Jermaine O’Neal Jr. turns seven in a couple of weeks. He is not ready for his dad to retire. “He asked me was I going to play again,” the elder O’Neal said, relaying a recent conversation with his son. “I asked him why. He said he likes going to the games, which is rare because […]
The Phoenix Suns finished off a disappointing 2012-13 with a 118-98 loss to the Denver Nuggets, but the final night of the regular season was as much about scoreboard watching as it was about the action inside the Pepsi Center. Unfortunately, the Suns didn’t receive any favors. By virtue of the Utah Jazz’s 86-70 loss […]
The Phoenix Suns closed out their forgettable 2012-13 season Wednesday night with a 118-98 blowout loss to the Denver Nuggets. Playing without Goran Dragic (ankle) and Jermaine O’Neal (shin), Lindsey Hunter’s squad looked listless from the start, as the Nuggets scored 35 points in the first quarter. Denver extended its lead to 26 by halftime […]
If you look hard enough, you can find some positives from the Phoenix Suns’ 2012-13 season. At least, that’s what president of basketball operations Lon Babby told Arizona Sports 620’s Doug and Wolf Wednesday. Pointing to the play of Goran Dragic (one of four players to average better than 14 points, 7 assists and 1.5 […]
Lindsey Hunter was named the interim head coach of the Phoenix Suns on January 20, tasked with replacing Alvin Gentry. At the time, the Suns were 13-28. The team is 25-56 now, and with just one game remaining, Hunter’s job status is very much up in the air. Will the front office that tabbed him […]
At the very least, the Phoenix Suns should hire a new head coach this offseason. Finding a new general manager may not be a bad idea either. There’s a chance Phil Jackson will be available, and if he is, Robert Sarver should be all over it. According to our good friends at ESPN, the Zen […]
The radio broadcast of the the Phoenix Suns’ 2012-13 season finale against the Denver Nuggets Wednesday night has been moved from 92.3 KTAR to 860 AM. “In light of the breaking news developments in Boston, as well as the developing Senator Flake suspicious letter story, our great partners, the Phoenix Suns, have granted us permission […]
The last time Suns forward Jared Dudley was on a team as bad as this one, he was a member of the Charlotte Bobcats. Just about done with his sixth NBA season — and fourth full campaign with the Suns — Dudley has to look harder to find positives to take away from this year. […]
Like a ship taking on water after it runs aground, the Suns began sinking even faster once their starting center stopped playing. The ripple effect following the injury to Marin Gortat created huge waves. The Suns lost 15 of 17 games, including ten in a row at one point before righting the ship somewhat with […]
Last week in his weekly segment with Arizona Sports 620’s Burns and Gambo, Phoenix Suns interim coach Lindsey Hunter said his team is still learning some of the basic parts of the game. “We have a bunch of young guys who we’re trying to teach a lot of basic things to,” Hunter said. “And not […]
Behind ex-Rockets Luis Scola and Goran Dragic and perhaps the best game of Markieff Morris’ young career, the Phoenix Suns beat the Houston Rockets 119-112 in the 2012-13 regular season home finale Monday night. The win snapped a franchise-record seven-game home losing streak and came in front of 17,135 fans at US Airways Center. Scola […]
The Phoenix Suns are not going to make the playoffs, which means they will be in the draft lottery for the third time in three seasons. Unlike the last couple of trips, though, they are projected to pick pretty high. And to top it off, they will add a second lottery pick to the arsenal […]
Phoenix Suns President Jason Rowley would like to issue the following statement regarding Monday’s tragic events in Boston: “Our thoughts and prayers are with all of those affected by today’s tragic events in Boston. In light of those events, the Suns are working with the Phoenix Police Department to increase the security presence at tonight’s […]
Wesley Johnson has presented the Phoenix Suns with a decision to make this offseason. An unrestricted free agent, the 25-year-old can sign with any team that wants him. And after the way he’s played lately, it’s likely the swingman will have a few suitors. Johnson is averaging 13.5 points and 3.7 rebounds per night in […]
72 hours after their streak-snapping win over the Dallas Mavericks, the Phoenix Suns were riding a bit of momentum coming into Saturday night’s contest at the Target Center. And in a game with little value to the standings, the Suns and Minnesota Timberwolves played 48 minutes of up-and-down basketball. The three-point shots were aplenty, defense […]
