This is kind of awesome. P.J. Tucker of the continuously surprising Phoenix Suns was fined $5,000 by the NBA for his second flopping offense, the league announced on Wednesday. Video of his flop can be seen below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNOwlxIi2kI Funny thing about Wednesday, though: It was also the day before the NBA’s Feb. 20 trade deadline, [...]
February 22, 2014
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Kevin Durant has given Russell Westbrook the All-Star nod. Well, sort of. It was a half-assed nod, really, but a nod nonetheless. Before the Thunder took down the Heat 112-95 on Wednesday night, Durant was asked if Westbrook should be an All-Star, to which he responded yes. From Darnell Mayberry of The Oklahoman: The All-Star [...]
January 30, 2014
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Marcin Gortat is a smart man. Like a really smart man. Smarter than the Phoenix Suns could have ever known him to be. Which doesn’t bode well for them. According to Paul Coro of azcenteral.com, the Suns offered Gortat a contract extension back in October, one in which he ultimately declined: Suns center Marcin Gortat [...]
November 27, 2012
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The Phoenix Suns continue to make difficult decisions surrounding the team’s status at point guard. If the team isn’t being goaded into trading Steve Nash, it’s throwing a pile of money Goran Dragic’s way. And now, Phoenix has opted to place Kendall Marshall, their rookie facilitator outside of the rotation. According to Michael Schwartz of [...]
October 25, 2012
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September 20, 2012 – Dan Favale Jeremy Lin is notoriously humble, but no matter how hard he tries, or how coy he attempts to be, there’s no denying he’s the face of the Houston Rockets. [...]
September 20, 2012
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July 24, 2012 – Rob De France After moving 2-time MVP and 8-time All-Star Steve Nash, the Phoenix Suns have reloaded quickly. The Suns will have their ups and downs in the regular season, but this is a team others will try to avoid come playoff time. Letting go of Nash was challenging for the [...]
July 24, 2012
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July 5, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors The Phoenix Suns and Steve Nash seem to be parting fairly amicably. On the surface it might appear that Nash was traded for ‘just’ a bunch of draft picks and cash, but given his impending free agency, Nash’s agreement to a sign and trade was one final assist [...]
March 25, 2009 – Dr. Casper This is the first post on The Hoop Doctors by ‘Dr. Casper’ a.k.a. Ben York from Phoenix’s Fanster.com fame, who also was the founder of Ben’s Suns Blog. Ben will be bringing you analysis of league wide issues for The Hoop Doctors, but fittingly in his first post with [...]
March 25, 2009
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September 23, 2008 – Dr. J-Water What’s up everybody, you good? Sorry I haven’t written in a bit, but i’ve been off on a bit of a vacation, but hopefully the other Docs around here treated you right with some good NBA dish! Did you guys peep those ‘Hypermax’ kicks we featured this week in [...]
September 23, 2008
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