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| Regular Season | 18.7 | 5.7 | 40.9 | 3.3 | 0.9 |
Top Keita Bates-Diop News
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Suns' Keita Bates-Diop: Joins starting lineup
Bates-Diop is starting Friday against Sacramento.
With Kevin Durant (ankle) unavailable Friday, Bates-Diop will join the starting lineup for the fourth time in the last seven matchups. Bates-Diop has made seven starts this year, averaging 6.4 points and 4.4 rebounds in 24.9 minutes per game over those appearances.
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Suns' Keita Bates-Diop: Moves back to bench
Bates-Diop is not in the starting lineup for Saturday's game against the Grizzlies.
Bates-Diop has been moving in and out of the lineup this season, and he will move back to the bench after being part of the first unit in three of his last four contests. He's averaging 5.4 points and 2.7 rebounds per game when deployed off the bench across nine appearances.
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Suns' Keita Bates-Diop: Starting Friday
Bates-Diop will start Friday's game against Denver, Duane Rankin of The Arizona Republic reports.
The Suns are missing Devin Booker (ankle), but they are getting Grayson Allen back from his illness. Bates-Diop will replace Josh Okogie in the starting unit, and this will be his seventh start of the season. In his previous six starts, Bates-Diop averaged 6.8 points, 5.0 rebounds, 1.5 assists, 1.5 blocks and 1.2 steals.
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Suns' Keita Bates-Diop: Slides back to bench
Bates-Diop won't start Wednesday's game against the Raptors.
Bates-Diop received a pair of starts with the Suns battling injuries to Bradley Beal and Kevin Durant. However, with both players active, he'll return to the second unit. In eight games with the reserves this season, Bates-Diop is averaging 5.0 points, 2.6 rebounds and 1.1 steals/blocks over 16.1 minutes.
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Suns' Keita Bates-Diop: Will start Friday
Bates-Diop will start Friday's game against the Grizzlies, Duane Rankin of The Arizona Republic reports.
Bradley Beal (back) remains out and Kevin Durant will miss his first game of the season, so Bates-Diop will join Devin Booker, Grayson Allen, Eric Gordon and Jusuf Nurkic in the starting lineup. Across his previous four starts, Bates-Diop has averaged 6.5 points, 4.8 rebounds, 1.5 assists, 1.5 blocks and 1.0 steals in 26.3 minutes per game.
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Suns' Keita Bates-Diop: Limited production off bench
Bates-Diop produced three points (1-2 FG, 1-1 3Pt, 0-2 FT), three rebounds and one steal across 12 minutes during Wednesday's 123-115 win over the Warriors.
Bates-Diop was held below 20 minutes for a second consecutive matchup Wednesday, and he didn't have much production in the comfortable win. He's logged single-digit scoring totals in each of his six appearances since returning to a bench role, averaging 4.2 points and 3.0 rebounds in 17.5 minutes per game.
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Suns' Keita Bates-Diop: Retreats to bench
Bates-Diop isn't starting Sunday's game against the Thunder.
Bates-Diop started in his last four appearances and averaged 6.5 points and 4.8 rebounds in 26.3 minutes per game. However, he'll retreat to the bench Sunday while Josh Okogie returns to the starting lineup.
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Suns' Keita Bates-Diop: Moves to starting lineup
Bates-Diop is in the starting five for Saturday's game versus the 76ers.
Bates-Diop will replace Josh Okogie in the starting lineup Saturday. Bates-Diop has averaged 7.5 points and 1.5 rebounds in 12.0 minutes across his previous two appearances this season but started in 42 games for the Spurs in 2022-23.
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Suns' Keita Bates-Diop: Scores in double figures
Bates-Diop supplied 13 points (5-7 FG, 1-3 3Pt, 2-4 FT) and two rebounds in 18 minutes during Thursday's 132-121 loss to San Antonio.
The Suns fell behind early in Thursday's matchup, and although they mounted a comeback bid in the second half, Bates-Diop saw extended run for the first time this season after appearing in just one of the team's first four games of the year. The 27-year-old was efficient with his double-digit minutes, tying for the highest scoring total among the team's bench players. While he showed what he can do with ample playing time Thursday, it seems unlikely that he'll be part of the team's rotation regularly.
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Suns' Keita Bates-Diop: Not part of rotation
Bates-Diop didn't play in Thursday's 100-95 loss to the Lakers.
Even with Bradley Beal (back) and Devin Booker (foot) sidelined, Bates-Diop didn't see any playing time. Instead, Jordan Goodwin, Drew Eubanks, Yuta Watanabe and Nassir Little led the Suns' bench unit. In 2022-23, Bates-Diop had a career year with the Spurs, starting 42 of 67 appearances while averaging 9.7 points (39.4 percent from beyond the arc) and 3.7 rebounds in 21.7 minutes. It was believed he'd be able to parlay his solid production into a meaningful role for a Suns squad that lacks depth, but that hasn't been the case thus far. Bates-Diop doesn't need to be rostered in standard leagues.
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Suns' Keita Bates-Diop: Quality production off bench
Bates-Diop recorded nine points (4-10 FG, 1-4 3Pt), five rebounds, two assists and one block in 23 minutes during Tuesday's 115-107 preseason loss to the Nuggets.
Bates-Diop has garnered a sizable bench role in each of the Suns' first two preseason games. He figures to see a similar role during the regular season, as it appears both Grayson Allen and Josh Okogie are currently ahead of Bates-Diop in the running for the final starting spot alongside Devin Booker, Bradley Beal, Kevin Durant and Jusuf Nurkic.
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Suns' Keita Bates-Diop: Joins Phoenix on two-year deal
Bates-Diop and the Suns agreed to a two-year, $5 million deal Friday, Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN reports.
Bates-Drop notched career highs in points per game (9.7) and three-point percentage (39.4) with the Spurs in 2022-23 and is a perfect fit for the star-laden Suns. He started 42 of his 67 appearances last year, but the 27-year-old figures to garner a reserve role for Phoenix during the 2023-24 campaign.
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Player Bio
| HT/WT: 6-8, 229 lbs |
| Birthplace: Bloomington, IL |
| Age: 27 |
| School: Ohio St. |
| Experience: 5 |