{"id":423815,"date":"2025-01-16T09:22:08","date_gmt":"2025-01-16T08:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=423815"},"modified":"2025-01-16T09:22:08","modified_gmt":"2025-01-16T08:22:08","slug":"phoenix-suns-traded-josh-okogie-for-nick-richards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/phoenix-suns-traded-josh-okogie-for-nick-richards\/","title":{"rendered":"Phoenix Suns traded Josh Okogie for Nick Richards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Phoenix Suns have traded forward Josh Okogie and three second-round picks to the Charlotte Hornets in exchange for center Nick Richards and a 2025 Denver second-round pick.<\/p>\n<p>Richards brings much-needed size and scoring to the Suns, who rank last in points from their starting center. The 7-footer is averaging 8.9 points, 7.5 rebounds, and 1.7 blocks per game this season.<\/p>\n<p>The Hornets, meanwhile, add draft capital and a defensive-minded wing in Okogie. Richards is expected to compete for the starting center role in Phoenix.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Suns land much-needed help at center with Richards, who\u2019s averaged 11.3 points, 10.2 rebounds and 1.7 blocks in nine starts this season. He\u2019s shot 65 percent from the field over the last four seasons, fifth-best in the NBA during that span (min. 800 attempts), per ESPN Research. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OBZ1LIkBof\">https:\/\/t.co\/OBZ1LIkBof<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShamsCharania\/status\/1879646329850466672?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 15, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Phoenix Suns have traded forward Josh Okogie and three second-round picks to the Charlotte Hornets in exchange for center Nick Richards<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":146,"featured_media":374015,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_spbk_hide_featured":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[92],"tags":[],"rumors":[],"typology":[],"posizionamento":[],"class_list":["post-423815","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - 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