The Phoenix Suns love Twitter. Most of the roster has a Twitter, and even head coach Alvin Gentry has joined the fun (although he doesn’t use it much).
Jared Dudley is probably the most active tweeter on the team and regularly plugs his Twitter, asking for more followers. But it wasn’t Dudley who got himself in [...]

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Earlier in the week I presented an in-depth analysis of the Suns’ social media efforts as well as a Q and A with Suns head coach Alvin Gentry’s daughter.
Today I will bring you a collection of assorted thoughts on the Suns and social media that didn’t make my previous piece.
A rundown of Suns social media [...]

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When Suns head coach @AlvinGentry first started tweeting, he credited his daughter for getting him to join Twitter.
So who better to go to for the second part of ValleyoftheSuns’ in-depth look at social media and the NBA than Alexis Gentry herself?
OK, so the head coach has only sent out a happy Fourth of July tweet since [...]

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For years, fans could only view their NBA heroes through the lenses of the media and a PR-savvy league.
Players were towering, athletic fish in a fish bowl, only to be gawked at on the court before leaving the confines of the arena to lead their own private, mysterious lives.
Fast forward to this offseason, and anybody [...]

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No, I wasn’t at US Airways Center this afternoon to see Amare go against a defender for the first time since eye surgery, but luckily for all of us Jared Dudley was. Or should I say @JaredDudley619.
Here’s what the Suns’ forward tweeted just moments ago:
Breaking news!!! amare made his debut today today.. he was back [...]

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According to Jared Dudley, at least, and I happen to agree.
Courtesy of @JaredDudley619: “people keep asking me how the suns will do this season.. if we stay healthy we will win 50+, we will make the playoffs this year..”

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