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Andrew Gilstrap

Phoenix Suns rookie Alex Len makes return to court against Chicago

It was only six minutes of action, but it was an important step in Alex Len’s return to health in the NBA. The 7-foot-1 rookie played in his first game Tuesday for the Phoenix Suns since Nov. 20. He had missed 21 straight games, and even though he was the No. 5 pick in the […]
10 years ago
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Andrew Gilstrap

By the numbers: Chicago Bulls hold off Phoenix Suns 92-87

The Phoenix Suns knocked on the door several times in the second half Tuesday against the Chicago Bulls but were never able to regain their second-quarter lead. The Bulls, who were missing Derrick Rose and Carlos Boozer and traded Luol Deng early Tuesday, held on for a 92-87 victory at the United Center, dropping Phoenix’s […]
10 years ago
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Adam Green

Suns coach Hornacek hopes to know more about Eric Bledsoe’s prognosis soon

When he’s been on the court this season, Eric Bledsoe has been a dynamic playmaker for the Phoenix Suns. As the second part of the team’s two-headed point guard monster, Bledsoe is averaging 18 points, 5.8 assists and 4.3 rebounds per game. The only problem for the guard in his first season with the Suns […]
10 years ago
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Adam Green

Hornacek: Phoenix Suns decided to give Leandro Barbosa a shot

Leandro Barbosa last wore a Phoenix Suns uniform in Game 6 of the 2010 Western Conference Finals. He scored 7 points on 3-of-9 shooting while dishing out two assists. It was a quiet finish to what had been a pretty stellar run with the team, as the Suns shipped him to Toronto in the offseason […]
10 years ago
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Craig Grialou

Mother nature wreaking havoc on Phoenix Suns’ travel plans

PHOENIX — As good as the Phoenix Suns have been this season, they are no match for Mother Nature. She scored another victory Monday, delaying and ultimately postponing the team’s charter flight to Chicago, where temperatures dropped to minus 14 degrees with a wind chill of minus 41. The Suns were due to fly out […]
10 years ago
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Craig Grialou

Phoenix Suns embark on important five-game road trip

PHOENIX – The Phoenix Suns’ next two opponents have win totals that rival the temperature in their respective cities. “We can handle it,” Goran Dragic said. Wait, the weather or the competition? The 14-win Chicago Bulls are up first on Tuesday. The 16-win Minnesota Timberwolves follow the very next night to start what will be […]
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Jules Tompkins

Phoenix Suns 2013 attendance worst in Western Conference

Despite their 20-12 record, the Phoenix Suns’ bandwagon has been slow to fill up in the 2013-14 season. Perhaps it’s due to the low expectations set at the outset of the season, the lack of big names on the roster or a hangover from three playoff-less seasons, but the Suns attendance was the worst in […]
10 years ago
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Jules Tompkins

Eddie Johnson: Suns front office is championship-focused, not just playoffs-focused

Having tasted glory before, the Phoenix Suns have high standards. They’ve made the playoffs in five of their last 10 seasons, making the Western Conference Finals in three. And over the last 25 years, the organization has secured a playoff berth 19 times, while once making the NBA Finals. So, despite their three-season playoff drought, […]
10 years ago
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Craig Grialou

Phoenix Suns’ Goran Dragic excited to be reunited with Leandro Barbosa

PHOENIX — The last time Goran Dragic and Leandro Barbosa shared the same backcourt, they were teammates during the Phoenix Suns’ run to the Western Conference Finals in 2010. The two playmakers will soon be reunited — likely Tuesday, once Barbosa passes his physical and his 10-day contract with the Suns becomes official. “LB is […]
10 years ago
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Adam Green

Charles Barkley attributes Phoenix Suns’ success to guard play

The Phoenix Suns’ 20-12 start has surprised many around the NBA, and their success can be traced to one thing: guard play. A guest of Bickley with Marotta Monday, former Sun and current TNT NBA analyst Charles Barkley praised the job done by Goran Dragic and Eric Bledsoe. “I think Bledsoe and Dragic are two […]
10 years ago
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Arizona Sports

