The Phoenix Suns are a freight train at full speed and the Minnesota Timberwolves are laying on the tracks. The Suns (19-21), 5-1 since the All-Star break, will host the T-Wolves (21-21) at US Airways Center Monday. Phoenix has won two straight against good opponents in the Dallas Mavericks and Memphis Grizzlies, while the T-Wolves […]
The Suns traded Goran Dragic and a first-round draft pick to get Aaron Brooks to help make a playoff push last year, which didn’t happen. But Brooks hasn’t had much time to improve and grow closer with the Suns because he’s still on the other side of the world in China playing basketball. TNT ran […]
When Phoenix Suns forward Hakim Warrick checked in during the third quarter against the Dallas Mavericks, many in attendance at US Airways Center had to be thinking, “what’s he doing in the game!” The seven-year pro has been left out of the rotation lately after leading the team in scoring early in the season. Warrick […]
The Phoenix Suns’ 96-94 win over the defending NBA champion Dallas Mavericks Thursday at U.S. Airways Center was a team effort. But one player’s fingerprints were definitely more prominent at the scene of the crime. Jared Dudley scored a team-high 18 points, grabbed 8 rebounds and blocked 3 shots in the Suns’ win, which was […]
The Phoenix Suns were dealt their first loss since coming back from the All-Star break on Wednesday against the Oklahoma City Thunder 115-104. But if anyone on the Suns had a good night, it was center Marcin Gortat. Gortat led the team with a career-high 28 points and added three blocks and 11 rebounds, and […]
The Oklahoma City Thunder are the Western Conference’s number-one team with the league’s best home record. The Dallas Mavericks are the defending NBA champions. The Suns will see both over the next 48 hours. “It’s going to be a challenge,” said head coach Alvin Gentry of having two games in two days against two of […]
The Suns need Channing Frye to shoot the ball. And shoot it well. He hasn’t the last two games yet the Suns still found a way to win. Against the Clippers Friday, Frye missed his first 11 shots and finished 2-for-18. He then missed nine of his 12 attempts against the Kings Sunday. In each […]
Markieff Morris played 38 games his junior year at Kansas. He just played in his 37th game for the Suns and there are 29 more to come. “I’ve been playing basketball my entire life so I just got to suck it up and keep pushing through it,” Morris answered when asked about possibly hitting a […]
The Phoenix Suns’ bench helped solidify the 96-88 win against the lowly Sacramento Kings Sunday. The Suns were down double-digits by halftime for the fourth game in a row, but in the third quarter they tied it up and even gained a small advantage. Early in the fourth, the Kings were trying to retake the […]
Normally, a stretch where an NBA team plays 9 out of 11 games at home is reason for celebration and optimism. That wasn’t the case for the Phoenix Suns as they looked at their post All-Star break schedule. Why would it be? The Suns limped into the break after a heart-wrenching 106-104 loss to the […]
When he’s not scoring 20 points and leading his team in scoring — as he did Thursday night, Grant Hill can be found on set, a music video set. The Suns starting forward was in L.A. this past weekend, spending part of his All-Star break co-starring in a music video. “My wife did a video […]
Add the Portland Trail Blazers to the mix of teams supposedly looking to trade for Suns point guard Steve Nash. According to ESPN.com’s Marc Stein, a source close to the situation told him Portland “has been interested in Nash for a while.” Stein notes the Blazers as an interesting trade partner because they, unlike many […]
Two-time NBA champion Lindsey Hunter will join the Phoenix Suns as a team scout, the organization announced Friday. Hunter will assist Suns head scout Bubba Burrage with evaluating talent in the NBA, D-League and college levels and provide crucial information needed to make team personnel decisions. “We are very fortunate to have a proven champion […]
The Phoenix Suns started slow but came on strong in the second half to beat Minnesota 104-95 on the backs of the wily veterans Steve Nash and Grant Hill. Nash had 13 points, 17 assists (while the T-Wolves only had 14) and a team-high eight rebounds, narrowly missing a triple-double, which he hasn’t achieved since […]
If the Phoenix Suns are going to climb back into the playoff picture, they’ll have to start playing better. Besides that being the “Captain Obvious” statement of the day, it also happens to be the truth. The Suns are just 14-20 on the season, and have failed to win more than three consecutive games at […]
