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Dragan Bender later agreed to a partially guaranteed two-year deal with the Milwaukee Bucks on July 25, officially signing with the Bucks on July 30. Ray Spalding also agreed to a non-guaranteed deal with the Atlanta Hawks a day later on July 31, though he was waived before the preseason even concluded on October 8, 2019. Spalding then signed with the Houston Rockets on October 10, 2019 before being waived after the preseason on the 19th and playing for the Rio Grande Valley Vipers in the NBA G League until he later signed a two-way contract with the Charlotte Hornets and Greensboro Swarm in early 2020.
The 43–14 first quarter the Suns scored for a 29-point lead against the Golden State Warriors on October 30, 2019 became the team's largest lead by the end of a first quarter in franchise history, beating the 24-point lead held against the Utah Jazz back on January 5, 1994. He also put up six points, four rebounds, and a block coming off the bench with 19 minutes played in Team LeBron's 157–155 win over Team Giannis. Can’t see them staying in those spots when the playoffs begin, but they may face each other in the postseason.
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Each team only received eight new regular season games for late July and early August before a play-in tournament began with the top two teams for Seed 8 being at least four games apart from each other before the already qualified teams went straight into the 2020 NBA playoffs. The NBA revealed every team’s remaining schedules on June 26, with the Suns having a shuffled period of the initial 8 games they originally had against bubble qualified teams from March 14-April 1, 2020 rescheduled for July 31-August 13, 2020. Their preseason schedule was the second-shortest preseason in franchise history, behind the lockout shortened 2011–12 season. All home games played under this time were only viewed locally through the team's official website with recording done via Livestream.com, while road games were only available online outside of the team's area, similar to their last few preseasons. On draft night, the Suns agreed to three separate trades, each involving different teams, which were all made official on July 6, 2019.
Devin Booker became the 12th player in franchise history to score at least 7,000 points for the Phoenix Suns, reaching that point with 32 points in a 133–104 blowout win over the Dallas Mavericks on January 28, 2020. On January 10, 2020, Devin Booker tied former power forward/center Channing Frye as the sixth-highest three-point shooter in franchise history with four three-point field goals made in a win over the Orlando Magic.Booker then surpassed Frye in the next game just two days later with one made in a win over the Charlotte Hornets. On December 7, 2019, Devin Booker surpassed Hall of Famer and Phoenix Suns Ring of Honor member Connie Hawkins to become the 15th highest scoring player in franchise history with 35 points scored in a loss to the Houston Rockets. By the end of the regular season in August, this season's Suns team broke the 1989–90 Boston Celtics' record for highest free-throw percentage in a season at over 83.2% efficiency by shooting their free-throws at an 83.4% efficiency rate. However, the record can be considered one with an asterisk on it due to it not being completed under a full, 82 game schedule via the COVID-19 pandemic. After scoring 19 points in Wednesday’s win over Minnesota, Leonard wasn’t expected to play Thursday — and didn’t.
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From December 28, 2019 until January 7, 2020, Devin Booker joined James Harden, Russell Westbrook, LeBron James, and Tracy McGrady as the only players to put up 30+ points and 6+ assists in six straight games, dating back to the 1983–84 NBA season. Ending a four-game road trip with a win, the Suns return home to face the Pelicans just days after losing consecutive games to them in New Orleans. When he stuck with that before Thursday night’s matchup against the Clippers after sitting the previous two games with left hamstring tightness — and after missing the first dunk attempt — that was a good sign. The 2019–20 was the 120th in the history of Eintracht Frankfurt, a football club based in Frankfurt, Germany.
Booker donated his earnings to both Direct Relief and the Arizona Food Bank Network to support relief amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. On September 6, 2019, former Suns player and coach Paul Westphal was inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame as a player. Hagerstown finishes off the home stand with Greensboro in town for the 2019 Independence Day celebration at Municipal Stadium on July 1-3 with the Suns heading to the other side of Maryland for four games against Delmarva July 4-7. The Suns’ home schedule at Talking Stick Resort Arena is highlighted by visits from LeBron James, Anthony Davis and the Los Angeles Lakers on Nov. 12 and April 15 as well as Kawhi Leonard, Paul George and the Los Angeles Clippers on Oct. 26 and Feb. 26. The defending NBA Champion Toronto Raptors will make their lone trip to Phoenix on March 3, while the Suns host Zion Williamson and the new-look New Orleans Pelicans on Nov. 21 in a matchup that will air on TNT.
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From December 27, 2019 until January 7, 2020, Devin Booker set the franchise record of 7 consecutive 30+ point games, previously set at 5 games by Charlie Scott and later tied by Charles Barkley. August will see the Suns take the field at Historic Municipal Stadium 17-times, more than any other month of the season. Rome wraps up a three-game series that runs from July 31-August 2, with the home stand wrapping up as Columbia makes their only trip of the season to Hagerstown August 3-6.

