Entries Tagged as 'Aaron Brooks'

No regrets on Amare, why Steve Nash may have spoken up now, and the end of Aaron Brooks’ season in China

March 31st, 2012 · 9 Comments

There is no question the Phoenix Suns botched the Summer of 2010 after Amare Stoudemire decided to take his talents to the Big Apple.
However, it is looking more and more like Phoenix made the right call offering only three guaranteed years whereas New York was willing to give him the full five on a max [...]

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Tags: Aaron Brooks · Amare Stoudemire · Grant Hill · Phoenix Suns · Phoenix Suns Analysis · Steve Nash

Aaron Brooks’ restricted rights best preserved for summer

February 29th, 2012 · 6 Comments

Wilson Chandler has spent the past several days frantically seeking clearance from FIBA to return to the NBA all the while flirting with teams everywhere from Toronto to Italy to create leverage for his negotiations with the Denver Nuggets, the NBA team that owns his restricted rights.
Chandler was finally granted clearance yesterday, which leaves just [...]

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Tags: Aaron Brooks · Phoenix Suns · Phoenix Suns Analysis

3-on-3: Phoenix Suns free agency

December 8th, 2011 · 15 Comments

Editor’s Note: 3-on-3 is a new feature TrueHoop Network blogs including ValleyoftheSuns will be running this season, based off the mothership’s popular 5-on-5 segment.
With free agency set to kick off in earnest on Friday, ValleyoftheSuns writers Michael Schwartz, Mike Schmitz and Ryan Weisert discuss what the Suns need during the free agency period, unheralded potential [...]

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Tags: Aaron Brooks · Free Agency · Phoenix Suns · Phoenix Suns Analysis · Steve Nash

Phoenix Suns free agency preview

December 6th, 2011 · 18 Comments

The theme of Phoenix Suns free agency this offseason will likely be a refrain Chicago Cubs fans are most familiar with: “Wait ’til next year.”
Much has been made about the Suns’ potential for gobs of cap space next offseason, perhaps enough to sign a pair of max free agents if it comes to that, but [...]

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Tags: Aaron Brooks · Free Agency · Grant Hill · Phoenix Suns · Phoenix Suns Analysis · Zabian Dowdell

10 ways the labor agreement impacts the Phoenix Suns

December 1st, 2011 · 22 Comments

This past year NBA front offices were stuck in limbo in that they could only evaluate each potential decision based on the current system, not the system those decisions would end up impacting.
With the lockout all but over, those poor general managers now have a road map by which to base future decisions.
Now it’s time [...]

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Tags: Aaron Brooks · Amare Stoudemire · Free Agency · Future · Jared Dudley · Lockout · Lon Babby · Phoenix Suns · Phoenix Suns Analysis · Robert Sarver · Steve Nash

Aaron Brooks signs deal in China that could delay Phoenix’s decision on his RFA status

November 18th, 2011 · No Comments

Aaron Brooks made one Phoenix Suns offseason decision a bit easier (if there are any offseason decisions to make, that is) by agreeing to terms on a one-year contract with Chinese Basketball Association team Guangdong, as Yahoo! Sports first reported.
Brooks is expected to make more than $2 million to play for a squad that also includes [...]

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