Most of the trade talk surrounding the Phoenix Suns is centered around the idea of parting with Steve Nash, a move that would undoubtedly make the team worse this season. But what about a deal to make the team better? As a guest on Arizona Sports 620’s Doug and Wolf, Suns President of Basketball Operations […]
The Suns catch a scheduling break tonight as they begin the second half of the NBA season against the Minnesota Timberwolves. While they’ve rested since the All-Star break, the Timberwolves opened a four-game road trip with back-to- back games in L.A, beating the Clippers Tuesday before losing to the Lakers last night. It’s Minnesota’s second […]
Ready for another Steve Nash trade rumor? OK, here you go, courtesy of Dwain Price, who happens to be a Mavericks beat writer for the Star-Telegram in Dallas. The word on the streets is that the Mavs may trade Lamar Odom to Phoenix for Steve Nash. That will get Odom closer to his home in […]
The Phoenix Suns come out of the break refreshed, recharged, and refocused, looking to start the second half of the season with a win as they catch Minnesota on the end of a back-to-back-to-back. The Suns haven’t played since February 22, and only Steve Nash and Markieff Morris went to Orlando for the NBA’s All-Star […]
“Unless something dramatic has changed, from everything that I know, Steve is not planning to be back with Phoenix next season” – Ric Bucher, ESPN NBA insider on Arizona Sports 620’s Doug and Wolf. So you’re saying Steve Nash is not going to re-sign with the Suns when his contract expires? Why wouldn’t a 38-year-old […]
For six seasons, Elston Turner was Rick Adelman’s right hand man, sitting in the lead assistant’s chair on the bench. While he’s still a lead assistant, Turner is now a part of Alvin Gentry’s staff. The two friends went their separate ways when the Houston Rockets decided to make a coaching change at the end […]
The Suns are a top ten defensive team, when compared to all teams in its franchise history. Compared to all teams this season in the NBA, the Suns through the first half rank 20th in field goal percentage (.451) and 22nd in points allowed (97.1). While not great, it’s an improvement over last season when […]
Suns forward Jared Dudley is poised to rectify his team’s poor play on home court as well as in some critical facets of the game. As he and his teammates approach the second half of the season, they’re focused on working tirelessly in practices to improve the areas of play in which they’ve lagged. “It’s […]
Five teams. Four games. That’s what separates the Suns from returning to the playoffs after a one year absence. “I’m going to be optimistic,” head coach Alvin Gentry said Tuesday after the team’s first practice since the All-Star break. “I’m going to think we’ve got a chance all the way up until the time where […]
Shaq Vs. was a television show that pitted former NBA great Shaquille O’Neal against various athletes in their own sports. Though the show’s final episode aired on August 31, 2010, the big fella is apparently not done competing, or at least, “taking on” others. According to The Ball Don’t Lie blog at Yahoo.com, O’Neal took […]
Suns President of Basketball Operations Lon Babby has said there are no plans to trade Steve Nash unless the point guard asks to be moved. Steve Nash has said he has no interest in being traded, but understands the Suns may want to move in a different direction. With the Suns at 14-20 and the […]
The Phoenix Suns have struggled to this point and will have to improve dramatically if they have hopes of playing in May. A team in the competitive Western Conference usually has to get a couple of games above .500 in order to sneak in to the playoffs. In fact, at least one team that finished […]
From 1973 to 1987, John MacLeod patrolled the Phoenix Suns’ sidelines as their head coach. In 2012, MacLeod will be immortalized in Suns history. MacLeod will become the 13th member of the Suns Ring of Honor when he is inducted during a ceremony on Wednesday, April 18 as Phoenix plays host to the Oklahoma City […]
As a team who has struggled with injuries, a tight schedule and has 20 losses, coach Alvin Gentry still doesn’t know how to label the Suns. “We’re half way through, and I don’t know if I know exactly what we are,” Gentry told Arizona Sports 620’s Burns and Gambo. “We’ve got very smart players, and […]
Alvin Gentry had his Denny Green moment after Wednesday’s loss to Golden State. There was no “The Warriors are who we thought they were,” but Gentry’s anger and frustration were not unlike that of the former Cardinals coach that fateful October eve. “I’m disgusted,” Gentry said. “I’m disgusted with the way we played, I’m disgusted […]
