With dreams of reaching the postseason officially in their rear-view mirror, the Phoenix Suns were content to play for pride Wednesday against the Sacramento Kings. In an effort to given plenty of the team’s reserves quality minutes, head coach Jeff Hornacek played 12 total players, including rookie guard Archie Goodwin. Goodwin scored a career-high 29 […]
While the Phoenix Suns have made it very clear that re-signing Eric Bledsoe and P.J. Tucker are at the top of their wish list this offseason, retaining the services of veteran forward Channing Frye is also a stated priority. After missing all of 2012-13 due to an enlarge heart, Frye became the only Sun to […]
The Phoenix Suns will have some important decisions to make this offseason, with the most high-profile being that of what to do with Eric Bledsoe. A restricted free agent, the guard has averaged 18 points, 5.5 assists and 4.8 rebounds per game during an injury-truncated season. He’s been excellent when on the court, and at […]
It’s bigger than the elephant in the room. Nobody wants to admit it. We like having him to blame for everything that’s wrong with the planet, the country, the economy…Phoenix. Life seemed great when we could fall back on knowing everything would be better if it wasn’t for him. Fight it all you want. Go […]
Three appearances in the Western Conference Finals and two of the three 60-win seasons in franchise history. Four different general managers. Five different head coaches. And despite a fourth straight non-playoff season, the Phoenix Suns own the fifth-best record in the NBA since the start of the 2004-05 season, which also marked the start of […]
PHOENIX — Sure, the Suns overcame great odds to have a successful season, albeit without the postseason experience. But Channing Frye overcame even greater odds to have what he’s referred to several times as “the funnest year I’ve ever had.” Because there was nothing fun about last year. Think back to how he missed all […]
Normally, the stark reality that a team has been eliminated from postseason contention for the fourth straight year would be met with ample pessimism. That is not the case with the Phoenix Suns, who were beaten by the Memphis Grizzlies Tuesday night, sealing their fate for another playoff-less campaign. However, national pundits are applauding the […]
It is not yet time for the NBA to hand out its official awards, but that doesn’t mean others are not ready to do so. ProBasketballTalk.com named its Executive of the Year and the award went to the Phoenix Suns’ Ryan McDonough. As far as upsets go, this isn’t exactly one. The panel of Kurt […]
The playoffs no longer an option, it’s time to take stock in the 2013-14 Phoenix Suns. A team that came together and surpassed all reasonable expectations, it would seem unfair to call the season anything but a success. “We just wanted the guys to play as hard as they can; establish that type of work […]
With their season on the line, the Phoenix Suns laid it on the line — and then some. But it is the end of the line for the 2013-14 Suns as they were eliminated from playoff contention, losing to the Grizzlies 97-91 in their home finale. “We basically told them that we were proud to […]
The Phoenix Suns entered the season’s stretch run with a shocking playoff berth well within their grasp. Then things took a turn for the worst. Phoenix has now lost three straight, capped off by a 97-91 loss to the Memphis Grizzlies on Monday at U.S. Airways Center — eliminating the Suns from NBA playoff contention. […]
Phoenix Suns forward P.J. Tucker was awarded the team’s Majerle Hustle Award on Monday in a pregame presentation prior to Phoenix’s home finale. Tucker is the first back-to-back winner of the award, which is awarded to the Suns player “who most personified the hustle and determination that Suns Ring of Honor member Dan Majerle displayed […]
PHOENIX — Their season will not be defined by this one game, but whether or not it is extended will be determined, partly, by how well they play for 48 minutes against Memphis on Monday. The Suns’ playoff hopes, while slim, still exist despite back-to-back road losses to San Antonio and Dallas. “Two games didn’t […]
The fact that the playoffs are still even a possibility for the Phoenix Suns (47-33) this late into the 2013-14 season is a victory in and of itself. With that said, following back-to-back crushing losses to the San Antonio Spurs and Dallas Mavericks, the road to their first postseason appearance since 2009-10 will not be […]
