Last season all the numbers pointed to Steve Nash earning an All-Star bid but one: the Phoenix Suns’ record.
Despite ranking near the top of all the advanced stats and scoring, assisting and shooting comparably to his MVP seasons, Deron Williams and Russell Westbrook secured the Western Conference’s backup point guard spots.
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The Phoenix Suns of the past decade have been chastised for not drafting and developing quality young talent, and perhaps that indictment can be summed up by the fact that Steve Nash (1997), Shawn Marion (2001) and Amare Stoudemire (2003) were the last three Suns to play in the rookie-sophomore game.
With Phoenix on the verge [...]

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Is Marcin Gortat an All-Star?
It’s a relatively simple question, but one without a simple answer. For any player being considered for the All Star Game, there are three factors in play: statistics, reputation, and popularity. In each of these categories, players compete against one another to determine who will represent their respective conferences in the [...]

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PHOENIX — Perhaps because the Suns have played sub-.500 basketball for the majority of the season, seven-time All-Star Steve Nash did not receive an invitation to the 2011 All-Star Game despite another fantastic statistical season.
Deron Williams and Russell Westbrook got the call at the point guard spot behind starting point guard Chris Paul in a [...]

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It’s really something that when you look at the starting rosters for the West and East All-Stars you find eight untouchable forever franchise players, a ninth in Joe Johnson whom the Hawks would love to keep this offseason and then a guy who could be about to be dealt for J.J. Hickson.
We all know that [...]

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The Phoenix Suns are the only NBA team to boast a pair of starters in tonight’s All-Star Game, and my how different has this week been for the two of them?
While Steve Nash has been running the Olympic torch, lighting the Olympic cauldron and winning the Skills Challenge at the age of 36 (rumors unconfirmed on [...]

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