Phoenix Suns

Let me take this opportunity to welcome you inside one month of the NBA’s trade deadline, where the visibly absurd threatens to become truth. Speaking of the visibly absurd, the Atlanta Hawks have never appeared more likely to deal Josh Smith than they do now. And no, that’s not the insane part. What’s crazy is [...]

The plot continues to thicken for the Memphis Grizzlies. As soon as it became known that the Grizzlies were willing to deal star forward Rudy Gay in favor of some salary cap relief, all proverbial hell broke loose in Memphis. First, Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports reported that the Grizzlies and Phoenix Suns were attempting [...]

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 [...]

Remember when Dion Waiters was considered a draft-day reach for the Cleveland Cavaliers? Of course you do. And remember when he made critics eat such a notion? Duh. Then remember when he started to look like a bust once again? Wait, what? That’s correct. After what was supposed to be a coming out party for [...]

Heading into the game, these teams had identical records. On paper, the Lakers are Hall of Fame; the Rockets are Sixth Man of the Year. But when the Los Angeles Lakers and the Houston Rockets took the floor of the Staples Center Sunday night, there was a playoff-type atmosphere. Both teams were there to win. [...]

Being a basketball player and getting a PE is one of the biggest perks of the job; a sneaker made in a way that no one else can get but you.  Being a former UNC player, Kendall Marshall is no stranger to Jordans but now in the NBA, the rookie PG for the Phoenix Suns [...]

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 [...]

Some people seem to have Joe Johnson all wrong. Brooklyn’s 6-time all-star shooting guard has acquired a certain reputation as a result of his years in Atlanta. Under Mike Woodson’s system, Johnson was thrust into national spotlight as the headpiece of a classic one-man offense. His numbers did not disappoint: In his second year as a [...]

September 21, 2012 – Dan Favale We’ve seen it before, far too often, in fact, when an NBA player’s immediate future is suddenly derailed by an unpreventable condition. And now, unfortunately, we’ve seen it again, as according to NBA.com, Phoenix Suns forward Channing Frye is out indefinitely after developing a dilated cardiomyopathy, which is essentially [...]

September 13, 2012 – Dan Favale It’s not all fun and games in Oklahoma City. The Thunder are approaching a crossroad. I know it, you know it, they know it, and most importantly, James Harden knows it. The savvy combo-guard is a restricted free agent at the end of this upcoming season, and there is [...]