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03.09.10

Is LB Bad for Team Chemistry? Basketball, Featured, Jason Richardson, Leandro Barbosa, NBA, Phoenix Suns, Sports, Steve Nash, Suns News, goran dragic | (0)
Leandro Barbosa, the Suns speedy Shooting Guard has been medically cleared and will likely play for the first time in over 6 weeks Friday against the Los Angeles Lakers. Since losing Barbosa to injury on 1/22/2010 against the Chicago Bulls the Suns have gone 15-5 and moved up 2 spots in the Western Conference playoff race. On the other hand, earlier in the season Barbosa was out for 15 games and they only were able to muster a 6-9 record without him. Over recent weeks, the Suns schedule has been arduous and numerous Suns are battling fatigue and minor nagging ...
02.25.10

What are the Suns Capable of in the Playoffs? Amare Stoudemire, Basketball, Featured, NBA Playoffs, Phoenix Suns, Steve Kerr, Steve Nash, Suns News, Suns Playoffs, Suns Predictions | (0)
Its been awhile since I last posted. Perhaps this was in silent protest to the Suns not trading Amar’e Stoudemire, or the fact that I have a 3 week old Suns fan at home. Either way, let’s have a quick recap of the last 2 weeks of Planet Orange. Amar’e Stoudemire remains a Phoenix Sun:Despite the fact that Amar’e will likely opt out of his contract at the end of this season, Steve Kerr and Robert Sarver were unable to find a deal that was even close to market value for Stoudemire. The Cleveland Cavaliers seemed to never really be interested in ...
02.10.10

Momentum on the Line Tonight Amare Stoudemire, Amare Stoudemire Trade, Basketball, Featured, NBA, NBA Trade Deadline, Phoenix Suns, Portland Trailblazers, Steve Nash, Suns News, brandon roy, trade | (0)
Tonight’s game against Portland is seemingly just another difficult game in the competitive Western Conference. However for the Phoenix Suns, it means so much more. With this being the final home game before the trade deadline, this could be the last time we see Amare Stoudemire in a Suns home jersey. With a win tonight the Suns could potentially be as high as the 4thseed in the Western Conference going into the All-Star break and with a loss, the Suns could slip to as far as 7th. This is life in the Western Conference these days. One loss can move a ...
01.28.10

An All-Star Problem? Amare Stoudemire, Amare Stoudemire Trade, Assist to Turnover Ratio, Basketball, Carlos Boozer, Featured, NBA, NBA Trade Deadline, NBA Trade Rumors, Phoenix Suns, Steve Nash, Steve Nash Assists, Steve Nash Turnovers, Suns News, Trade Amare Stoudemire!, goran dragic | (0)
The Phoenix Suns free-fall continued last night in Salt Lake City. The Suns battled back from an early 17-4 deficit to take a 17 point lead late in the 3rd quarter against the Utah Jazz. This was primarily led by the unlikely heroics of the young Slovenian guard Goran Dragic. Dragic poured in 32 points (24 in the first half alone) on only 13 shots. Despite this break out performance from Dragic, the Suns porous defense reared its ugly head once again and the Suns succumbed without much of a fight in the 4th losing 124-115. In a losing effort, Steve ...
01.20.10

Stoudemire Trade Rumors Arise Again Amare Stoudemire, Basketball, Featured, Jason Richardson, Leandro Barbosa, NBA, Phoenix Suns, Richard Hamilton, Robin Lopez, Suns News, Suns Trade Rumors, Tayshaun Prince, Tyrus Thomas, brad miller | (0)
On December 23rd, I received lots of criticism on my Twitter account for saying in this blog that Amare Stoudemire should be moved before the trade deadline. The Suns at the time were 18-10, and seemingly cruising along to a likely 3 or 4 seed in the Western Conference. Today, nearly a month later the Suns are 24-18 and one game away from not being in the playoffs at all if the season ended today. What has happened to the Suns? In this 6-8 stretch since I spoke about trading Amare Stoudemire, the wheels truly have come off. The once confident ...
01.12.10

