Entries from February 2009

Game Thread: Suns (28-21) at 76ers (25-24)

February 9th, 2009 · 15 Comments

76ers 108, Suns 91

 
 
 
 
 
 
The Suns will continue their search for consistency in the City of Brotherly Love.
I bring that up because following two nice wins now would be the time for the Suns to put up a clunker if they follow their last month’s path.
Phoenix hasn’t won three in a row since pulling the trick [...]

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Tags: Louis Amundson · Philadelphia 76ers · Phoenix Suns Preview

The best move is often the one never made

February 9th, 2009 · 11 Comments

Earlier this afternoon a phone call was placed to the office of Phoenix Suns GM and President of Basketball Operations Steve Kerr.
It wasn’t from the Bulls, Nets, Heat, or Blazers.
How do I of all people know this call took place? Well I was the one who made it.
You see as a fan of the Phoenix [...]

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Tags: Amare Stoudemire · Phoenix Suns Analysis · Robert Sarver · Steve Kerr · Trades

Suns 107, Pistons 97 – Just plain Nashty

February 9th, 2009 · 3 Comments

A couple people have asked me about the logic behind the Suns making their 35-year-old point guard “untouchable” while entering into trade discussions to potentially move the other core members of the team.
Next time I’m asked that I won’t even have to respond. I’ll just tell that person to pop in tape of the Suns’ [...]

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Tags: Amare Stoudemire · Detroit Pistons · Phoenix Suns Recap · Steve Nash · Trades

Game Thread: Suns (27-21) at Pistons (27-21)

February 8th, 2009 · No Comments

Suns 107, Pistons 97
Suns at Pistons Live Blog 
PHOENIX – If any team can understand to some extent what the Suns are going through it’s tonight’s opponent, the Detroit Pistons.
Both teams have enjoyed a successful run that has put them at the top of their conference the last four years, but the Suns never got a [...]

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Tags: Detroit Pistons · Phoenix Suns Live Blog · Phoenix Suns Preview

Where could Amare go?

February 7th, 2009 · 20 Comments

I’ve written at length about how I wanted to see what this version of the Suns could do, but at this point I’m resigned to the face that a move will likely be made, and that move very well may include Amare Stoudemire.
At the start of the season that would have been blasphemous, but at [...]

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Tags: Amare Stoudemire · Phoenix Suns Rumors · Trades

Suns, Amare bracing for a deal

February 7th, 2009 · 2 Comments

PHOENIX – A year ago Friday the Suns owned the best record in the West.
A year ago Friday the Suns also dealt Shawn Marion for Shaquille O’Neal in a move designed to get the Suns deeper into the playoffs that instead started a cycle of flux that has turned a stable franchise into one in [...]

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Tags: Amare Stoudemire · Phoenix Suns News · Trades