There are many reasons why the Phoenix Suns’ offense has slipped from the heights of the elite all the way down to the bottom third of the league, but Channing Frye’s struggles have played a major role.
The Suns’ sharpshooter entered the day hitting 34.7 percent of his shots and 29.1 percent of his long balls, [...]

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The Phoenix Suns’ 2009-10 bench morphed into an elite unit for a number of reasons, but chief among them was the fact that everybody knew their roles and the core of players that made up the bench complemented each other perfectly.
After signing Michael Redd on Thursday, the Phoenix Suns’ roster will house 13 players with [...]

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PHOENIX — Two years ago the Phoenix Suns shocked the NBA world by riding a dynamic offense led by Nash and Amare all the way to the Western Conference Finals.
But aside from the pick-and-roll run by those two stars, that Suns team succeeded most because it went 10 deep with a defensive-focused second unit that [...]

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New Orleans Hornets 109, Phoenix Suns 97
The Phoenix Suns expected everything to be on the line tonight against a New Orleans Hornets squad that two weeks ago they seemed to have a legitimate chance of catching.
At the time the Suns still were seeking a miracle, but it seemed to be a doable miracle if the [...]

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With the playoffs out of the question and nothing tangible to play for, it’s up to the Phoenix Suns’ bench and role players to rack up victories as the season comes to a close.
Although it came against the NBA’s worst team without its best player in Kevin Love, the Suns’ second unit rose to the [...]

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PHOENIX — In Mathletics, former Mavericks stats guru Wayne Winston found that playing on the second game of a back-to-back makes an NBA team play two points worse than average.
If only Winston could come up with a formula that would determine how much worse a team would be expected to play when its best players [...]

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