The Phoenix Suns released their official NBA Summer League roster today that will travel with head coach Dan Majerle to Las Vegas, to play in five games from July 15-21.
The group is headlined by second-year pro Markieff Morris and rookie point guard Kendall Marshall, both of whom were taken 13th overall by Phoenix in the [...]

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The NBA announced the schedule for the 2012 Las Vegas Summer League on Thursday. A record 24 of the league’s 30 franchises will field teams in this year’s exhibition. For the Phoenix Suns, this 10-day stretch in July will be the first step in a much-needed youth movement. At the center of that movement will [...]

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Sebastian Pruiti of NBA Playbook does a really nice job of breaking down Gani Lawal’s performance in summer league, where he was named to the all-tournament team after averaging 15.4 and 7.4 on about 50 percent shooting. Here are Bassy’s conclusions on Lawal:
In my opinion, Gani Lawal’s performance during the Las Vegas Summer League should [...]

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LAS VEGAS — Immediately after the Phoenix Suns selected Earl Clark with the 14th overall pick in the 2009 draft, then-GM Steve Kerr doubted Clark would get much playing time as a rookie behind reserve forwards Jared Dudley and Lou Amundson.
At the time I thought it was undoubtedly a motivational tactic, as the Suns didn’t [...]

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The Phoenix Suns’ summer league finale went just like every other summer game this week in Vegas against an NBA opponent – with another loss, this time dropping an 86-76 decision to the Golden State Warriors.
The Summer Suns trailed by just one entering the fourth, but the Warriors pulled away while Phoenix scored just 13 in [...]

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The big news of today revolved around the Suns officially completing deals for Hedo Turkoglu and Josh Childress, but summer league continued in Vegas nonetheless.
I skipped town Tuesday night (man, what a trip) so this analysis will be a little less comprehensive than the past few were.
In this one the Suns dropped a 93-82 decision [...]

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