Phoenix Suns

Adam Green

Jamal Crawford has eyes for Phoenix?

The Portland Trail Blazers (badly) lost a game to the Phoenix Suns Monday, falling 125-107. They may also soon lose a player. Guard Jamal Crawford, who is averaging nearly 14 points per game this season, apparently wouldn’t mind making the Valley of the Sun his home. At least, that’s what it sounds like, according to […]
12 years ago
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Vince Marotta

Gentry deserves praise…and an extension

There are five games left in the regular season and I have no idea whether the Phoenix Suns will make the playoffs or not. But I do know this: Alvin Gentry deserves a contract extension regardless of what happens. I don’t usually pine for coaches to get extension. In fact, for me it’s just the […]
12 years ago
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Vince Marotta

Nash says he’ll play vs. Portland; Hill unsure

Steve Nash sat and watched most of the Suns’ 105-91 loss to the Spurs in San Antonio Saturday night. After playing just under six minutes, head coach Alvin Gentry pulled Nash from the game after the veteran point guard tweaked his hip. With the Spurs already leading 21- 4, the decision was easy for the […]
12 years ago
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Playoff implications abound as season nears close

For the Phoenix Suns, it’s time to buckle down and win some games. With only five or six games remaining for the teams vying for the final slots in the Western Conference playoffs, the Suns are win-or-go-home mode if they want to return to the NBA’s postseason. Phoenix is currently in 9th place in the […]
12 years ago
Vince Marotta

Nash wins back-to-back awards…again

It’s been six years since Suns’ guard Steve Nash won the second of his back-to-back NBA Most Valuable Player Awards. But at the age of 38, Nash is still collecting hardware. Hoopshype.com, a popular basketball website, has named Nash its “Tweeter of the Year” for the second straight season. “It ranks high,” Nash said in […]
12 years ago
Arizona Sports

Grant Hill returns in Suns’ win over Rockets

Phoenix Suns’ forward Grant Hill returned to the court Friday just two weeks after undergoing knee surgery to repair a torn right meniscus. Alvin Gentry stated before the game that Hill would not start for the Suns. Hill saw his first action of the contest when he came off the bench to replace Shannon Brown […]
12 years ago
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Babby: Fight for playoffs, ‘may run out of time’

The Suns have just a handful of regular season games, meaning they’re running out of time to secure a postseason bid. However, if they fail to reach the playoffs, it won’t be because of how they’ve played in the season’s second half, since the team has very much rebounded from its 14-20 record at the […]
12 years ago
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Hill returns to action Friday, won’t start

Just two weeks after undergoing knee surgery to repair a torn right meniscus, Phoenix Suns forward Grant Hill will return to the court Friday in Houston against the Rockets. According to Arizona Sports 620’s Kyndra de St. Aubin, Hill won’t start for head coach Alvin Gentry, and instead will assume a bench role for the […]
12 years ago
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Gentry: Won’t know until final games if playoff bound

It seemed like a long shot for the Phoenix Suns to make the postseason based on how they played in the first half of the season. But the Suns are 16-8 since the All-Star break and surging in an attempt to earn a playoff berth. Suns coach Alvin Gentry said it’s going to come down […]
12 years ago
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Vince Marotta

Eric Gordon a future Phoenix Sun?

Eric Gordon has had a tough first season in New Orleans. After being traded to the Hornets in the deal that sent Chris Paul to the Los Angeles Clippers, Gordon led his team to an opening night victory over the Phoenix Suns at US Airways Center. Since then, it’s gone pretty much downhill. Gordon injured […]
12 years ago
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Suns ready to get Hill’s defense back

Memphis’ Rudy Gay ran over Phoenix’s defense on the way to scoring 32 points in the Suns 104-93 loss Wednesday night. As a guest on Arizona Sports 620’s Burns and Gambo show Thursday, Suns head coach Alvin Gentry said Grant Hill could have been used to defend Gay. “He’s our best defensive player, and Rudy […]
12 years ago
Adam Green

Mock draft links Suns to Duke’s Austin Rivers

As the Suns continue to climb up the NBA standings they, in turn, are falling in the NBA’s draft order. Still out of the playoffs (for now), any mock draft has the team selecting in the latter part of the lottery. Should the Suns land at 14th, Chad Ford, in an ESPN Insider piece, says […]
12 years ago
Adam Green

Playoffs? Suns will have to really earn spot

Suns coach Alvin Gentry, in a late-March interview with our own Burns and Gambo, said the team needed to approach its final 15 games as if they were playoff contests. “We’ve got to treat every game as a playoff game,” Suns coach Alvin Gentry told Arizona Sports 620’s Burns and Gambo. “It has to be […]
12 years ago
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Suns battle Grizzlies in crucial late-season game

The Phoenix Suns are peaking at the right time. The Suns (30-27) have been on fire, streaking to the fourth-best mark in the NBA since the All-Star Break at 16-7, a mark bettered by only San Antonio, Chicago and Boston. However, Memphis (33-23) has also been playing well, notching a 14-8 record since the break. […]
12 years ago
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Dudley willing to assume any role to help Suns win

The Phoenix Suns have seemingly hit their stride, winning five of their last six games. They find themselves just one game out of the final playoff spot in the Western Conference, despite an infuriatingly slow start to the lockout shortened season. The Suns have seen some unlikely heroes step it up in recent weeks to […]
12 years ago
Adam Green

