| NBA Finals Preview - Miami vs. Dallas |
Fri May 27 14:51:57 2011 EST |
| and six rebounds in his second full season with Dallas and upped that a bit the playoffs. "Shawn is a guy that has had such an underrated career," Carlisle said. "If you look at his stats for his career, you know, he's top five in almost every Phoenix Suns category. He's been a franchise type player for a lot of years. "Our team was built differently than the run and gun Suns and he really had to reinvent his game to some degree to figure out the way he was going to fit in with us. I give him a |
| Heat say they're not looking beyond winning Game 5 |
Thu May 26 03:05:00 2011 EST |
| we have to be ready for it.'' With one more win, the Heat will not only have a ticket to the finals, but another piece of NBA history as well. In 1995, the Houston Rockets lost Game 1 (and Game 2, actually) of a best-of-seven series to the Phoenix Suns by more than 20 points and recovered to advance. Since then, 23 teams have lost Game 1's in that same situation, all of them going on to lose the series as well. The Heat fell 103-82 at Chicago in Game 1 of these East finals and haven't been b |
| "Mocking" Kahn and the draft |
Wed May 18 15:10:44 2011 EST |
| this is it, although Jerry Sloan is long gone. I still think the Jazz pull the trigger here. Fredette is a tremendous pure shooter that understands the game and takes what the defense gives him. Ceiling: J.J. Redick with a better handle. 13. - Phoenix Suns - Marcus Morris (Kansas), combo forward (6-9, 218) - A versatile guy that's a little slight but has a very advanced offensive game that includes the rare mid-range game with the ability to score both looking at and with his back to the basket. |
| Raptors give GM Colangelo extension |
Tue May 17 15:59:08 2011 EST |
| to continue the rebuilding job he started this year. "I can tell you that it was a very healthy process that definitely has everyone understanding what it will take to create a winning basketball team." Colangelo, who came to the club from the Phoenix Suns in February of 2006, was named the NBA's Executive of the Year in 2006-07. In his first season with the Raptors, Colangelo watched his team finish 47-35 -- a 20-win difference from the previous season, to win the Atlantic Division. Toronto wen |
| Report: Suns president Welts comes out as gay |
Sun May 15 20:01:00 2011 EST |
| New York, NY (Sports Network) - Rick Welts, president and chief executive of the Phoenix Suns for the last two years, has come out publicly as gay in a newspaper report. In a story posted on The New York Times' website Sunday, Welts is seen having a meeting with NBA commissioner David Stern to tell him that he's gay. The story reports Welts had not felt comfortable until now to be open about his sexuality and plans to go public. "This is one of the last industries where the subject is off limit |
| Bulls' Thibodeau is NBA Coach of the Year |
Sun May 1 15:16:47 2011 EST |
| te Derrick Rose, are the 15th team Thibodeau has helped lead to the playoffs. They earned the East's top seed over talent-rich Miami and Boston and knocked off a pesky Indiana Pacers team in the first round. Chicago will play the Atlanta Hawks in the second round, beginning with Game 1 on Monday. Thibodeau took over for Vinny Del Negro, who was fired following just two seasons in Chicago. Westphal won 62 games in his first season with the Phoenix Suns in 1992-93, leading them to the NBA Finals. |
| Stayin' Alive: Magic try to extend set with Hawks |
Thu Apr 28 10:37:15 2011 EST |
| ven boards in a reserve role for Orlando, which took the first step in trying to become only the ninth team in NBA history to come back and win a playoff series after trailing by a 3-1 deficit. The last team to accomplish the feat was the 2006 Phoenix Suns, who came back to beat the Lakers in the first round. "The biggest thing is we played with tremendous focus and intensity, really from the start to finish and that's what it's going to take," Magic head coach Stan Van Gundy said. "It'll be muc |
| Orlando staves off elimination, topples Atlanta |
Tue Apr 26 23:03:26 2011 EST |
| ven boards in a reserve role for Orlando, which took the first step in trying to become only the ninth team in NBA history to come back and win a playoff series after trailing by a 3-1 deficit. The last team to accomplish the feat was the 2006 Phoenix Suns, who came back to beat the Lakers in the first round. Dwight Howard was limited to eight points and eight boards in just under 29 minutes of action after the star center got into early foul trouble. The series moves back to Atlanta for Game 6 |
| Hill becomes first active player named to HOF board |
Tue Apr 19 20:58:03 2011 EST |
| Springfield, MA (Sports Network) - Phoenix Suns guard Grant Hill has been named to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame board of governors for a three-year term. Hill will become one of the 22 members of the board and the first active player to do so. "It is truly an honor to be elected as a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame board of governors and to represent the living history of basketball," said Hill. "It is important for the current generation of players to g |
| Bulls and Pacers kick off NBA playoffs in Chicago |
Sat Apr 16 10:32:03 2011 EST |
| nded Thibodeau, a leading candidate for Coach of the Year, was an assistant under Doc Rivers in Boston from 2007-10 and set the record for most wins by a first year coach in Chicago history with 62. He also matched Paul Westphal of the 1992-93 Phoenix Suns for the most wins ever by a first-year mentor. The Bulls captured bragging rights in the East for the first time since the 1997-98 season, when a Michael Jordan-led group won their third straight and sixth NBA title in eight years. This versio |
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