reason, jerseys are hideous.

With those designs, they can be found at Goodwill
 
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