Kevin Durant and Bradley Beal are both out with injuries for the Phoenix Suns in their game against the Utah Jazz on Friday night, one day after a trade deadline where both players were the subject of multiple trade rumors.

Suns forward Kevin Durant is out for the second straight game because of an ankle injury, while Bradley Beal also will sit Friday night against the Jazz.

Following the Jazz game, Durant and the Suns will continue a three-game home stand with Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets coming to town on Saturday and Ja Morant and the Memphis Grizzlies on Tuesday. They will wrap things up with a trip to Texas to take on the Houston Rockets before NBA All-Star Weekend begins.

Kevin Durant called cap on Kendrick Perkins. The Suns’ All-Star wing roasted former teammate Kendrick Perkins for claiming he served as the leader on the past Thunder teams that featured the big three of Durant,

Kevin Durant has been one of the more outspoken NBA players in recent memory. Durant has never been shy to back down from people talking trash about him and it has earned him a label of being soft by some fans.