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Jason Richardson Was Not Shocked To Be Traded To Orlando And Feels Comfortable In His New Setting
If there is one player over the last few years in the NBA who is not remotely surprised about being traded at any time you can look at Jason Richardson. J-Rich was the fifth overall pick in the 2001 NBA draft by the Golden State Warriors out of Michigan State. The man has won an NBA Rookie Challenge Award, All-Rookie First Team honors along with the NBA slam dunk crown in 2002 and...
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March 11, 2011
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Phoenix Is Rising Out West
This season has been quite a rollercoaster ride for the Phoenix Suns. Obviously they lost Amar’e Stoudemire in the offseason, but they also made some other significant changes to their roster during the season as well. Despite all the changes, the Suns are still in position to try and make a second half playoff run. The Suns are 8-2 in their last 10 games and this past week...
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March 02, 2011
Aaron Brooks: “I am just ready for a fresh start and this will be a good opportunity for me.”
Once thought of as one of the centerpieces of the franchise, the Rockets traded away Aaron Brooks to Phoenix in exchange for Goran Dragic. After having a career 2010 season and winning the NBA’s Most Improved Player award, Brooks hurt his ankle early in the season causing him to miss 25 games. That injury opened the door for backup point guard, Kyle Lowry, and he made the...
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February 25, 2011
28 Games: Will the Suns make the Playoffs?
I once had a co-worker who made the statement that if you barely slip into the NBA Playoffs, you suck as a team. His logic was that 16 teams, or more than half the league, qualify for the postseason.
I wonder what he thought about the teams that don’t make the playoffs?
The Phoenix Suns find themselves in very strange territory. At 27-27, they are in 10th place in the Western...
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February 23, 2011
“Human Basketball” appears on Ellen
Nick Corrales.
You may not know the name, but if you follow basketball or the world of viral videos at all, you’ve seen his work.
Corrales made national headlines back in January, when during an in-game peformance with the Verve Sol Patrol, he accidentally dunked himself. Several different videos of the event surfaced on You Tube and like sites almost immediately, and have...
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February 15, 2011
Verve Sol Patrol Member Appears on Ellen
Verve Sol Patrol member Nick Corrales was recently caught on video trying to dunk a basketball — and ended up dunking himself!
Ellen DeGeneres, of the Ellen show, invited him to the show to explain what happened, and gave him a chance to perform today.
After performing in front the studio audience, Ellen presented him [...]
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February 15, 2011
Maybe this is why Channing Frye didn’t idolize Kevin Garnett when he was younger
Friday morning on my radio show, “Chuck and Vince Live” on The Fan AM 1060, my partner Chuck Powell asked Suns big man Channing Frye what it’s like going up against players like Boston’s Kevin Garnett, whom Frye probably looked up to when he was younger.
Frye squelched that talk, answering “I definitely didn’t have his poster on my wall, and I...
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January 29, 2011
Suns daredevil provides only highlight during Wednesday’s loss to Bobcats
Things aren’t going great for the Phoenix Suns these days.
They’re in 10th place in the Western Conference, they’ve lost three straight games, and the talk surrounding the team has to do with the possibility of trading veteran leaders Steve Nash and Grant Hill.
On Wednesday, things weren’t exactly cheery at U.S. Airways Center, as the Suns were dropping a...
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January 27, 2011
Grant Hill on the Trade Rumors: “You can only just worry about things you are in control of”
As the Phoenix Suns close in on .500 and after disappointing desert fans for a majority of the first half of the season, trade rumors remain a constant. They have a 20-23 record and currently sit two spots out of the Western Conference playoff picture and the team’s blockbuster trade with Orlando earlier this season hasn’t quite given them the lift they need to get over the...
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January 25, 2011
Meet Goran Dragic
If you have ever wanted to meet 2010 NBA Playoff hero Goran Dragic, here’s your chance. The Suns guard will mingle with fans and sign autographs at Jack in the Box on Baseline Road east of Gilbert Road (2120 E. Baseline Rd.) on Tuesday, January 25 from 1 – 2 p.m.
Dragic will be on [...]
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January 24, 2011
Vote Suns Gorilla For “Most Awesome Mascot”
By casting their votes, fans can help out the world famous Suns Gorilla in the inaugural “Hall of Game Awards” which will air on Cartoon Network on Friday, February 25 at 7 p.m. (ET/PT).
The Gorilla joins a strong cast of nominees from other professional sports, including Bango from the Milwaukee Bucks, T-Rac from the Tennessee [...]
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January 21, 2011
Amare’s “average” game enough to bury Suns
Oh, there was booing. There was plenty of booing.
Only it wasn’t directed toward Knicks forward Amar’e Stoudemire. It was directed toward the Phoenix Suns–their owner and their complete absence of defense.
Stoudemire and the Knicks looked like they were playing pickup ball in a 121-96 rout at U.S. Airways Center. The really sad part for the Suns is that they...
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January 08, 2011
STAT’s Back on Friday
From once donning the orange and purple to now the orange and blue, Friday marks Suns fans’ first opportunity to see Amar’e Stoudemire’s return to the site of some of his biggest NBA accomplishments, as the Suns host the Knicks at US Airways Center.
