If Steve Nash weren’t a two-time NBA MVP tasked with running an offense 82 games a year, there’s a pretty good chance he’d be playing soccer.
The shaggy Canadian has a long history with the world’s most popular sport (outside the US anyway) dating back to his childhood, and despite the fact that he has spent [...]

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PHOENIX — A year and a half ago, Alvin Gentry just happened to be the next guy in line when Terry Porter took the ax for an uninspiring first half of the 2008-09 season, a former head coach who had lost everywhere he went.
Now we wonder why Gentry wasn’t hired instead of Porter in the [...]

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PHOENIX — Last year at this time Steve Kerr appeared to be the dumbest guy in the room.
A year later he’s the savvy general manager for the only conference finalist that nobody expected to be there at the start of the season.
In a year he’s gone from the moron who blew up the D’Antoni Suns [...]

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The big news in Phoenix Suns land today (aside from Grant Hill picking up his option) came from Amare Stoudemire announcing the following: He will be declining his $17.7 million player option, and he wants a max contract from the Suns.
In other news, the sky is still blue.
Stoudemire told The Associated Press that if the [...]

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A Phoenix Suns player exercised his option to return to the team next season.
No, it wasn’t Amare Stoudemire, who told The Arizona Republic there’s “no chance” he will pick up his option, rather Grant Hill officially decided to remain a Sun by exercising his $3.3 million player option for 2010-11, the Suns announced in a [...]

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The Phoenix Suns had just blown out the now Eastern Conference champion Boston Celtics in late December when former Wildcat Channing Frye was asked about the Arizona football team’s embarrassing Holiday Bowl loss to Nebraska.
“You know, hey. We got there. We’re building blocks. Building blocks. Isn’t it coming up on softball season?” Frye asked. “Yeah [...]

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