The Phoenix Suns have their first preseason road trip on the calendar.
Phoenix will head to Chicago on Oct. 7 to face the Bulls in exhibition play, adding another piece to a preseason schedule that already includes two meetings with the San Antonio Spurs. The Suns will host San Antonio on Oct. 10 before going back on the road for the rematch on Oct. 14.
For now, that gives Phoenix this preseason slate:
Oct. 7: AT Chicago Bulls
Oct. 10: VS San Antonio Spurs
Oct. 14: AT San Antonio Spurs
The Suns usually play four or five preseason games before the regular season starts, so another matchup should still be on the way.
The Bulls offer a useful early checkup for Phoenix, while the Spurs provide another familiar test in the same stretch. The Suns are also trimming back their preseason travel after last year’s trip to China for a pair of exhibition games against the Brooklyn Nets.
This summer has been about keeping the core together in the desert. Phoenix re-signed Collin Gillespie, Mark Williams and Jordan Goodwin, and that comes alongside the star trio of Devin Booker, Jalen Green and Dillon Brooks.
There were still some notable changes, especially up front. The Suns traded up in the 2026 NBA Draft to land Koa Peat and also brought in Miles Bridges in a trade from the Charlotte Hornets.
Big sweeping changes were never really the plan, and owner Mat Ishbia made that clear before the offseason.
"I feel we have the right players in place, the right coach (Jordan Ott) in place, but they have to get better," Ishbia told reporters before the offseason.
"Everyone has to get better. Everyone has got to improve.
Sometimes, the feeling is 'I got to go get this guy that does this,' but what if my guy can already do that? He just has to continue to get better.
We have a young, ascending team."
After a surprise run to the playoffs, Phoenix is now trying to take another step in 2026-27. The preseason is where that push starts.
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