Suns to get Grant Hill back this week

The Phoenix Suns, winners of five of their last six games, are currently just one game back of 8th-place Denver for the Western Conference’s final playoff spot with nine remaining. Things are getting even better. Grant Hill has been cleared to play Friday. Had no swelling in knee. Has been working out twice a day. […]
12 years ago
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Vince Marotta

Shannon Brown starting to prove the naysayers (like me) wrong

Face it – when news broke March 30 that Suns forward Grant Hill was having surgery on his right knee, you figured the season was over. For a second straight season, a slow-starting Suns team would rally furiously following the All-Star break, only to fall short of their goal of reaching the NBA Playoffs. I […]
12 years ago
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Vince Marotta

Suns should include Redd in future plans

His days of being a team’s leading-scorer are behind him, but that doesn’t mean he still can’t score on a whim. Over the past three months, Michael Redd has gone from washed up veteran just trying to get some reps on a team going nowhere in a hurry, to the best player off the bench […]
12 years ago
Tyler Bassett

Suns head coach Alvin Gentry doing a ‘phenomenal’ job

PHOENIX — Steve Nash has said he would like to play three more years. Grant Hill believes he could play two more years. If either free-agent-to-be returns next season, they’ll be playing for a head coach who is signed for only one more year. “I mean Alvin [Gentry] is an amazing coach,” answered Nash when […]
12 years ago
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Arizona Sports

A rejuvenated Redd is coming up big for Suns

It appears yet another star has been reborn in the desert. Michael Redd, who missed giant chunks of the last few seasons due to knee issues, has come alive of late for the Suns in a pair of big road wins. “You can see that now he’s kind of rounded into form,” Suns coach Alvin […]
12 years ago
Adam Green

NBA players say pair of Suns would make good coaches

It’s as if the Suns have one head coach on the bench, and two more on the floor. As if. Both Steve Nash and Grant Hill would make good coaches, according to a Sports Illustrated poll of 130 NBA players, with the point guard ranking third and the veteran forward ninth. This shouldn’t really be […]
12 years ago
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Adam Green

Steve Nash is not Dwight Howard: Suns lucky to have point guard

The Dwight Howard saga took another turn in Orlando Thursday, with Magic head coach Stan Van Gundy telling media members his star center has asked he be fired. Of course, Howard denies the claim, but when the coach is saying it… At any rate, it’s just another episode in a long line of awkward moments […]
12 years ago
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Adam Green

Wooing Steve Nash? Trail Blazers giving it a shot

Steve Nash is a wanted man. The free agent-to-be figures to have his share of suitors when his contract expires this summer, and it appears the Portland Trail Blazers are already getting in line to acquire the point guard’s services. According to The Oregonian, team president Larry Miller said the plan is to add some […]
12 years ago
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Adam Green

Report: Steve Nash wants a three-year contract

If the Suns are to re-sign Steve Nash for next season, they’ll also be adding him for the following campaign. And the one after that, too. According to ESPN.com’s Marc Stein, Nash wants to “sign for three more years this summer.” Even though he’s 38-years-old, Nash feels like he can keep playing at a high […]
12 years ago
Adam Green

Suns’ playoff push is underway

If you are to believe head coach Alvin Gentry, then the Suns are 1-0 in what is a 15-game sprint to the finish line — otherwise referred to as the NBA Playoffs. “For us, this is our first playoff game,” he said following his team’s win against New Orleans Sunday night. “[Now] we get on […]
12 years ago
Arizona Sports

Grant Hill: I’ll be back this year

Two days after knee surgery, Suns forward Grant Hill expressed an optimistic tone about a possible return before the end of the regular season. “I mean I think I can,” Hill said Sunday. “[Doctor Thomas Carter] is pleased with the surgery and what he saw in the there. I’ll be back this year.” Dr. Carter […]
12 years ago
Arizona Sports

Markieff Morris: I am taking all bets

Markieff Morris doesn’t say much; and when he does he’s very soft-spoken. These days, however, he’s speaking loud and clear. “I’m taking all bets,” Morris stated Sunday. Morris’ Kansas Jayhawks will play for the National Championship Monday night. “I was happy for those guys,” Morris said. “They fought hard.” Had he not declared for the […]
12 years ago
Arizona Sports

Markieff Morris hampered by flu

Markieff Morris suited up Sunday night but did not play, missing his second straight game as he recovers from a bout with the flu. “I definitely don’t feel myself,” Morris said following the Suns’ shoot-around Sunday morning. “I’m feeling better. Definitely a lot better than what I was feeling but I’m not 100% yet. Until […]
12 years ago
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Adam Green

Steve Nash is paving the way for his exit out of Phoenix

It appears Steve Nash is preparing for an exit. A free agent at the end of this season, the Suns have, publicly, expressed hope a desire to keep the former league MVP on Planet Orange after this season. Still playing at a high level, Nash is the quintessential Phoenix Sun, the face of the franchise […]
12 years ago
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ESPN’s Barry: Despite comments, Nash won’t leave

Steve Nash opined on national radio Thursday that he wants to be on a team in the hunt for a championship, and the Suns, quite frankly, have been going backwards in attempting to get to that point. But ESPN analyst Jon Barry told Arizona Sports 620’s Doug and Wolf Friday that Nash will not leave […]
12 years ago