The Phoenix Suns have been searching for their next star to no avail for some time now, but they do possess one important asset that could eventually solve that problem: future cap space.
I was updating the ValleyoftheSuns salary page the other day and it made me realize just how much future financial flexibility the Phoenix Suns [...]

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When Steve Kerr pulled the trigger on a trade that brought the Phoenix Suns one of the best big men in the history of the game, albeit in his older stages, he knew the deal would make him look like either a genius or a moron.
In hindsight that answer is obvious as Shaq only put [...]

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PHOENIX — When I used to cover baseball, I always used to dread walking into a losing locker room because it felt like a morgue, with only a player or two staying around to speak with the media in hushed tones and the rest of the clubhouse eerily silent.
That’s not a feeling I’ve experienced very [...]

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PHOENIX — Shaq, LeBron, Nash, Amare.
There’s a palpable excitement in US Airways Center this evening as the Suns get set to take on one of the NBA’s elite teams, the Cleveland Cavaliers, in a star-studded matchup.
“It should be fun to play against these guys,” Suns head coach Alvin Gentry said about an hour before tipoff [...]

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Cavaliers 109, Suns 91

PHOENIX — With nine of the next 11 games at home, you would think the Suns would finally have a chance to take a deep breath. But according to Alvin Gentry, there is no room for relaxation.
Gentry explained that there is no way that his team can think about its home record [...]

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CLEVELAND — Twenty nine.
That was a telling number here Wednesday night for the high-octane Suns, the team that leads the NBA in scoring. They routinely score 29 points in the first quarter, and Steve Nash can almost reach that total himself.
So when Nash and his teammates walked off The Q floor at halftime with the [...]

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