PHOENIX — The Phoenix Suns trimmed their roster on Monday by cutting guard Dwight Buycks and forward Jeremy Hazell from the squad and leaving forward Marcus Landry as the only remaining camp invitee.
Landry will travel to the first preseason game at Denver on Tuesday, according to a Paul Coro tweet, and though the Suns could [...]

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Some years it seems like a coach or manager has the Midas Touch, whereby every player they put in the game produces at a high level.
Other times a coach establishes roles to the extent you know exactly what point in the game is occurring based on the players on the floor.
And still other times it [...]

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With a record 11 championships to his credit, it’s easy to argue that Phil Jackson is the greatest coach in NBA history.
Then again it would be hard not to rack up the rings coaching Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen, Kobe Bryant, Shaquille O’Neal and Pau Gasol.
That’s not to take away from Jackson’s greatness as a coach [...]

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On Tuesday Grant Hill became the first active player to be elected to the basketball Hall of Fame’s Board of Governors.
It remains to be seen whether Hill will also become the first player without a ring whose prime was decimated by injuries to earn induction into the Hall of Fame.
As for the Board of Governors [...]

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The “Welcome, Amare Stoudemire” banner, complete with a picture of the big man in a Knicks uniform, said it all Monday. It’s finally official.
Stoudemire and the New York Knicks agreed in principle to a five-year, $100 million contract, according to an ESPN.com report, making Stoudemire the first major free agent to switch teams.
“No one wanted to [...]

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According to an ESPN.com report by Chris Broussard, New York Knicks president Donnie Walsh and head coach Mike D’Antoni “hope to meet with Amare Stoudemire” in Los Angeles soon after the clock strikes midnight Thursday, which marks the official start of free agency, to sway him toward signing with the Knicks.
STAT certainly isn’t the Knicks’ [...]

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