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Caught in the in-between: Is Shannon Brown a starter or just a spark plug?

October 21st, 2012 · 6 Comments

PHOENIX – If there’s one thing that’s clear about Shannon Brown entering his seventh season in the NBA, it’s that he’s not a man of many words.
On one hand, he owns the only thing none of his teammates nor his current franchise possesses: a championship ring.
But on the other, as Brown embarks on the 2012-13 [...]

Ralph Sampson, Sean Rooks officially added to Suns staff

October 4th, 2012 · 3 Comments

Hall of Famer Ralph Sampson and former University of Arizona big man Sean Rooks have officially been added to the Phoenix Suns as members of the player development staff, the team announced Thursday.
Sampson, who is a 2012 Naismith Hall of Fame inductee, holds the official title of assistant coordinator under coordinator Lindsey Hunter, who was [...]

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NBA wants to stop the flop: How will it affect the Suns?

October 3rd, 2012 · 7 Comments

The NBA announced Wednesday morning that it intends to stop the flop, but it only took until the afternoon for resistance to rear its head.
The NBA announced a penalty ladder that begins with a simple warning on a first flopping violation but quickly extends to large fines, reaching $30,000 by the sixth flop. After that, [...]

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Channing Frye discusses his heart diagnosis and the road ahead

September 21st, 2012 · 11 Comments

Channing Frye’s heart diagnosis that the Phoenix Suns announced Thursday came as a big surprise to the power forward. In a video of the Suns’ press conference held on Friday morning, Frye came across as positive and humbled despite learning of his enlarged heart.
“It’s extremely humbling having people want to pray for you and just wish [...]

Channing Frye diagnosed with enlarged heart, out for the year

September 20th, 2012 · 21 Comments

Channing Frye will be out indefinitely after the Suns discovered during a normal preseason physical that he has an enlarged heart, the team said Thursday in a release.
Frye spoke to Paul Coro and told him he’ll take the entire 2012-13 season off. The ailment is apparently due to a virus that will likely subside, and Frye [...]

Leandro Barbosa ‘in contact’ with Suns, per LB

September 13th, 2012 · 16 Comments

Although the Phoenix Suns’ 13-man roster appears to be set, Leandro Barbosa told a Brazilian sports site that the Suns are one of the teams he’s “in contact” with, along with the Lakers and the Nets.
Barbosa described the Suns as a “a franchise I have a history with, have spent great years there” in an [...]