Leandro Barbosa to return to Phoenix Suns on 10-day contract

As first reported by Arizona Sports 620’s John Gambadoro, former Phoenix Suns guard Leandro Barbosa is set to rejoin the team on a 10-day contract which is still being finalized. He’ll meet the Suns in Chicago as they prepare to face the Bulls on Tuesday. Barbosa, 31, is presumably being brought in for insurance purposes […]
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The Pulse: Fans say Eric Bledsoe most important to Phoenix Suns’ future

Every day, we at ArizonaSports.com ask our 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. The question for Saturday, Jan. 4, was, “What current (Phoenix) Suns player is most important to the team’s long-term future?” With five […]
10 years ago
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Arizona Sports

Suns Strokes: Frye, Green pace Phoenix to comfortable win over Milwaukee

PHOENIX — Channing Frye and Gerald Green combined to hit 10 of the Suns 12 three pointers as Phoenix cruised past the Bucks 116-100 at the US Airways Center Saturday night. Frye knocked down 6-of-9 from deep on his way to 22 points, while Green connected on 4-7 tallying a season-high 24 points. The Suns […]
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Dave Dulberg

Suns’ 116-100 win over the Bucks: By the numbers

The Phoenix Suns rebounded from a tough 99-91 loss Thursday night with a convincing 116-100 victory over the hapless Milwaukee Bucks at US Airways Center. Here’s a look back at the 16-point rout by the numbers. 3: With the win, Phoenix moved to 3-1 at home in 2013-14 against Eastern Conference opponents. It’s only loss […]
10 years ago
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Arizona Sports

Suns guard Eric Bledsoe will continue to be sidelined with right knee sprain

Eric Bledsoe has been fantastic addition during his first season with the Phoenix Suns, averaging 18.0 points, 5.8 assists and 4.3 rebounds per game in 24 appearances. The problem, however, for the Suns has been keeping the 24-year-old healthy. Bledsoe, who suffered a right knee sprain in Phoenix’s 107-88 road victory over the Los Angeles […]
10 years ago
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Adam Green

Mid-90s Phoenix Suns jerseys called fourth-best of that decade

The Phoenix Suns were one of the best teams of the 90s, consistently making the playoffs and even reaching the NBA Finals in 1993. Their best stretch started in 1992 when the team traded for Charles Barkley, moved into America West Arena and started wearing new uniforms. And while Barkley was great (winning the 1993 […]
10 years ago
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Arizona Sports

The Pulse: Suns fans unsure of making a big trade

Every day, we at ArizonaSports.com ask our 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. The question on Jan. 2 was, “Should the Phoenix Suns make a big trade to ‘go for it’ this season?” A total […]
10 years ago
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Jules Tompkins

GM Ryan McDonough: ‘You’re seeing the core of the next great Suns team’

The storyline has been made a platitude — the Phoenix Suns are surprising everyone. We know. It needs not repeating. There are new stories to follow. Is the team going to use its well-stocked arsenal of draft picks and youth to trade for a star? Can the Suns continue to navigate the gauntlet that is […]
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Dave Dulberg

Suns Strokes: Sluggish start plagues Phoenix in loss to Randolph, Grizzlies

PHOENIX — If avenging an abysmal 110-91 road loss to the Memphis Grizzlies earlier this season was on the list of organizational resolutions for the new year, the Phoenix Suns will have to wait a little while longer to put a check mark in that box. In a seesaw game filled with 11 lead changes, […]
10 years ago
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Dave Dulberg

Suns head coach Jeff Hornacek: Coachable players directly responsible for league’s top monthly honor

PHOENIX — The award may only boast his name, but Phoenix Suns head coach Jeff Hornacek would prefer to be a giving recipient when it comes to his latest accolade. Hours after being named the Western Conference Coach of the Month for December, Hornacek’s de facto acceptance speech before Thursday night’s loss to the Memphis […]
10 years ago
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Adam Green