Michael Beasley said he stopped listening to people, including his coaches. Luis Scola said the Phoenix Suns “don’t know how to play basketball.” Suns coach Lindsey Hunter said he doesn’t really listen to Beasley, but that it’s common knowledge if the players don’t do what the coaches want, they won’t play. But the coach, who […]
Goran Dragic is a leader in the Suns locker room, but I wonder if he can lead this team? Leadership comes in many forms, but in the world of sports, there are only three ways leadership manifests itself. Teams can have a player that leads by example, they can have players that verbally assert themselves […]
Former Phoenix Suns owner Jerry Colangelo never really presided over a level of on-court failure the team is seeing these days. Sure, his Suns had some down years — 29 wins in 2003-04, 36 wins in 2001-02, 28 victories in 1987-88 — but they were rarely consecutive and rarely this bad. The Suns, who have […]
The Phoenix Suns put an end to two mammoth losing streaks in Wednesday’s 102-91 win over the Dallas Mavericks. The Suns snapped a 10-game skid and also a streak of 10 straight losses in Dallas, which spanned a six-year period. Phoenix almost blew another double-digit lead late, but were able to hold on for a […]
The decision should come down in the next 10 days, maybe sooner. Will Lindsey Hunter be back as coach of the Phoenix Suns next season? If this week is any indication, that answer will be ‘no.’ I believe this week has sealed Hunter’s fate and it has nothing to do with the recent 10-game losing […]
Right now, there are two things that I just can’t get out of my head. First, that McDonald’s TV commercial. We’ve all seen and heard it. Fishy, Fishy. Second, I can’t rid my mind of how the Suns game ended in Houston. Fishy, Fishy. With the score tied and a game winning shot attempt in […]
With one week left in the NBA regular season, the Phoenix Suns will be watching the race for the last Western Conference playoff spot between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Utah Jazz. The result holds a direct correlation to the who and when the Suns select in the 2013 NBA Draft. If the Lakers […]
Following Tuesday night’s 101-98 loss to the Houston Rockets, the 2012-13 Phoenix Suns are bordering on a level of futility not seen since the franchise’s expansion season back in 1968-69. The Suns have lost 10 in a row — including four by 14 or more points — and are essentially competing for one of the […]
The 2012-13 Phoenix Suns have invented new ways to lose games this season, but Tuesday’s 101-98 loss to the Houson Rockets takes the cake. In a game that had playoff implications for Houston, Lindsey Hunter’s squad went toe-to-toe with the Rockets for 47:59. However, it was the last second that sent Phoenix home with its […]
Phoenix Suns president of basketball operations Lon Babby is not trying to sugarcoat his team’s current campaign. “It’s been a painful season,” Babby told Arizona Sports 620’s Doug and Wolf Tuesday. “But there will be a reward for it, on some level, when we get a very high draft pick.” The Suns, with a record […]
Phoenix Suns small forward Michael Beasley dropped 25 points while shooting 12-17 from the field and grabbing six boards against Golden State Friday. In a post-game interview, he said his improved play was due to tuning people out, from teammates and family to his coaches. Beasley struggled in his consequent game, going 1-11 from the […]
The Phoenix Suns are playing out the string of a disappointing NBA season and will miss the playoffs for the third straight year. That’s the bad news. The good news is there’s a strong possibility that they’ll have two lottery picks in June’s NBA Draft — a coup that would allow the Suns to start […]
Robin Lopez was with the Phoenix Suns from the time they drafted him in 2008 until the time he was traded away in 2012. He averaged 5.8 points per game and pulled down 3.3 rebounds per contest and played in a Western Conference Finals series. However, the one thing he didn’t do — and he […]
Only one team in Phoenix Suns history has been worse than the 2012-13 version. The first one. The 1968-69 expansion Suns won just 16 games for head coach Johnny “Red” Kerr. They finished last in the Western Division. The next year, Phoenix won 39 games and lost in the playoffs. They failed to reach the […]
With nine days (five games) remaining before summer vacation — beginning early for the third straight year — the Suns are assured of finishing with no better than the second-worst record in franchise history. Win out, and they will go 28-54, a mark established by the 1987-88 team. Lose just once more, and only the […]
