The big news of today revolved around the Suns officially completing deals for Hedo Turkoglu and Josh Childress, but summer league continued in Vegas nonetheless.
I skipped town Tuesday night (man, what a trip) so this analysis will be a little less comprehensive than the past few were.
In this one the Suns dropped a 93-82 decision [...]

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LAS VEGAS — Scottie Reynolds wasn’t even expected to play this week after suffering a strained Achilles working out at Villanova last week, his chance at making a summer league impression wasting away by the day.
But after feeling good at Sunday’s practice and Monday morning he came in and told Summer Suns coach Dan Majerle [...]

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LAS VEGAS — If you were expecting Earl Clark to turn into a bonafide NBA player this summer league, you’ve got to be disappointed about the Louisville product’s first two games.
Clark turned in another mediocre performance in Saturday’s 103-69 thrashing at the hands of the Toronto Raptors, going for 15 points and five boards on [...]

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LAS VEGAS — LA Times columnist T.J. Simers once told me he only writes about players who matter to a team, and maybe that’s one reason Simers isn’t at summer league.
In all likelihood the only Phoenix Sun in Vegas who will make any kind of impact this season is Earl Clark, so that’s where I’ll [...]

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With free agency now behind us (mostly) with the conclusion of Le Decision — and for Phoenix Suns fans with the Amare Stoudemire sign-and-trade now complete — it’s time to look ahead to the next most important part of the offseason (well, kind of): summer league.
I will be on the scene in Las Vegas Friday [...]

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Mike Schmitz and Tyler Lockman take a look at the Summer Suns’ roster. They start play today in Las Vegas at 3 p.m. MST against Houston on NBA TV and continue with games Saturday at 1 p.m. against Toronto on NBA TV, Monday at 5:30 against the D-League, Wednesday at 5:30 against Cleveland and Thursday [...]

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