Phoenix Suns’ Babby says trade could happen, but many factors are at play

One of the things that comes with a 19-11 start to the basketball season is increased expectations, and with increased expectations comes pressure not to fall short. For the Phoenix Suns, this was not exactly part of the plan, at least for how people perceived the team heading into the 2013-14 campaign. With a young […]
10 years ago
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Arizona Sports

Phoenix Suns coach Jeff Hornacek named Western Conference Coach of the Month

The NBA announced Thursday Phoenix Suns coach Jeff Hornacek was named the Western Conference Coach of the Month for December after guiding his team to a 10-3 record. Hornacek joins Larry Bird and Larry Drew as the only people in NBA history to win the monthly honor as both a player and as a coach, […]
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Jules Tompkins

Al McCoy: Surprising Suns have shown innate ability to bounce back

Obviously, the Phoenix Suns are one gigantic surprise this season. They finished 2013 at 19-11 and have already been called ‘the best story in the NBA’ by more than one national voice. They were supposed to tank, but refused to. They were supposed to be rebuilding, but they look rebuilt. The Suns’ surprise is made […]
10 years ago
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Andrew Gilstrap

Suns Strokes: Phoenix dispatches Clippers in Eric Bledsoe’s return to Los Angeles

Eric Bledsoe made his return to the arena he called home for the first three years of his NBA career, but it was his fellow backcourt starter that was the star of the Phoenix Suns’ 107-88 win over the Los Angeles Clippers Monday night. Goran Dragic scored a game-high 26 points at the Staples Center […]
10 years ago
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Arizona Sports

Suns Strokes: Phoenix tops Philadelphia, bounces back from worst loss of season

On the heels of their worst loss of the season, the Phoenix Suns couldn’t have responded better. Miles Plumlee scored 22 points and grabbed 13 rebounds and Eric Bledsoe and Goran Dragic each scored more than 20 to lead the Suns past the Philadelphia 76ers, 115-101, less than 24 hours after losing to the Golden […]
10 years ago
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Arizona Sports

Bay Area teams uniting to whoop Arizona teams over weekend

They’re already 66.7 percent done with the task at hand: #SweepAZ, as the San Francisco 49ers say. The San Jose Sharks got the pep rally for Bay Area teams started on Friday via Twitter. Alright #BayAreaSports, let's #SweeptheDesert. @Warriors do your thing tonight! @49ers bring it home Sunday! — San Jose Sharks (@SanJoseSharks) December 28, […]
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Dave Dulberg

Suns Strokes: Curry’s triple-double leads Golden State to rout of Suns

It was bound to happen. That it took 28 games into the 2013-14 season might be a surprise. That it occurred in one of the toughest venues in the NBA, Oracle Arena, was not. The Phoenix Suns had endured double-digit road losses this season in Memphis and in Miami, but nothing like the convincing blowout […]
10 years ago
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Andrew Gilstrap

Phoenix Suns’ philosophy is to fire away from 3-point range, GM McDonough says

On paper, the Phoenix Suns did not enter the 2013-14 season looking to be a major threat from the 3-point line — which used to be one of the hallmarks of the team when Steve Nash was running the point. However, several players have stepped up and made the Suns one of the league’s premier […]
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Andrew Gilstrap

Phoenix Suns’ P.J. Tucker: ‘We still feel like we could be better’

P.J. Tucker returned to the NBA last season — after playing in several different countries abroad — and earned his way into a regular spot in the Phoenix Suns’ rotation. He was one of the few holdovers as the franchise readjusted much of its personnel and roster before the 2013-14 campaign, and he has started […]
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Jules Tompkins

Babby: Hornacek will be a terrific Suns’ head coach ‘for a long, long time’

A dismal 25-57 season in 2012-13 made more than just one thing apparent to Phoenix Suns president of basketball operations. Not only did the team need a new coach, after Alvin Gentry (13-28) and Lindsey Hunter (12-29) split halves of the season — faring almost equally as poorly, but they also lacked a connection to […]
10 years ago