Editor’s Note: Clint Corey will be writing a weekly column for ValleyoftheSuns from the perspective of a former high school basketball assistant coach. This column will delve into the X’s and O’s of the game and eventually include a video component.
Any coach will tell you that once you get through all the talk of X’s [...]
Entries from December 2009
Coach’s Corner: Pick (your poison) and roll
December 16th, 2009 · 4 Comments
Tags: Amare Stoudemire · Channing Frye · Coach's Corner · Goran Dragic · Offense · Phoenix Suns Analysis · Steve Nash
Suns 116, Spurs 104 — Dragon burns Spurs
December 15th, 2009 · 13 Comments
PHOENIX — The Suns had to be experiencing some serious déjà vu Tuesday night after nearly repeating the mistakes they made in Denver. The Suns blew a 17-point lead in a loss to the Nuggets and then nearly blew a 20-point lead against the San Antonio Spurs before holding on for a 116-104 win over their biggest [...]
Tags: Amare Stoudemire · Goran Dragic · Jason Richardson · Phoenix Suns · Phoenix Suns Recap · San Antonio Spurs · Steve Nash
A Planet Orange reunion at the #SunsTweetUp
December 15th, 2009 · No Comments
PHOENIX — The Suns’ marketing team coined the phrase Planet Orange a few years back to encompass the idea that all Suns fans share an almost familial bond on this planet.
At the #SunsTweetUp during Tuesday’s game against the Spurs, Suns tweeters came together like a bunch of long-lost cousins at a family reunion.
Unfortunately I didn’t [...]
Preview: Spurs (12-9) at Suns (16-8)
December 15th, 2009 · 8 Comments
Suns 116, Spurs 104
After a short break from a grueling December schedule, the Suns start a home stretch tonight against the rival San Antonio Spurs, winners of three straight.
There are a number of questions surrounding this game, chiefly the status of Jason Richardson.
Richardson sat out Monday’s practice with his right hand wrapped up and is questionable [...]
Tags: Jason Richardson · Phoenix Suns · Phoenix Suns Preview · San Antonio Spurs
VotS Suns podcast — Brutal stretch edition
December 14th, 2009 · 1 Comment
On this edition of the ValleyoftheSuns podcast, Michael Schwartz, Mike Schmitz and Tyler Lockman discuss the Suns’ recent woes, how much Phoenix misses Leandro Barbosa and who needs to step up during the team’s upcoming brutal stretch.
Tags: Phoenix Suns Podcasts
A #tweet-up @SunsCrib
December 14th, 2009 · 2 Comments
One of the things I like least about Twitter is the fact that sometimes it feels like you’re having conversations with complete strangers, as even tweeps you interact with on a daily basis are people you have never met.
That’s why all @PhoenixSuns fans on Twitter should attend Tuesday’s second annual Tweet-Up when the Suns take [...]