Likewise, just months after going free agent and landing in the Big [...]
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January 06, 2011
Up Next: Hollywood, Broadway Come to Town
As if they aren’t all big games, the Suns enter the new year with another slate of monster matchups this week with Wednesday’s visit from Kobe Bryant and Co. and a pair of familiar faces from New York making their return to US Airways Center Friday. Yup, it’s the bright lights of Hollywood and Broadway [...]
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January 03, 2011
Is it right for the new guy to sound off so quick?
On Wednesday night, the Phoenix Suns got torched for 123 points.
Torched by a team that came to Phoenix averaging 95.6 points per game.
Torched by a team that was missing its second-leading scorer who had averaged 17.2 points per game against the Suns during his career.
Torched for 123 points by a team that hadn’t scored that many points in a single game since last season...
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December 30, 2010
Suns Get Defensive About Free Tacos!
On the court, the Suns are renewing their efforts to improve defensively. Their marketing partner, Jack in the Box, is supporting those efforts by putting your mouths… where its money is.
Currently for home games, if the Suns score 99 or more points, fans receive two free tacos from Jack in the Box. In addition, if [...]
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December 30, 2010
Phoenix Makes Another Trade In Hopes of Making Up Lost Ground
The struggling Phoenix Suns, which reached the Western Conference Finals last season, have been active players on the trade market this season. They recently traded away Jason Richardson, Hedo Turkoglu and Earl Clark to Orlando in exchange for Marcin Gortat, Mickael Pietrus and Vince Carter. Their ineptitude on defense is what has caused them to fall to a 13-17 record, and, in...
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December 30, 2010
Behold the Explosiveness of “Mount Pietrus”
While it’s been roughly 6,000 years since France’s Chaîne des Puys volcano range has last erupted, French swingman Mickael Pietrus has been much more efficient.
Two games into his Suns career, the Les Abymes, Guadeloupe, native came off the bench to score a game-high 25 points in Sunday’s loss to the Clippers – just three points [...]
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December 27, 2010
LeBron’s ridiculous dunk to end first half at U.S. Airways Center
Another visit to the Valley by LeBron James and for the third straight year, he leaves with a win.
Of course, this was LeBron’s first trip to Phoenix since he’s taken his talents to South Beach. The Heat beat the Suns 95-83, and LeBron had his fingerprints all over it. James finished with 36 points and had a ridiculous dunk at the end of the first half to punctuate...
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December 24, 2010
Hedo making an early impression in Orlando…on the rim, that is
Many in Orlando cheered the return of Hedo Turkoglu to the Magic after Saturday’s trade with the Phoenix Suns.
Just as many (if not more) in Phoenix were cheering Hedo’s departure. In just 25 games as a Sun, Turkoglu complained about being tired, explained that he wasn’t more involved in the offense because he was inbounding the ball too much and got demoted.
He...
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December 22, 2010
Orlando Ships Vince Carter’s Talent to Phoenix
Vince Carter is on the move again. This time, it’s a trip from Orlando to Phoenix as the fantastic dunker was traded during a blockbuster weekend for the Magic.
Arthroscopic surgery could hinder him from the start in Phoenix, but you’ve got to admit, it’s pretty intriguing to think about Vinsanity playing alongside Steve Nash.
The Suns also picked up Marcin Gortat...
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December 21, 2010
Hedo’s gone…but does it make sense for the Suns?
So long, Hedo. We hardly knew ya!
But with what we did know, maybe it’s better that you’re moving on.
The Phoenix Suns today completed a 6-player trade with the Orlando Magic, sending Hedo Turkoglu, Jason Richardson and splinter-grabber Earl Clark to the Magic in exchange for 8-time All-Star Vince Carter, swingman Mickael Pietrus, and backup center Marcin Gortat.
So, in essence...
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December 18, 2010
SUNS, MAGIC COMPLETE SIX-PLAYER TRADE
From Phoenix Suns Media Relations
PHOENIX – The Phoenix Suns have acquired eight-time NBA All-Star Vince Carter, center Marcin Gortat (MAR-chin GORE-tot), swingman Mikael Pietrus (MY-kel PEET-rus), a first-round pick in this year’s draft and cash considerations in a six-player trade with the Orlando Magic, the club has announced. Phoenix sends Jason Richardson, Hedo Turkoglu...
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December 18, 2010
Nash Ranks Fourth in All-Star Voting for West Guards
The first returns are in for the 2011 NBA All-Star balloting and Suns guard Steve Nash is in the hunt for getting voted in as a starter.
Currently, the Lakers’ Kobe Bryant and the Thunder’s Kevin Durant are leading the Western Conference in votes, while the Magic’s Dwight Howard and the Heat’s LeBron James lead [...]
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December 17, 2010
Suns not faring so well in All-Star voting
The National Basketball Association has released the latest voting totals for the NBA All-Star Game, which will be played this season at Staples Center in Los Angeles on February 20th.
And not surprisingly, the Phoenix Suns candidates aren’t faring so well. I mean, what do you expect from a .500 basketball team?
Grant Hill and Hedo Turkoglu are on the ballot at the forward...
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December 16, 2010
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