LAS VEGAS — LA Times columnist T.J. Simers once told me he only writes about players who matter to a team, and maybe that’s one reason Simers isn’t at summer league.
In all likelihood the only Phoenix Sun in Vegas who will make any kind of impact this season is Earl Clark, so that’s where I’ll [...]

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With free agency now behind us (mostly) with the conclusion of Le Decision — and for Phoenix Suns fans with the Amare Stoudemire sign-and-trade now complete — it’s time to look ahead to the next most important part of the offseason (well, kind of): summer league.
I will be on the scene in Las Vegas Friday [...]

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Mike Schmitz and Tyler Lockman take a look at the Summer Suns’ roster. They start play today in Las Vegas at 3 p.m. MST against Houston on NBA TV and continue with games Saturday at 1 p.m. against Toronto on NBA TV, Monday at 5:30 against the D-League, Wednesday at 5:30 against Cleveland and Thursday [...]

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Tonight begins a few crazy weeks of NBA musical chairs.
If you want to know who’s going where you might as well consult ESPN’s Free Agent Slot Machine. It has about as good a chance of being accurate as any expert out there.
In the next few weeks we’re going to hear more misinformation than what you’d [...]

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A little less than one year ago Villanova combo guard Scottie Reynolds was a projected first-round pick in the 2009 NBA Draft with a bright future ahead of him.
But after returning for an All-American senior season, Reynolds is currently unemployed and is the first AP All-American to go undrafted since the 1976 NBA-ABA merger.
The Phoenix [...]

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Earl Clark, Taylor Griffin and a pair of yet-to-be-determined Phoenix Suns draft picks will get some extra work in this summer in the annual NBA Summer League in Las Vegas.
The players will take to Sin City for a five-game set amongst a slate of 58 games featuring 22 teams. The University of Nevada-Las Vegas is [...]

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