PHOENIX SUNS
Performance & Sports Medicine Staff
Talking Stick Resort Arena· Pheonix, AZ
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David Crewe
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Paul Kim
David Crewe
Senior Director of Medical Operations
🎓 Education: University of Wisconsin-La Crosse (B.S.); California University of Pennsylvania (M.S.)
📍Hometown: Twin Lakes, Wisconsin
🏀 NBATA Member Since: 2010
ABOUT DAVID
David Crewe has served as director of medical services/head athletic trainer with the Phoenix Suns since the 2019-20 season. He joined the Suns following one season as the head athletic trainer for the Memphis Grizzlies. He brings valuable NBA leadership experience to the Suns medical staff where his primary role consists of overseeing the athletic training staff and working closely with team physicians with the direction of player medical care.
Prior to joining the Grizzlies, Crewe spent eight seasons (2010-2018) with the Minnesota Timberwolves including the last two as head strength and conditioning coach/assistant athletic trainer. For the 2016-17 season, he was named the David Craig Assistant Athletic Trainer of the Year by the National Basketball Athletic Trainers Association (NBATA). Crewe is currently serving a two-year term on the board of the NBATA as the Secretary and he has also served on the board of the NBATA as a Western Conference Assistant Athletic Trainer Representative. Previously, Crewe was a member of the communications committee for the National Basketball Strength and Conditioning Association (NBSCA).
Before his time in the NBA, Crewe spent three years with the athletic training department for the Kansas City Chiefs. A graduate of the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse with a Bachelor’s in Exercise Sports Science/Athletic Training, he also holds a Master’s in Rehabilitative Sciences from California University of Pennsylvania. He is a certified athletic trainer (ATC) and certified strength and conditioning specialist (CSCS).
The Twin Lakes, Wisconsin native resides in Phoenix.
Paul Kim
Assistant Athletic Trainer/ Physical Therapist
🎓 Education: Cal Poly Pomona (B.S.); University of Southern California (DPT); Idaho State University (M.S.)
📍Hometown: Orange County, CA
🏀 NBATA Member Since: 2026
ABOUT PAUL
Paul Kim joined the Phoenix Suns in 2026 as Physical Therapist and Assistant Athletic Trainer after two seasons with the Brooklyn Nets/Long Island Nets organization.
Kim earned his Doctorate in Physical Therapy from the University of Southern California in 2022, where he contributed to research on ACL reconstruction rehabilitation and lower extremity performance testing. He then completed USC’s Sports Physical Therapy Residency, serving as the primary physical therapist for East Los Angeles College football and basketball. He went on to earn his Master of Science in Athletic Training from Idaho State University. There he worked with the football and basketball programs and taught anatomy as a teaching assistant in the DPT program.
Kim began his NBA career in 2024 as Physical Therapist and Assistant Athletic Trainer for the Long Island Nets. That season he also practiced at Hospital for Special Surgery, managing post-operative lower extremity rehabilitation, and completed the HSS/Brooklyn Nets Lower Extremity Fellowship. He was promoted to Head Athletic Trainer for the Long Island Nets in 2025. A licensed physical therapist and certified athletic trainer, Kim is also board certified in sports physical therapy (SCS) and a certified strength and conditioning specialist (CSCS).
Paul resides in Phoenix, where he continues to teach and mentor future sports medicine clinicians.