Analysis: 2025 Arizona Teams' Ups, Downs, and Highlights

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00:00What's up basketball fans, let's talk about the wild ride that was 2025 in Arizona sports,

00:06it was a year of highs, lows, and everything in between, it all started on the very first

00:11day of the year, January 1st, 2025, we got arguably the game of the year in the Arizona

00:17sports market, Arizona State Sun Devils vs Texas, double overtime, ASU's magical first

00:24Big 12 season, had them in a showdown with a Texas team that had real title aspirations,

00:29the Sun Devils were down 24-8 with just 10 minutes left, then, Cam Scadabo's legendary

00:35puke and rally moment happened, he turned the tide, finishing with 143 rushing yards,

00:4199 receiving yards, and 42 passing yards, he put ASU ahead 31-24 in the first OT,

00:48but on a 4th and 13 blitz call, Texas ended it in double overtime, final score, 39-31,

00:56Texas, was it enthralling, yes, painful, absolutely, but Sun Devil fans, isn't that

01:03game just etched in your brain as the peak of the program revival, now, let's get to

01:08the NBA and the Phoenix Suns, the Kevin Durant era is officially over, and it's deeply tied

01:14to the Bradley Beal era, Durant found himself on the way out, not because of his play, but

01:20because the Suns, after getting him, salary locked themselves with the Beal trade, after

01:25two subpar seasons, with no traction on trading Beal, the more realistic option was trading

01:31Durant, the news cycle blew up around the February 5th trade deadline, Durant, pushed

01:36back against a deal, to Golden State, finished the season professionally, and in the offseason,

01:41he had all the leverage, on June 22nd, the Suns traded him to Houston, the return, Jalen

01:47Green, Dylan Brooks, and the number 10 pick in 2025, which was used on Duke Center Common

01:53Malawak, the Suns also removed James Jones as front office leader, and promoted Brian

01:58Gregory, my question for you all is, knowing what we know now, did the Suns get the best

02:04return they possibly could in that Durant deal, the Suns then fired head coach Mike Budenholzer

02:09after just one season and only 36 wins, that's the third head coach fired in three offseasons

02:15under owner Matt Ishbia, they promised a gritty culture change, owner Ishbia said he'd become

02:20more involved, the new front office of Ishbia and Gregory then hired first time head coach

02:25Jordan Ott, and here's the crazy part, six months later, this reset Suns team is surprisingly

02:31in the heart of the playoff mix, Ott has optimized guys like Dylan Brooks, Devin Booker, and rookie

02:37Oso Iguodaro, they've created a team fans can be proud of, so Suns fans, are you buying into

02:43this new identity, or are you still skeptical, switching gears to football, the Arizona Cardinals

02:48made a big move in March of 2025, signing pass rusher Hassan Redick to a four-year, $76.4 million

02:55deal, it was supposed to signal they were hitting the gas, and individually, Redick has done his

03:00job, matching a career-high 11 sacks, but the team's season collapsed, a brutal 22-21 loss

03:07to the then-04 Tennessee Titans, on October 5th summed it up, they led 21-6, in the fourth quarter,

03:15Amari Demercato fumbled at the goal line, and they lost, Kyler Murray called it the worst loss of his

03:20career, and it might have been his last game as a Cardinal, he battled a foot injury, backup Jacoby

03:25Brissette went, 1-10, as a starter, and now the offseason is full of questions about Murray, GM Monte

03:32Ossenfort, and coach Jonathan Gannon, Cardinals fans, is it time to completely blow it up and

03:37start over, and we can't forget, the Arizona Diamondbacks, they signed ace Corbin Burns on

03:43December 30th, 2024, setting up 2025, to be their year to challenge the Dodgers, but Burns needed

03:51Tommy John surgery, in June after 11 starts with a 2.66 ERA, the injury bug was brutal, by August 1st,

03:59they were 51-59, and sold off players like Eugenio Suarez and Merrill Kelly, then they made a 29-18

04:06push to get back to 80-77 on September 23rd, but they lost 5 straight to end the year, the whole

04:13season was weird, their best stretch came after trading key players, their best player was Geraldo

04:18Perdomo, who got MVP votes, Cattell Marte's house was robbed during the All-Star break, and he's now a

04:23trade candidate, they lost a game, where Suarez, hit 4 home runs, they lost 14-12, to the 43-119 Colorado

04:33Rockies, D-backs fans, was this the most frustrating and bizarre season you can remember, finally, back to

04:40the draft, Arizona products shined in the 2025 NFL draft, ASU's, Cam Scadabo, 4th round, had 4-10 yards and

04:495 TDs in 8 games for the Giants before an injury, Arizona's Ted Iroa McMillan went 8th overall to

04:56Carolina, and has 929 yards and 7 TDs, Wildcats like Jonas Avinaya, Tyler Loop and Jackery Krosky

05:04Merritt all got drafted and contributed, and at ASU, despite Sam Levitt entering the transfer portal,

05:10coach Kenny Dillingham is staying after fending off interest from Michigan, he validated,

05:152024 wasn't a fluke, with 8 wins in 2025, so, for the local college fans, who are you most proud

05:25of seeing make it in the pros, it was a roller coaster year folks, what was your biggest Arizona

05:31sports moment of 2025?

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