PHOENIX — Jared Dudley’s career could be misleading because of his style.
Maybe it’s because while it feels like the Phoenix Suns guard has been in the NBA for a decade, he’s only finishing up his fifth year in the league. As one of the better — if not the best — quotes in the locker [...]

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PHOENIX — With memories of home losses to the Nets, Cavs, Raptors, Warriors and of course these very same New Orleans Hornets fresh in their minds, the Suns knew they absolutely have to take care of business tonight against the lowly, beat-up Hornets.
Against many teams the Suns would not be able to get away with [...]

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Basketball players have skill sets defined as refined or lacking. They’re given these by physical attributes, but also by mentalities that, when combined, create what we loosely refer to as their “game.”
The best basketball players — Kobe, Michael, LeBron — have a lot of really great physical attributes but, of course, they have mentalities that [...]

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PHOENIX — With the Phoenix Suns set to take on the Minnesota Timberwolves at 7 p.m. MST in US Airways Center, head coach Alvin Gentry weighed in on Ricky Rubio’s injury, the recent play of Jared Dudley and Robin Lopez, his NCAA Tournament favorite, and Peyton Manning’s basketball skills.
A look at Minnesota without Rubio 
On Saturday [...]

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PHOENIX — Close your eyes and you could almost imagine being transported back to 2010, a better time for this franchise when a home game against the Lakers meant a battle between powerhouses.
For one of the first times this season, a special electricity ran through US Airways Center with a flock of Lakers fans in [...]

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The Sacramento Kings came into Saturday night’s game against the Phoenix Suns as one of the NBA’s hottest teams.
Winners of four of their last five with victories over the Thunder, Trail Blazers, Warriors and Hornets, the Kings’ offense was rolling, averaging 99.8 points per game during that stretch — good for fourth in the NBA.
The [...]

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