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05.11.10

Spurs Don’t Need to Blow It Up George Hill, Gregg Popovich, Manu Ginobili, R.C. Buford, Richard Jefferson, Suns News, Tim Duncan, Tony Parker | (0)
by Chris TomassonFiled under: Spurs, Suns, NBA PlayoffsSAN ANTONIO -- In San Antonio, they remember the Alamo. But they don't remember many seasons like this one. Guard Manu Ginobili said something Monday that hasn't been heard much here the past dozen years. "We were not ever really a championship-caliber team,'' he said one day after the Spurs' season ended with a 4-0 sweep by Phoenix in a West semifinal. The Spurs went 50-32 but it was their worst record since the disastrous 20-62 injury-riddled campaign of 1996-97, which enabled them to accumulate enough ping-pong balls to win the lottery and get forward Tim ...
03.26.10

Is a Phoenix Sun Worthy of MVP Consideration? Alvin Gentry, Amare Stoudemire, Amare Stoudemire Dunk Anthony Tolliver, Basketball, Channing Frye, Dwight Howard, Earl Clark, Featured, Gear Up For Suns Basketball, goran dragic, Grant Hill, greg oden, Jared Dudley, Jason Richardson, Joel Przybilla, John Stockton, Kevin Durant, Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Lou Amundson, Mike DAntoni, NBA, NBA Basketball, NBA MVP, NBA Playoffs 2010, NBA Pre-Season Predictions, Oldest Point Guard, Phoenix Suns, Planet Orange, Planet Purple, Richard Jefferson, Robin Lopez, Shaquille O'Neal, Steve Nash, Suns MVP, Suns News, Suns Statistics, Suns Stats, Western Conference | (0)
With 11 games left in the season, the Phoenix Suns are a mere 1.5 games back of the 2-seed in the most incredibly competitive Western Conference I have seen in my lifetime. Last year, despite going 46-36, the Suns narrowly missed a playoff spot and were left for dead. In the off-season, the confidence of Suns fans was not reinforced as the only free-agent acquisition was Channing Frye and they drafted a work in progress in Earl Clark out of Louisville. To give the Suns upper brass some credit, they were able to sign Nash to long-term deal, re-signed the ...