The national media and computer projections sleeping on the Suns has become an annual tradition, but never have the predictions come in so low during the Nash era.
In years past the above statement meant picking the Suns just outside the playoffs or at the very bottom of the West playoff picture.
This year it means picking [...]

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Are you an NBA franchise struggling with bad contracts in an uncertain economic climate? Are you tired of paying $60-plus million per year to be eliminated by the Memphis Grizzlies in five games? (I’m looking at you Portland, San Antonio, and Utah.) Have you ever employed Isiah Thomas? Then you need the Cap Space Diet.
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Last offseason the Phoenix Suns’ front office was criticized for lacking a plan when Amare Stoudemire left, instead throwing money at role players for the sake of spending.
No such charges can be levied against the Suns’ front office this offseason as all moves have been made with one goal in mind: maintaining 2012 cap space.
That’s [...]

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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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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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