Entries Tagged as 'Phoenix Suns News'

Grant Hill undergoes knee operation, playoff push gets harder

March 30th, 2012 · 2 Comments

PHOENIX — Phoenix Suns forward Grant Hill successfully underwent right knee surgery on Friday morning, repairing what the team called a “medial meniscus tear” that was discovered during an MRI on Thursday.
In a release, the Suns said they expect Phoenix’s defensive stopper and starting small forward to return before season’s end. Head coach Alvin Gentry [...]

[Read more →]

Tags: Grant Hill · Phoenix Suns News

Steve Nash won’t return to Phoenix ‘if there isn’t an improvement’

March 29th, 2012 · 53 Comments

Steve Nash sent a message Thursday that Suns management must have heard loud and clear: he will only return next season if Phoenix improves.
Nash spoke to everyone from Bill Simmons to Dan Patrick to Jim Rome as part of a Dove Men Care promotional media circuit and touched on a variety of interesting topics but [...]

[Read more →]

Tags: Future · Phoenix Suns · Phoenix Suns Analysis · Phoenix Suns News · Steve Nash

Phoenix Suns pregame notes: Alvin Gentry talks Ricky Rubio, Peyton Manning and NCAA Tournament

March 12th, 2012 · No Comments

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 [...]

[Read more →]

Tags: Alvin Gentry · Jared Dudley · Minnesota Timberwolves · Phoenix Suns · Phoenix Suns News · Robin Lopez

Stein: Suns want to re-sign Steve Nash instead of trading him

February 29th, 2012 · 13 Comments

Marc Stein’s report that Robert Sarver doesn’t want to trade Suns star Steve Nash but instead hopes to re-sign him for at least two more seasons is not exactly breaking news.
After all, management has repeated that Nash can stay as long as he wants every time this topic gets brought up (which happens quite often) [...]

[Read more →]

Tags: Phoenix Suns · Phoenix Suns Analysis · Phoenix Suns News · Phoenix Suns Rumors · Steve Nash

Markieff Morris survives grueling Rising Stars Challenge, catches nifty Rubio passes

February 24th, 2012 · 1 Comment

That was the single greatest game with no defense* ever played between two teams consisting of first- and second-year players selected for their teams by Charles Barkley and Shaquille O’Neal in history!
*Okay; technically, some defense was played, at least on one possession. It was all Greg Monroe’s fault, and it was hilarious. Seriously, if you [...]

[Read more →]

Tags: All-Star Weekend · Markieff Morris · Phoenix Suns News

Steve Nash selected for All-Star Game

February 9th, 2012 · 3 Comments

Steve Nash has done his level best to keep the Suns afloat all season long, through offensive droughts and ever-shifting rotations. On Thursday evening, the NBA coaches rewarded him for his efforts by selecting him as a Western Conference reserve for the 2012 All-Star Game in Orlando. It’s Nash’s eighth All-Star Game and his sixth as [...]

[Read more →]

Tags: All-Star Weekend · Phoenix Suns · Phoenix Suns News · Steve Nash