As I opened up my Sports Illustrated this week, I was prepared to be disappointed with a hockey cover and a teased NBA feature on the San Antonio Spurs. However, along with that I was treated to Jack McCallum’s oral history piece (you need to buy the magazine to read the full story) on “The Best Finals [...]

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For the first time in eight seasons, Steve Nash is no longer the face of the Phoenix Suns franchise, nor is he the sun, moon and stars of it either. For my money, that new face is Marcin Gortat, which is to say the Suns lack a franchise player. That’s no knock on Marcin. The [...]

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It’s become a tradition for the Phoenix Suns to fare poorly in ESPN’s future power rankings, and the edition released this week provided no exception. The rankings by ESPN’s John Hollinger and Chad Ford slotted the Suns’ future 29th for the next three years thanks to a No. 28 ranking in players and No. 29 for [...]

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PHOENIX — The Phoenix Suns entered the summer short on assets and talented young players. After an offseason that saw them say goodbye to franchise legends Steve Nash and Grant Hill, that has completely changed. The Suns have come out of July with three quality players in their early-to-mid 20′s with varying degrees of potential, [...]

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Editor’s Note: The following is a free-flowing conversation between Michael Schwartz and Kevin Zimmerman on the Phoenix Suns’ options this offseason. Michael Schwartz: Two seasons ago the Phoenix Suns faced a franchise-altering summer and came away with a slew of overpriced role players after Amare Stoudemire departed. The Suns are embarking on another critical offseason in [...]

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PHOENIX — Lon Babby wants the Phoenix Suns to be an elite team. To him, that defines a squad “that’s going to legitimately compete for championships every year.” “That’s what we aspire to, that’s what we work towards every single day that we’re here,” he said. In actuality, the Suns are a .500 team after [...]

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