Josh Smith of the Atlanta Hawks is a target of the Phoenix Suns, according to HoopsWorld.com’s Alex Kennedy. He reports that Phoenix is looking into acquiring the versatile forward before the trade deadline, and if that falls through, the Suns would continue their pursuit into the offseason.
Smith would likely be a max-level player. At the [...]
Entries from January 2013
Josh Smith a piece the Phoenix Suns want, per report
January 31st, 2013 · 35 Comments
Tags: Phoenix Suns Rumors · Trades
Michael Beasley gets aggressive, Tucker talks defending Kobe
January 31st, 2013 · 5 Comments
PHOENIX – Suns forward Michael Beasley is a noticeably new man since Lindsey Hunter’s appointment as interim head coach. Whether that is just coincidence could be hard to prove without any blunt admission from Beasley.
“Honestly, man, I’m just being aggressive,” Beasley said. “I’m trying to turn over a new leaf. No more nonchalant Beas, back [...]
Tags: Michael Beasley · P.J. Tucker
Phoenix Suns 92, Los Angeles Lakers 86 — Steve Nash’s return
January 31st, 2013 · 47 Comments
PHOENIX – The terrain on Planet Orange isn’t what it was when the Suns traded Steve Nash to the Los Angeles Lakers back in July. The man Suns president of basketball ops Lon Babby called “the sun, moon and stars” of the franchise had the equivalent amount of light of those three things combined shining [...]
Tags: Phoenix Suns Recap · Steve Nash
Steve Nash’s return: Mike D’Antoni on what to expect and Alvin Gentry
January 30th, 2013 · 9 Comments
PHOENIX — While Steve Nash’s return won’t be official until the lights finally come on, they’ve really been shining on him since he walked off the Lakers’ team bus.
It’ll be interesting to see if any Suns fans give Nash anything but a standing ovation, and Goran Dragic said his friend and mentor deserves it. How [...]
Tags: Phoenix Suns
Preview: Los Angeles Lakers (20-25) at Phoenix Suns (15-30)
January 30th, 2013 · 34 Comments
Time: 8:30 p.m. MST
TV: ESPN
With two losses following two wins, the Lindsey Hunter honeymoon phase is over.
That’s unfortunate, because the Suns would love to pretend they’ve moved on without Steve Nash when he enters the US Airways Center tonight sporting a different shade of purple.
Instead, Phoenix is back to losing. Not that Nash and the [...]
Tags: Goran Dragic · Los Angeles Lakers · Marcin Gortat · Michael Beasley · Steve Nash
Suns recall Diante Garrett from Bakersfield Jam
January 28th, 2013 · 62 Comments
With eight games to go until the All-Star break, the Phoenix Suns have added some depth at the point guard position. Well, sort of.
The team recalled point guard Diante Garrett from Bakersfield Monday, following his successful seven-game assignment with the Jam (D-League affiliate). Garrett, who signed with the Suns as an undrafted free agent back [...]
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