Entries from August 2010

Phoenix Suns’ future brighter than it seems

August 4th, 2010 · 17 Comments

ESPN.com’s future NBA power rankings came out again this week, and to the surprise of nobody who has been following this list over the course of the past year the Suns didn’t do so hot.
These rankings weight players (who count for 40 percent of the grade), management, money, the market and the draft to try [...]

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Suns to open in Portland; get Lakers and Jazz on TV

August 3rd, 2010 · 5 Comments

The NBA announced marquee dates from the 2010-11 regular season schedule Tuesday, and the Phoenix Suns will be tested early with a Utah Jazz-Los Angeles Lakers back-to-back.
The Arizona Republic‘s Paul Coro reported, prior to the league’s one-hour NBA TV special (sound familiar?), that the Suns will open the season on the road against the Portland [...]

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Tags: Los Angeles Lakers · Phoenix Suns · Phoenix Suns News · Portland Trail Blazers · Utah Jazz

Can Hedo Turkoglu defend NBA power forwards?

August 2nd, 2010 · 20 Comments

All signs seem to be pointing to Hedo Turkoglu starting at power forward for the Phoenix Suns.
But although slotting Turkoglu at the four gives the Suns no shortage of offensive looks, the issue of playing him up front is clear: Can he shoulder the load defending big men of the Western Conference?
The 6-foot-10 multi-skilled forward has been summoned [...]

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Tags: Defense · Hedo Turkoglu · Phoenix Suns · Phoenix Suns Analysis

Amare Stoudemire’s Israeli interview; Henry Abbott’s reaction to his journey

August 2nd, 2010 · 4 Comments

Former Phoenix Suns All-Star forward Amare Stoudemire sat down with Sport5 to talk about his “open search” in Israel and his connection to Judaism. Henry Abbott of TrueHoop shared his take on Stoudemire’s journey and dug deeper into what he said in the interview above. Here’s an excerpt from Abbott:

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Phoenix Suns ink draft pick Gani Lawal to three-year deal

August 1st, 2010 · 3 Comments

The Phoenix Suns came one step closer to rounding out their 2010-11 roster Sunday as they agreed to terms with second-round draft pick Gani Lawal, according to The Arizona Republic.
The report by The Republic’s Paul Coro said the Suns signed the power forward out of Georgia Tech, taken 46th overall in this year’s draft, to [...]

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Tags: Gani Lawal · Goran Dragic · Lon Babby · Phoenix Suns · Phoenix Suns News