PHOENIX — The Phoenix Suns are committed to running.
Steve Nash may be in Los Angeles, but the mantra for Alvin Gentry’s crew hasn’t changed a bit. Run, shoot, play a little defense and do it again.
“It’s a pretty simple system really,” Gentry said on Media Day. “There’s not anything complicated about it. The thing about [...]

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PHOENIX — Upon entering Monday’s media scrum, it took exactly five seconds before starting point guard Goran Dragic was posed a question with the words Steve Nash and big shoes attached to the end of it.
Like a politician trying to get out in front of a story before it became “the story” of Media Day, [...]

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This week is a sad week for Channing Frye, but in some ways it should be a happy one.
It’s beyond terrible that Frye was blindsided with news that he has an enlarged heart that will likely keep him out for the season and could potentially end his career, news that Frye said came “completely out [...]

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Editor’s Note: TrueHoop Network contributor Brett Koremenos is a guest writer for ValleyoftheSuns. Follow him on Twitter @BKoremenos.
As Phoenix moves forward in the post-Steve Nash era, there will no doubt be changes to the on-court product. Nash, whose passing wizardry propelled Suns teams to topflight offenses for nearly a decade, will be replaced by his former understudy, [...]

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PHOENIX — Confidence has long been a critical component of Goran Dragic’s success, the lack of which has led to his struggles.
As a rookie in 2008-09, Dragic played timid most of the time to earn the nickname “Tragic” and at one point early in his rookie season I wondered if Sean Singletary might be a [...]

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