The timing of their layoffs were also considered not related to any of the renovations for the Talking Stick Resort Arena, any plans for building their new practice facility nearby the arena, or even the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic caused upon the world. On February 8, 2020, Deandre Ayton became the quickest player in franchise history to reach 1,000 rebounds with 19 grabbed against the Denver Nuggets, getting to that mark in only 94 games played with Phoenix. On June 7, 2019, the NBA announced that the Suns would play against the San Antonio Spurs on December 14, 2019 at the Mexico City Arena in Mexico City. After the first game of the season, Deandre Ayton was suspended for 25 games due to diuretic usage.
Throughout the team's first seven games of the season, the Suns scored 89 three-point field goals, breaking a team record set back in the 2009–10 season. On November 5, 2019, Devin Booker became the first player in franchise history to score at least fifteen field goals and 3 three-pointers while making 75% or more of his shot attempts in both areas. On October 12, 2019, the Suns set a preseason record for most three-pointers made in a single game with 24 made in a win over the Portland Trail Blazers. On March 6, 2020, Aron Baynes became only the second player in league history to score 35+ points with 9 three-pointers made and grab 15+ rebounds in a single game, with the first player being James Harden. The Hagerstown Suns, Class-A Affiliate of the Washington Nationals, are excited to reveal their schedule for the 2019 South Atlantic League regular season.
On July 6, the Suns signed undrafted Brewster Academy point guard Jalen Lecque to a partially guaranteed four-year deal . Four days later, Kelly Oubre Jr. agreed to a two-year extension worth $30 million to return with the team, which he signed on July 16. The next day (which was also Kelly Oubre Jr.'s signing day), the Suns agreed to a two-year, $3.5 million deal with former New Orleans Pelicans power forward Cheick Diallo, which he signed on July 23, and a two-way contract spot with Auburn University point guard Jared Harper, which he signed on August 3. On July 21, George King signed a multi-year deal with the Dolomiti Energia Trento in Italy.
Other marquee home games at Talking Stick Resort Arena include matchups against the Milwaukee Bucks , Houston Rockets (Dec. 21 and Feb. 7), Golden State Warriors (Feb. 12 and Feb. 29), Portland Trail Blazers (Dec. 16 and March 6), Philadelphia 76ers (Nov. 4) and Brooklyn Nets (Nov. 10). That goes back to the 2021 Western Conference finals when Kawhi Leonard missed the entire series with a knee injury. Those three should've been able to watch the entire fourth quarter from the bench, especially Booker since he was coming off missing two games with the hamstring. "I think I hit five or six in a row in Houston , too," said Bridges, who connected on 11-of-18 from the field, going 2-of-5 from 3 Thursday. "I was just missing them (in Tuesday's game), but it felt good. Teammates found me. Felt good to make some shots." Here are five takeaways from Thursday’s win as Cameron Payne and Deandre Ayton were sidelined after suffering injuries in Tuesday’s loss to the Rockets.

The team also started wearing special cloth face masks during the remaining games played this season, as well as wore "Black Lives Matter" t-shirts before games and kneeling down for the national anthem. Every game these 22 teams competed in during this stretch counted for their overall regular season records. They also provided a potential jump up with playoff and draft placements in the 2020 NBA draft in the event the Suns made it to the playoffs properly, though they would not count for any potential impact in the NBA draft lottery for that upcoming draft. With their resumed season, the Suns managed to get a perfect 8–0 return in the 2020 NBA Bubble to end their regular season at 34–39. However, they did not reach the play-in tournament due to the Portland Trail Blazers having a better record and the Memphis Grizzlies having the tiebreaker over Phoenix this season. On August 8, 2020, Cameron Johnson broke a record previously set by Wesley Person for the fastest player to reach 100 three-pointers made in franchise history.
The position was headlined by Brady Howe as the senior director of player health and performance, with David Crewe being the director of medical services and head athletic trainer. Lakewood comes to town to wrap up the 2019 regular season from August 30- September 2 to wrap up a 25-game season series between the two teams. The Suns play Lakewood the most in 2019, while Hagerstown squares off against the Shorebirds 22 times. The 2019 schedule is subject to change without notice while game times and the 2019 promotional schedule will be announced during the off season.

Of the Suns’ 40 home games, 14 will be played on Friday or Saturday with eight Friday night home games and six Saturday night home contests. Phoenix’s home schedule includes two six-game home stands, with the first taking place from Nov. 4 to Nov. 18 and the other spanning from Feb. 26 to March 8. The Suns open the season with nine of their first 12 games in the Valley and conclude the season with four of their final seven games in Phoenix with their home finale coming against the Los Angeles Lakers on April 15. Phoenix will play 13 back-to-back sets this season, two of which will be two home games on consecutive days (Feb. 7-8, Feb. 28-29). On December 30, 2019, Devin Booker surpassed Hall of Famer and Phoenix Suns Ring of Honor member Charles Barkley with 33 points scored in a 122–116 win over the Portland Trail Blazers to become the 12th highest scoring player in franchise history. United StatesStanfordEntering the night of the 2019 NBA draft, the Suns held just one first-round pick and one second-round pick.
Suns Release 2019 Regular Season Schedule
With their final trade, the Suns agreed to trade away the Milwaukee Bucks' future first-round pick (which was the 30th pick of next season's draft) to the Boston Celtics in exchange for center Aron Baynes and the 24th pick of the draft , point guard Ty Jerome from the University of Virginia. Jerome was an All-ACC Third Team member in 2018 before being an All-ACC Second Team member in 2019 and winning the 2019 NCAA tournament with Virginia. They also agreed to a partially guaranteed deal with Brewster Academy postgraduate student Jalen Lecque after the draft as an undrafted player, signing his deal alongside the other rookies on July 6, 2019. On July 16, 2020, during the team's stay in Orlando, Florida for the resumed season, the Suns released an updated coaching staff for the franchise during not just the rest of this season, but also intended for entering their next season as well.

The 2019 season will be Hagerstown's 39th with the Suns playing 140 games, 70 of which will be held at Historic Municipal Stadium. The Suns return to Mexico City as part of the NBA Mexico City Games 2019, when the Suns host the San Antonio Spurs on Dec. 14. Phoenix made history in 2017 when it became the first team to ever host two consecutive regular season games in Mexico City. They play each other two more times in Phoenix with the first one Feb. 16 before the All-Star break and the second April 9 to end the regular season.