Will a clutch player please stand up for the Phoenix Suns? As Saturday’s close game with the Dallas Mavericks wound down, it appeared the home team had something the Suns lack: Someone to count on in close situations. With the Mavericks down by double-digits in the third quarter, Dirk Nowitzki went on a scoring tear, […]
If misery loves company, the Phoenix Suns found the perfect companion for their heartbreaking 112-104 loss in San Antonio Friday. For the second consecutive evening, Phoenix built a double-digit lead. For the second consecutive evening, its Texas-based host had no problem overcoming the deficit. The Suns reeled off a 17-6 run to close the first […]
The Phoenix Suns started Friday’s game against the San Antonio Spurs like a team that knew its playoff chances hinged on its final four games. They ended it like one that was projected to win fewer than 25 games. Despite racing out to a 21-point lead in the first quarter against the Tim Duncan- and […]
The answer to one question could be as important to the Phoenix Suns’ future as anything else. Is Gerald Green good? A journeyman who is now with his seventh NBA team, the 6-foot-8 swingman with great athleticism certainly has the tools to be a very good NBA player. But up until this season, all the […]
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It looks like LeBron James is not the only player who likes to show off with some dunks on an opponent’s practice court. After practice in San Antonio Thursday, some Phoenix Suns decided to put on a display of their own. In this video uploaded to rookie Alex Len’s Instagram account, we see Ish Smith, […]
The key to the 2014-2015 Suns is keeping Markieff Morris and Gerald Green on the team. The key to the 2014-2015 Suns is keeping Markieff Morris and Gerald Green on the bench. Whenever the Suns play a team below .500, Markieff Morris averages fewer points, shoots a lower percentage and has fewer rebounds. Whenever the […]
I thought we were done with this. I thought the Suns would be more focused because they could see the end game scenario before them and their effort would even out against varying degrees of competition. I was with Coach Hornacek, whom implied on the Doug & Wolf Show that he didn’t feel like we […]
To this point, one of the defining moments of the Phoenix Suns’ magical 2013-14 season was a beaten and battered P.J. Tucker throwing his body around at both ends of the court in the team’s 122-115 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder last Sunday. Tucker, who was forced to play the final minutes of the […]
The Phoenix Suns vowed not to play to the level of their competition heading into Wednesday night’s road contest against the New Orleans Pelicans. Despite facing a Pelicans squad that was sans All-Star forward Anthony Davis (back spasms), that promise wasn’t completely kept. However, a late 15-6 spurt and 21 points off the bench from […]
When the Phoenix Suns acquired Miles Plumlee in a trade with the Indiana Pacers last year, it wasn’t clear what was expected from a second-year player with only 14 career games under his belt. Fast forward to the final week of the regular season, the 6-foot-11 center is a big reason why the Suns are […]
Every day, ArizonaSports.com asks readers a question. It’s the Sanderson Ford Poll Question of the Day, and it can be found midway down the right side of our home page. On Monday, we wanted to know: Will the Phoenix Suns get to 50 wins this season? Five games left. Forty-six wins. Will the Suns reach […]
PHOENIX, Ariz. — Teams, regardless of sport, want to be at their best down the stretch. The Phoenix Suns are no exception, and in fact they are adhering to that philosophy, winning eight of their last 10, including their two most recent games against Portland and Oklahoma City to vault to No. 8 in the […]
PHOENIX — They all said it. From the front office to the coaches to the players, the message was the same: The best Feb. 20 trade deadline move the Suns could make would be the move of welcoming back point guard Eric Bledsoe. And though they had to wait another three weeks before his actual […]
I already love the new NBA commissioner more than the old one. David Stern saved the NBA just as much as Magic and Larry did. He can never be underestimated for what he did for the game. Unfortunately for all basketball fans, Stern’s ego was out of control over the last 10 years and he […]
My colleague John Gambadoro posed an interesting question late last week. Essentially, he was asking what people would choose between the Phoenix Suns making the playoffs and likely losing in the first round or missing the postseason and earning a better draft pick. Unlike previous seasons when the Suns were a fringe playoff team, the […]
