PHOENIX — When tear gas was released into the arena, six M80′s were thrown at the opposing team’s bench and a bottle of human excrement was tossed onto the court in Greece during Josh Childress’ last game with Olympiakos, it became clear that the 6-foot-8 swingman belonged back in the NBA.
Childress got his wish Wednesday, [...]

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Every great team needs a closer they can trust with the clock winding down and the ball in his hands.
When crunch time rolls around, championship-caliber teams turn to a player with no fear of failure, willing to risk his own reputation for a shot at glory.
The Lakers have it in Kobe Bryant, the Mavericks have [...]

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The Phoenix Suns will name player agent Lon Babby president of basketball operations sometime next week, according to a Tuesday report.
Sports 620 KTAR’s John Gambadoro reported on Twitter that Babby will be named to the post and will oversee the hiring of a general manager. Reports of Babby’s front-runner status began to surface last week, but those [...]

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Cheap. Penny-pinching. Incompetent.
Those are just a few of the adjectives that have been used to describe Phoenix Suns managing partner Robert Sarver since he became majority owner in 2004.
When it became clear that Sarver would basically act as Suns GM until the position was filled, I was struck with fear as the controlling owner lacks [...]

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LAS VEGAS — Scottie Reynolds wasn’t even expected to play this week after suffering a strained Achilles working out at Villanova last week, his chance at making a summer league impression wasting away by the day.
But after feeling good at Sunday’s practice and Monday morning he came in and told Summer Suns coach Dan Majerle [...]

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When Amare Stoudemire left for the New York Knicks, I started pondering the options the Phoenix Suns had at their disposal to become an upper-echelon team again.
I felt they should either go after a power forward to replace Amare or (after Phoenix signed Warrick and quality power forwards started coming off the market) wait until [...]

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