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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I understand Yahoo! Sports reported that the Cavs have emerged as “serious bidders” and that The Plain Dealer reported that the Suns and Cavs have engaged in “advancing talks” around Amare Stoudemire.
But I just don’t see it. The best the Cavs can offer is J.J. Hickson, a late first-rounder and cap relief. Hickson is a [...]

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PHOENIX — When I used to cover baseball, I always used to dread walking into a losing locker room because it felt like a morgue, with only a player or two staying around to speak with the media in hushed tones and the rest of the clubhouse eerily silent.
That’s not a feeling I’ve experienced very [...]

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PHOENIX — Shaq, LeBron, Nash, Amare.
There’s a palpable excitement in US Airways Center this evening as the Suns get set to take on one of the NBA’s elite teams, the Cleveland Cavaliers, in a star-studded matchup.
“It should be fun to play against these guys,” Suns head coach Alvin Gentry said about an hour before tipoff [...]

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Cavaliers 109, Suns 91

PHOENIX — With nine of the next 11 games at home, you would think the Suns would finally have a chance to take a deep breath. But according to Alvin Gentry, there is no room for relaxation.
Gentry explained that there is no way that his team can think about its home record [...]

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