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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Another NBA trade deadline has come and gone, and Steve Nash is still a member of the Phoenix Suns. Despite the Suns’ unwillingness to trade the two-time league MVP, speculation still runs rampant about Nash’s future in the Valley. Nash made the national media rounds Thursday, and while promoting Dove Men Care, the subject of […]
Suns forward Grant Hill underwent surgery Friday to repair a torn meniscus, and is expected to miss at least two weeks, and possibly the rest of the regular season. Hill missed the Suns’ last two games — both of which were losses — with what was described as “right knee inflammation.” Hill underwent an MRI […]
The Phoenix Suns have dipped under .500 again, and will have to make up at least two games in the West in order to make the playoffs. Oh, and they’ll have to do without one of their captains, Grant Hill. Team orthopedic surgeon Dr. Thomas Carter performed a successful procedure on Hill’s right knee Friday […]
Steve Nash has guided the Suns to three Western Conference finals appearances in seven seasons since returning in 2004, leading the franchise to a significant amount of success. However, one thing he has never led them to is the NBA Finals, a fact that is not particularly easy for the two- time MVP to swallow. […]
Steve Nash never had any intentions of asking to be traded, though that does not mean he hasn’t thought about the possibility. A free agent at the end of this season, Nash may ultimately choose to leave Phoenix, his NBA home for the last eight years. But that’s for the future, if it happens at […]
The Phoenix Suns are 25-26, two games out of a playoff spot with 15 to go. So, if they hope to make the postseason, they must treat every game from here on out like a playoff game. “We’ve got to treat every game as a playoff game,” Suns coach Alvin Gentry told Arizona Sports 620’s […]
Shannon Brown took advantage of his starting role Tuesday, and even though the Phoenix Suns lost, Brown was the silver lining with his career scoring night. Brown was inserted into the starting lineup against the rival San Antonio Spurs when Grant Hill was held out due to a right knee strain. Brown seized the opportunity […]
The news that former apostrophe-less Suns star Amar’e Stoudemire is out indefinitely due to a bulging disc in his lower back would seem to indicate the Suns were right not to re-sign him following the 2010 season, instead letting him leave for the guaranteed money in New York. After all, the Knicks are now on […]
