Entries Tagged as 'Steve Nash'

Steve Nash primed for title run after Dwight Howard trade

August 13th, 2012 · 28 Comments

It’s hard to believe anyone could be more excited about the Dwight Howard trade than Steve Nash.
Suns fans don’t want to hear it, but if the Lakers weren’t on the short list of title contenders before the deal than they surely are now.
Aside from age and injuries, the biggest argument being made against the Lakers’ [...]

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Phoenix Suns 2012-13 schedule released

July 26th, 2012 · 10 Comments

The Phoenix Suns’ 2012-13 schedule was released today. For the Suns, this season will be about new faces in old uniforms and old faces in new uniforms. This new-look team will have to find its identity quickly if it wants to contend in the always stacked Western Conference. They’re going to run into some familiar [...]

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Will Steve Nash be a ‘hummingbird trapped in a sandwich bag’ in LA?

July 13th, 2012 · 28 Comments

As expected, the Phoenix Suns spent Thursday in limbo with the majority of their remaining cap space tied up in an offer sheet to Eric Gordon that the New Orleans Hornets are expected to match.
As I reported last night, the Hornets are likely to utilize the majority of the 72 hours they have to match [...]

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Tags: Eric Gordon · Los Angeles Lakers · Phoenix Suns · Phoenix Suns Analysis · Steve Nash

Why the Hornets might take three days to match and Steve Nash’s introduction to LA

July 12th, 2012 · 110 Comments

When it was first reported that New Orleans will likely take the full three days before inevitably matching the offer sheet to Eric Gordon, the average fan might have thought the Hornets were doing it to spite the Suns.
After all, the Suns are basically in limbo until the Hornets match Gordon because they would need [...]

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Tags: Eric Gordon · Lon Babby · Los Angeles Lakers · New Orleans Hornets · Phoenix Suns · Phoenix Suns Analysis · Steve Nash

Phoenix Suns, Steve Nash couldn’t find common path

July 11th, 2012 · 8 Comments

PHOENIX — Around the same time that the Los Angeles Lakers were introducing newly-acquired Steve Nash on Wednesday, the Phoenix Suns held a less-anticipated and more somber press conference to explain why they sent their franchise star to a division rival.
President of basketball operations Lon Babby addressed the media about the Suns’ decision to go [...]

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Steve Nash officially traded to the Lakers, no finality on Eric Gordon situation

July 11th, 2012 · 23 Comments

Suns fans, you might not want to click this link to Lakers.com if you just ate.
While the Suns and Eric Gordon waited to make his max offer sheet official, the Lakers wasted no time announcing their acquisition of Steve Nash.
Nash is now officially a Laker after the teams completed a trade that will net the Suns [...]

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Tags: Eric Gordon · Los Angeles Lakers · Phoenix Suns · Phoenix Suns News · Steve Nash