Entering this offseason, the Suns’ so-called “Big Three” all faced major question marks as to their futures in Phoenix.
We knew they all wouldn’t be back, but we also knew they all wouldn’t be gone.
I have supported the Shaq trade throughout although the Suns received no talent whatsoever in return because I accurately figured that such [...]

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Moments after the Phoenix Suns’ disappointing 2008-09 season ended, Steve Kerr sat in an interview room and proclaimed that extending Steve Nash was his No. 1 offseason priority.
We now know that was more than just lip service, as confusing as it sounded at the time for a Suns team heading in the direction of youth [...]

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After weeks and weeks of contract negotiations between Steve Nash’s agent Bill Duffy and the Suns’ front office, Nash has agreed to a two-year contract extension with the Suns worth an estimated $22 million dollars. Nash is slated to make $13 million next season with the Suns, but it was clear that both sides wanted [...]

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Summer league is a time for basketball unknowns to battle for a roster spot, and NBA pine-riders to prove they can still fill it up. Rarely does a team go into a summer league with four or five roster players who all have the potential to play major minutes during the upcoming season; this year [...]

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We’ve heard all summer long about how great 2008 draft picks Robin Lopez and Goran Dragic have looked while working out at US Airways Center.
Thus far in Summer League we’ve gotten the same old Lopez and Dragic we’re so accustomed to seeing from players plagued by that brutal ‘I’ word: inconsistency.
You might have thought Fropez [...]

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Everything the Suns have done and talked about doing this offseason has revolved around building a core of youth around veterans Steve Nash and Grant Hill in the present and then going forward with a roster of youngsters thereafter.
After those aforementioned vets, only 28-year-old Jason Richardson is older than 26.
The Suns have resisted overtures on [...]

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