PHOENIX – Nearly a year and a half ago, the Suns signed Hedo Turkoglu, Josh Childress, and Hakim Warrick to help Phoenix transition away from the Amare Stoudemire era.
The trio was summoned by Lon Babby to try their hand at replacing one of the NBA’s most dominant offensive big men.
Phoenix’s plan flopped.
Turkoglu was booed out [...]

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At a first glance, the Phoenix Suns’ 127-110 loss on Tuesday to the Denver Nuggets doesn’t suggest that much has changed from last season on the defensive side of the ball.
The Suns’ defense ranged from porous-to-downright poor in Denver, and considering they were looking to improve behind the leadership of defensive coordinator Elston Turner, Tuesday’s [...]

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Today we should be talking about the Phoenix Suns opening their season at home against Kevin Durant and the Oklahoma City Thunder.
We should be discussing the importance of this opening three-game homestand that includes games against the Lakers and Blazers as well and what kind of edge the Suns get with the Thunder having played [...]

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Hakim Warrick is nothing if not prideful about the city he grew up in, Philadelphia, so you can imagine how excited he must be after Team Philly took down Team Melo 131-122 in a charity exhibition dubbed “The Battle for I-95″ in the Palestra Sunday night.
The game was the creation of Warrick, with the idea [...]

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Perhaps it’s not saying much in a league in which Al Harrington can go for 46 and 12, but Jared Dudley put up some nice all-around numbers during the first week of the Impact Competitive Training Series.
Dudley filled up the stat sheet with games of 24 points, nine rebounds and eight assists on Tuesday, 17-7-4 [...]

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With the lockout still casting a dark shadow over the NBA and its fans, players are taking matters into their own hands in order to stay sharp and keep the fans engaged.
Phoenix Suns forward Hakim Warrick wants in on the action.
The Philadelphia native told ESPN’s Marc Stein that he and his former Syracuse teammate Carmelo [...]

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