Facing a significantly younger field, Suns point guard Steve Nash captured his second skills title in the Taco Bell Skills Challenge as part of All-Star Saturday Night.
“I asked them since I’m a lot older if I could start at the second rack,” Nash joked to TNT Cheryl Miller after the competition.
Nash cruised into the second [...]

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PHOENIX — This year’s rendition of the 3-Point Shootout features veteran NBA gunners in Paul Pierce and Chauncey Billups, young natural shooters who may have been shooting threes since they left the womb in Stephen Curry and Danilo Gallinari as well as last year’s defending champion, Daequan Cook.
So why should anybody give much of a [...]

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I understand Yahoo! Sports reported that the Cavs have emerged as “serious bidders” and that The Plain Dealer reported that the Suns and Cavs have engaged in “advancing talks” around Amare Stoudemire.
But I just don’t see it. The best the Cavs can offer is J.J. Hickson, a late first-rounder and cap relief. Hickson is a [...]

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You likely already know that there’s a mobile version of ValleyoftheSuns that lets you easily read all the stories you want without waiting all day for pictures to load.
Now you can also get to the site on the iPhone via the newly-released Fan Pulse app, which allows you to:

Follow teams like the Suns and trash talk [...]

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With less than a week remaining before the Feb. 18 NBA trade deadline, the Amare Stoudemire trade rumors are about to enter the calm before the final storm.
Nothing is going to happen the next three days as the league convenes in Dallas for All-Star Weekend, but next week Suns fans would be wise to stay [...]

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PHOENIX — Steve Nash is so great on the court because he can take over games both by scoring himself and getting his teammates involved.
After playing the director’s role in LB Avatar, Nash returned to the lead acting role in his latest feature presentation below, which doubles as a viral ad for Vitamin Water and [...]

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