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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When the Phoenix Suns were preparing for June’s draft, general manager Lance Blanks made it perfectly clear that his team needed to improve in the post.
That viewpoint became all the more obvious as the Suns drafted Markieff Morris with their first-round selection to join a front court that includes Marcin Gortat, Channing Frye and potentially [...]

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PHOENIX — Hakim Warrick came to Phoenix for a chance to revitalize his career next to Steve Nash for a playoff-caliber team craving a pick-and-roll player at the power forward spot.
Warrick showed flashes of being that guy throughout the first month and a half of the season, but ever since the Suns imported Marcin Gortat [...]

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Phoenix Suns 113, Houston Rockets 110
The Aaron Brooks trade was consummated almost two weeks ago, yet Brooks has had to wait until tonight to make his debut in the Purple Palace.
And how fitting for his opening game in Phoenix to feature a visit from the only team he had ever previously known, the Houston Rockets.
A [...]

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PHOENIX —  For the Phoenix Suns’ offense to work effectively, spacing has to be near perfect.
Over the past six years, the Suns’ pick-and-roll offense created that spacing as Amare Stoudemire sucked in the defense with his ferocious dives, which in turn led to a barrage of three-pointers.
If STAT wasn’t making posters, Channing Frye, Jared Dudley [...]

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