Many sports business students dream of leveraging their degree into an internship with a professional team after which they can work up the ranks of the organization’s operations department. Yet we are always warned that for most people such a path is a mere pipe dream with operations jobs so sought after and difficult [...]

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Dre Alvarez from the Wages of Wins Network blog NerdNumbers.com joined me on the ValleyoftheSuns podcast to discuss what the Wins Produced stat tells us about the Suns as well as the Second Seconds or Less era and how Phoenix should go about reloading for next season. Dre feels one of the biggest reasons people see [...]

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In this NBA Draft edition of the ValleyoftheSuns podcast, Michael Schwartz and Mike Schmitz discuss the prospects likely to be available when the Suns’ No. 13 overall pick comes up as well as some other moves the team can make this offseason and the importance of this draft to the new front office.

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In this end of season edition of the ValleyoftheSuns podcast, Michael Schwartz and Mike Schmitz discuss what went wrong (and right) during the Phoenix Suns’ 2010-11 season before analyzing some of the trades made this year and where the franchise might be headed this offseason.

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In the All-Star break edition of the ValleyoftheSuns podcast, Michael Schwartz, Mike Schmitz and Tyler Emerick discuss the positives and negatives from the first half of the season, the Suns’ ideal rotation going forward and a little Carmelo before the trio predicts the rest of the year.

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