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528 - It's Suns-Blazers in the NBA Play-In Game

ArizonaSports.com's Kevin Zimmerman and Kellan Olson break down the storylines surrounding the Phoenix Suns every week. From in-depth analysis to breaking news reactions, the Empire of the Suns podcast has you covered for everything Suns.

528 - It's Suns-Blazers in the NBA Play-In Game

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Sat, 4 Apr 2026 03:43:50 +0000

Fri, 27 Mar 2026

Wed, 18 Mar 2026

Tue, 10 Mar 2026

Thu, 5 Mar 2026 03:03:04 +0000

Tue, 24 Feb 2026

Thu, 5 Feb 2026 22:12:12 +0000

Sat, 31 Jan 2026

Fri, 16 Jan 2026

Thu, 8 Jan 2026 21:21:40 +0000

Fri, 2 Jan 2026 21:57:54 +0000

Fri, 19 Dec 2025

Thu, 11 Dec 2025

Thu, 4 Dec 2025 04:00:45 +0000

Tue, 25 Nov 2025

Wed, 19 Nov 2025

Fri, 14 Nov 2025

Thu, 6 Nov 2025 02:13:30 +0000

Wed, 29 Oct 2025

Fri, 17 Oct 2025

Thu, 25 Sep 2025

Tue, 23 Sep 2025

Fri, 18 Jul 2025

Fri, 27 Jun 2025

Thu, 26 Jun 2025

Tue, 24 Jun 2025

Sun, 22 Jun 2025

Mon, 16 Jun 2025

Thu, 12 Jun 2025

Wed, 4 Jun 2025 22:21:21 +0000

Wed, 21 May 2025

Fri, 2 May 2025 02:09:11 +0000

Fri, 18 Apr 2025

Tue, 15 Apr 2025

Tue, 1 Apr 2025 22:29:04 +0000

Wed, 26 Mar 2025

Thu, 20 Mar 2025

Mon, 3 Mar 2025 22:58:43 +0000

Fri, 21 Feb 2025

Fri, 7 Feb 2025 00:36:20 +0000

Sun, 2 Feb 2025 08:08:01 +0000

Wed, 29 Jan 2025

Fri, 24 Jan 2025

Fri, 17 Jan 2025

Tue, 7 Jan 2025 22:56:30 +0000

Thu, 2 Jan 2025 22:26:44 +0000

Fri, 20 Dec 2024

Fri, 13 Dec 2024

Empire of the Suns

Episodes

It's Suns-Blazers in the NBA Play-In Game

Should the Suns prefer a play-in against the Clippers or Blazers?

The Phoenix Suns have TONS to figure out before a likely play-in berth

Are the Suns set for the seventh seed?

Suns might've hit their ceiling, plus an NCAA Tournament preview from NBA Draft lens

Suns' rebound includes a win over Hornets, and the rookies are showing out

Mark Williams' stock is down, Rasheer Fleming's is up for the Suns lately

Devin Booker, Dillon Brooks injuries stack up for Suns out of the NBA All-Star break

Suns duck the tax with Nick Richards trade at the deadline

How can Devin Booker and Dillon Brooks make the NBA All-Star Game? It's complicated

Which Suns have value at the NBA trade deadline?

As the Suns remain feisty, how will they approach the trade deadline?

Soon, the Suns might have the GOOD kind of rotation problems

Are the Phoenix Suns coming down to Earth?

Great-vibes Suns win over T-Wolves precedes clunker against Thunder

The Suns are good! Really!

Suns' roster atrophy hits a limit in loss to Rockets

A crazy gameplan helped the Suns rebound from a loss in a big way

The Suns are fun. Are they good?

The win vs. the Spurs gave the Suns credibility

Phoenix Suns leave a lot of room for improvement 4 games in

Suns ready to lean on Devin Booker: 2025-26 preseason review and a season preview

Suns formally move on from the Big 3 era: 2025-26 Media day recap

We're back after a hiatus, and Suns training camp is here

Bradley Beal is gone, and a 2025 Suns Summer League review

2025 NBA Draft review: The Suns have a crop with Maluach, Fleming and Brea

Suns draft Khaman Maluach and trade for Mark Williams

Who could the Phoenix Suns pick at No. 10 in the 2025 NBA Draft?

Kevin Durant is a Rocket, and the Suns' return in the trade is confounding

2025 NBA Draft preview as a Kevin Durant trade lingers

Kevin Durant trade season has begun for the Suns

Suns hire Jordan Ott as head coach, and Mat Ishbia sends a letter

The Suns' head-coaching search is down to a few guys

The optics don't look great around the Suns' promotion of GM Brian Gregory

Mat Ishbia's accountability about Suns is self-aware but still leaves questions

Reaction to the Phoenix Suns firing Mike Budenholzer with Sam Cooper from The Timeline

Kevin Durant is hurt and the Suns are tailspinning to the end

The Suns are finally playing good ball: Ryan Dunn and Oso Ighodaro appreciation

James Jones could be the Suns' scapegoat. Or he could help them dig out of this hole

It gets noisy around the Suns, plus a Bol Bol hat-tip

Where do the Suns go from here?

Trade deadline recap w/ Sam Cooper

This is a Suns podcast but Luka Doncic was traded to the Lakers

A pre-NBA deadline Q&A: Jimmy Butler and other Suns trade options

Phoenix Suns make a trade before the possible Jimmy Butler trade

Suns keep digging for answers with Nick Richards trade

Bradley Beal is benched and the smoke around Suns' Jimmy Butler trade interest is suffocating

The sample size is too large to ignore: The Suns are one of the worst teams in the NBA lately

Devin Booker gets hurt, and a loss to the Pacers is a microcosm of the Suns

Jimmy Butler is apparently interested in the Suns, just like this podcast

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