The Phoenix Suns are in their training camp for the regular season 2025-26 for a few days, and the vibes have usually been high. About the only care at the moment is Center Mark Williams, who does not yet have to do useful work on a basketball court. He is not injured according to head coach Jordan Ott, but it feels like his absence is more than they leave.
It is clear that the veterans in this schedule are impressed by the inflow of rookies and recurring second year, in which colleague Big Khaman Maluach sought himself early. His personality was contagious on the Mediadag, and his talk about how he got the “man-man” nickname was hilarious.
Maluach already has a voice for a defensive end.
A man who has clearly noticed Maluach is Swingman Grayson Allen, who enters his third season with the franchise who places him here next to Devin Booker here as an old head. It can be Rookie -ProSpes as raw as Maluach long to find their foot in the competition, and he will probably not be an exception offensive. In the defensive end, however, all loves hearing his voice.
Grayson Allen on Suns Rookie 7-footer Kaman Maluach talks about defense: “He talks non-stop on the field. As if he orders the defense, shouts, talks constantly. For a Rookie, let alone a 19-year-old man who comes in a gym and does that first day of training … pic.twitter.com/YGD0LYBTR6
– Duane Rankin (@duananterkin) September 27, 2025
It cannot be emphasized how impressive this is. In a gym with booker and with more established Bigs such as Nick Richards in the building, Maluach is to record that level of responsibility, the gate of the reason why the Suns initiated him in the first place. We said that he would probably have to go to the G League this coming season, just to get some representatives.
But we will soon be wrong if Maluach can be a difference every night. That immediately puts him a lot of pressure – although the Suns will not win many games – but if this can happen, it will also accelerate the rebuilding of the franchise around Booker. The NBA Finals team of 2021 had Deandre Ayton who owned the paint, the hope is that Maluach can do the same.
Even if all this conversation does not immediately translate into the success of the court – and there will be some reality controls with whom Maluach has to match early – it is still a great sign for how comfortable he should feel. With the constant questions about Williams, this development comes into the valley at the perfect moment.
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