In our final series of capsules, NBA bloggers prognosticate the Southwest Division:
Grizzlies:  Straight Outta Vancouver | SBN Recap
Hornets: At the Hive | Hornets247 | SBN Recap
Mavericks: MavsMoneyball | The Two Man Game
Rockets: The Dream Shake | SBN Recap
Spurs: Pounding the Rock | Project Spurs | SBN Recap

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On this season preview edition of the ValleyoftheSuns podcast, Michael Schwartz, Mike Schmitz and Tyler Emerick discuss the Suns’ offseason acquisitions and Alvin Gentry’s lineup possibilities before giving their predictions on the year.

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All of the dollar signs, egos and overall skills validate Hedo Turkoglu starting for the Phoenix Suns.
The 6-foot-10 multi-skilled forward will make more this season than every Suns player not named Steve Nash or Jason Richardson — $10,215,850 million.
Turkoglu also started 301 of his last 305 games, and didn’t exactly do an admirable job handling [...]

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By all counts, the Phoenix Suns’ preseason finale against the Denver Nuggets on Friday night was over by halftime.
In their final tuneup before the season begins Tuesday, the Suns shot 30.8 percent in the first quarter and allowed 49 points in the second en route to an embarassing 144-106 loss.
At the midway mark, the Suns [...]

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The Phoenix Suns wrap up the preseason tonight at home against the Denver Nuggets and the game will largely be a night of rest — for everybody.
The Suns are sitting guard Josh Childress (for obvious reasons — the broken finger) and forward Hedo Turkoglu, who is only taking the night off for rest.
Suns coach Alvin [...]

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PHOENIX — When the Phoenix Suns acquired Jason Richardson in December 2008 he was just another dynamic scorer in a starting lineup featuring all-timers such as Steve Nash, Amare Stoudemire, Shaq and Grant Hill.
Back then he was just trying to fit in, but with Amare departing this summer and Shaq long gone, J-Rich has become [...]

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