The Suns Assure Us No Lead Is Safe Alvin Gentry, Amare Stoudemire, Basketball, Featured, Jared Dudley, Leandro Barbosa, NBA, Phoenix Suns, Steve Nash, Suns News, goran dragic | (0)
In the Suns 105-101 victory over the hapless Milwaukee Bucks last evening, a disturbing trend continued with the Suns once again coughing up a double-digit lead. The Suns starters amassed a 36-15 lead after the first quarter of play. In the case of many teams, this would be a prime opportunity to get the players on the end of the bench some work and rest the starters before embarking on a road trip. This of course is the not the case with the Phoenix Suns. They have coughed up sizable leads in their last 4 games: Sacramento (20) Houston (16), ...
01.08.10

Vote For Steve Nash: NBA All-Star Team Basketball, Featured, NBA All Star Game, NBA All Star Game 2010, NBA All Star Game Voting, Phoenix Suns, Steve Nash, Suns News | (0)
Alright China, we understand that you like Yao Ming and the Houston Rockets. However, your voting for Tracy McGrady because of his association with the Houston Rockets is getting a bit ridiculous. Tracy McGrady has played for a grand total of 46 minutes this season (less than a full game of NBA Basketball). Yet somehow inexplicably, he is allowed on the NBA All-Star ballot and has in fact received enough votes to secure the 2nd starting guard spot along with Kobe Bryant. The sad reality to this situation is a 2-time MVP is having perhaps his best season yet and ...
12.29.09

Phoenix Suns Scorch The Los Angeles Kobes Basketball, Featured, Jared Dudley, Josh Powell, Kobe Bryant, Lamar Odom, Leandro Barbosa, Los Angeles Lakers, Lou Amundson, Luke Walton, Phoenix Suns, Robin Lopez, Sasha Vujacic, Steve Nash, Suns News, goran dragic | (0)
Welcome to Phoenix, Los Angeles Lakers. Let me introduce you to the Phoenix Suns when they haven’t played on back to back nights. The Suns simply routed the Los Angeles Kobes last night 118-103. The final deficit of 15 does not even fully explain the utter dismantling of the current NBA champions. The Suns bench was instrumental in this victory by outscoring the Laker bench 52-32. Once again Jared Dudley shined brilliantly scoring 19 points and grabbing 7 rebounds. In addition, Dudley did a solid job on Kobe Bryant. Dudley forced Kobe to shoot jumpers and did not allow him ...
12.23.09

Suns Need to Make a Move Amare Stoudemire, Basketball, Featured, Phoenix Suns, SUNS, Suns News, Tracy McGrady | (0)
At 18-10, the Suns are in the thick of things in the Western Conference. Steve Nash is playing at a similar level to that of his 2 MVP seasons, Channing Frye has been an assassin for downtown, Amare Stoudemire is working hard and rebounding, Grant Hill remains his steady solid self and Jared Dudley is emerging as an excellent defender and 3-point shooter. Despite all these positive factors, it remains obvious that the Suns can not win a title with this current cast of players. Even if the Lakers somehow are upset in the Western Conference Playoffs, (not going to ...
12.18.09

A Few Notes To Jerryd Bayless Amare Stoudemire, Basketball, Featured, Jerryd Bayless, NBA, Phoenix Suns, Portland Trailblazers, Suns News, TNT | (0)
After last night’s 105-102 loss to the Portland Trailblazers, the Phoenix Suns have now lost 17 consecutive games that have been broadcasted on TNT. Even worse, is the Suns have dropped 6 consecutive games on the road. However, as we all know, the Suns schedule was front-loaded with road games and considering they are the only team in the NBA undefeated at home; only spells good news for the Suns the rest of the way. If the season ended today, the Suns would be the 4 seed in the Western Conference matched up with the Utah Jazz. Not a bad ...

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