{"id":757339,"date":"2026-06-24T14:31:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T14:31:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/757339\/"},"modified":"2026-06-24T14:31:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T14:31:11","slug":"suns-trade-up-to-pick-no-30-for-arizonas-koa-peat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/757339\/","title":{"rendered":"Suns trade up to pick No. 30 for Arizona\u2019s Koa Peat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">The first day of the 2026 NBA Draft has come and gone, and the Phoenix Suns were quiet. Until they weren\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">They surprised us again and made a move as the clock struck midnight! John Gambadoro was first on it, as he relayed that the Suns would move up to the 30th pick and select freshman forward Koa Peat.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Peat won four state titles at Perry High School in Gilbert, Arizona, before helping lead the Wildcats to a Final Four appearance. He will now continue his journey in Arizona at the professional level in Phoenix.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">The Arizona product averaged 14.1 points, 5.6 rebounds, and 2.6 assists and shot 53% from the field as a 5-Star freshman. He shot 35% from 3-point range on a limited volume (7-for-20) in Arizona\u2019s system.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">In the deal, Phoenix will send the Knicks three 2nd-rounders and cash. Gambo <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Gambo987\/status\/2069625200585708026?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow\">confirmed<\/a> that pick No. 47 is heading to the Knicks, along with 2029 and 2033 second-rounders.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">This was reported earlier today by Jake Fischer, so it should come as no surprise.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">\u201cI believe that if Phoenix trades into the first round, Arizona freshman Koa Peat is one of the Suns\u2019 top targets,\u201d Fischer wrote in a Tuesday afternoon edition of The Stein Line newsletter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Peat is a physical player who adds size, athleticism, and an edge. He fits the exact DNA of the type of players Phoenix likes to target under Brian Gregory\u2019s watch. And fills a position of need in the process.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">What do you think of the move? Let us know below!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The first day of the 2026 NBA Draft has come and gone, and the Phoenix Suns were quiet.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":757340,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[64,63,726,85,328665],"class_list":["post-757339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-basketball","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-basketball","tag-sports","tag-suns-draft"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/757339","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=757339"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/757339\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/757340"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=757339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=757339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=757339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}