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 [...]

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Last season all the numbers pointed to Steve Nash earning an All-Star bid but one: the Phoenix Suns’ record.
Despite ranking near the top of all the advanced stats and scoring, assisting and shooting comparably to his MVP seasons, Deron Williams and Russell Westbrook secured the Western Conference’s backup point guard spots.
We will find out on [...]

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The Milwaukee Bucks were on their way to spoiling Michael Redd’s homecoming and blowing out Steve Nash’s birthday candles early.
But after the Suns blew a 21-point second-half lead, the 38-year-old birthday boy saved the day as he banked home a six-foot runner with five seconds remaining to give the Suns a 107-105 advantage.
Phoenix then double-teamed [...]

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Phoenix Suns 107, Milwaukee Bucks 105
Through 24 games the Phoenix Suns have been the model of inconsistency.
Only the Suns, Nets, Raptors, Cavs, Pistons, Wizards, Bobcats, Hornets and Warriors have yet to engineer a three-game win streak — not exactly the best teams to be associated with. But all of that can change tonight at 6 p.m. MST [...]

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There are many reasons why the Phoenix Suns’ offense has slipped from the heights of the elite all the way down to the bottom third of the league, but Channing Frye’s struggles have played a major role.
The Suns’ sharpshooter entered the day hitting 34.7 percent of his shots and 29.1 percent of his long balls, [...]

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As the Phoenix Suns seemed destined to spend this season in the NBA no-man’s land of “not good enough to make the playoffs and not bad enough to contend for the No. 1 pick,” the #FreeSteveNash movement got some national attention this week. Prominent NBA analysts such as ESPN’s John Hollinger and Grantland’s Bill Simmons [...]

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