PHOENIX — The Phoenix Suns’ offseason makeover brought about two questions: How will Hedo Turkoglu possibly play power forward and how will head coach Alvin Gentry handle the glut of swingmen?
Hours were spent breaking down how Turkoglu would fit at the power forward position (offensively, defensively and in video form), and different lineup combinations were [...]

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PHOENIX — While Tuesday’s loss to the Jazz left plenty unsettled for the 2010-11 Suns, it also put a number of positives on display.
For starters, center Robin Lopez is looking strong and aggressive on offense, showing no signs  of hesitation after rehabbing a bulging disk in his back. Lopez continues to wear some sort of [...]

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PHOENIX — If NBA preseason games are good for anything, it’s gleaning where a team is set and where it still needs to improve.
Tuesday night’s preseason home opener displayed that few things are actually “set” for the Phoenix Suns as they fell 105-100 at the hands of the Utah Jazz.
Now, there is no reason to [...]

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NBA bloggers take a stab at the Northwest Division in this week’s capsules:
Jazz: SLC Dunk | Salt City Hoops | SBN Recap
Nuggets: Denver Stiffs | Roundball Mining Company | The Nugg Doctor | SBN Recap
Thunder: Welcome to Loud City | Planet BBall | SBN Recap
Timberwolves: Canis Hoopus | TwolvesBlog
Blazers: Blazersedge.com | SBN Recap
Recaps: All Previews

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This offseason has brought plenty of change to ValleyoftheSuns through the re-designed site complete with player profiles, salaries and a schedule.
Today I’m proud to announce the final additions of the offseason as I officially bring on State Press (ASU) football writer Tyler Emerick as a staff writer, Suns blogger Kyle Fleeger to run a soon-to-launch [...]

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We’ve been scrutinizing all summer how the Suns will replace Amare Stoudemire in their vaunted pick-and-roll attack.
It’s still the most salient question yet to be answered about this team’s offense because the Suns were essentially a pick-and-roll team last year that used that play either to get an easy opportunity for Nash or Amare or [...]

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