Phoenix Suns Discussion

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Whenever the Suns have struggled offensively this preseason, head coach Alvin Gentry has had just one thing to say, “Don’t worry about it.”
Feel free to worry about interior depth, rebounding or anything to do with defense, but once they become the best-conditioned team in the NBA as Gentry expects them to be, offense should not [...]

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You know it’s the preseason when you give up 37 one quarter and then just nine the next.
But what’s most disconcerting about the Suns’ crazy 110-105 overtime loss is that Oklahoma City’s rotation players outplayed Phoenix’s rotation players before the Suns’ deep reserves brought them back.
The Suns trailed by 20 points with just over eight [...]

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The first rule of preseason games is don’t take much stock in preseason games.
The final outcome of Saturday’s outdoor game at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden for example, a 104-101 Warriors win, is not something I put any stock into being that a group of core Golden State players beat a group of Suns scrubs [...]

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Editor’s Note: Kyle Chank is a guest writer for ValleyoftheSuns. He hails from Indian Wells and has played in the same venue that the Suns will be playing in tonight.
INDIAN WELLS, Calif. — Many fans can relate to growing up playing basketball under the lights at the local park as you re-created scenarios in which [...]

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PHOENIX — Confetti streamed down from the ceiling, “We are the Champions” blared over the sound system, and if you closed your eyes you could almost pretend like the Phoenix Suns had just won their first ever championship at US Airways Center.
Yes, a lighting fast, top-notch shooting basketball team won a championship last night in [...]

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