Phoenix Suns players and the principals of their blockbuster trade with the Orlando Magic have been actively commenting on the deal on Twitter. These tweets go to show what Jason Richardson meant to his teammates.
@JRich23 — It’s been a great 2 1/2 yrs Suns fans! My family and I enjoyed out time around such a [...]

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Phoenix Suns 113, Oklahoma City Thunder 110

If the Suns are going to have to play shorthanded a couple games as they wait for their trade reinforcements to join the team, it may as well be in games they are likely to drop anyway.
With Vince Carter, Marcin Gortat and Mickael Pietrus not expected to join [...]

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Suns fans know that Marcin Gortat is a big man with rebounding and defensive prowess, and that Mickael Pietrus is a lockdown defender with a three ball to boot. But as two of Orlando’s more under the radar players, Gortat and Pietrus haven’t quite had their close-up, especially in front of Suns fans.
So what exactly [...]

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Jason Richardson did more than his part during 25 games as Phoenix’s go-to-guy. J-Rich led the Suns in scoring (19.3 points) and three-point production (2.5 per game at a 41.9 percent clip), while dropping 35-plus three times on the season.
So Suns fans should worry about replacing Richardson’s scoring after Babby and Blanks dealt him to [...]

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Give the Phoenix Suns credit for one thing: they know know when to admit they made a mistake.
Today’s trade of Hedo Turkoglu, Jason Richardson and Earl Clark for Vince Carter, Marcin Gortat, Mickael Pietrus, a 2011 first-rounder and cash marks admission that the Turkoglu deal — and really the Clark lottery pick while we’re at [...]

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PHOENIX — The Phoenix Suns’ front office knew it was time to make a splash.
The suits gave their patchwork assembled team a quarter of a season to prove they were a unit that could compete.
Saturday’s trade was an indication of a step in a new direction.
“We came here with the idea that we were going to take [...]

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