The Phoenix Suns have officially added Duop Reath and Kennedy Chandler to the roster as training camp approaches.
Phoenix will hold Media Day on Monday, with camp set to open on Tuesday. The team’s first preseason game is scheduled for Oct. 5, and the regular season begins on Oct. 21.
Reath arrives with three NBA seasons under his belt, all spent with the Portland Trail Blazers. In 146 games, including 20 starts, he has averaged 6.2 points, 2.6 rebounds and 13.3 minutes.
He has reached double figures 39 times and put up a career-high 26 points on March 4, 2024, at Minnesota. Last season, he also knocked down a career-best 41.8% from three-point range.
Before Portland, Reath finished his college career at Louisiana State University in 2018 and then played professionally in Serbia, Australia, China and Lebanon. Born in South Sudan, he spent much of his childhood in Australia and has represented the Australian men’s national team, earning a bronze medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
Chandler, listed at 6-foot-0 and 170 pounds, split last season with the Utah Jazz, appearing in 11 games and averaging 15.0 points, 6.7 assists, 3.4 rebounds and 1.0 steals. He scored a career-best 31 points on April 7 at New Orleans, then followed that with his first career double-double - 26 points and 10 assists - against Memphis on April 10.
The guard has two years of NBA experience and also played 36 games for the Grizzlies during the 2022-23 season. Chandler was the 38th overall pick in the 2022 NBA Draft after playing at the University of Tennessee. In the G League, he has logged 153 career appearances over four seasons and averaged 14.7 points and 6.1 assists.
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