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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Phoenix Suns part of the best NBA Finals ever?
June 15th, 2013 · 4 Comments
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What should the Phoenix Suns do with Marcin Gortat?
August 30th, 2012 · 67 Comments
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 [...]
Tags: Future · Marcin Gortat · Phoenix Suns · Phoenix Suns Analysis
Phoenix Suns’ future not as bleak as future power rankings say, although stars still needed
August 17th, 2012 · 42 Comments
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 Suns complete offseason of asset acquisition
July 30th, 2012 · 70 Comments
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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A discussion on the Phoenix Suns’ offseason
May 6th, 2012 · 35 Comments
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 [...]
Tags: Free Agency · Future · Phoenix Suns · Phoenix Suns Analysis · Steve Nash
Phoenix Suns in no hurry to make a splash, plan on ‘disciplined’ approach to rebuilding team into a contender
May 3rd, 2012 · 42 Comments
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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