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Amare Stoudemire is Arthur Spooner

What? Yep, you heard me right. Amare Stoudemire is to me what Arthur Spooner was to Doug Heffernen. He’s annoying and irritating at times, he thinks he’s probably better than he is, he’s a bit senile, doesn’t quite do what you want [...]

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Cautious, But Justifiable Optimism

Your 2009/2010 Phoenix Suns are 3-0.  Yes, that’s right - they are one of only two teams in the West with an undefeated record. To some, it’s not a big deal.  However, I think it is. It’s not necessarily about the [...]

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‘09/10 Player Preview Series: Grant Hill

Grant Hill does so much more on the court than he gets credit for. He inspires confidence in his teammates, isn’t afraid to guard the opposing team’s best player, and still cuts to the basket with ferocity. I wrote the below [...]

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‘09/10 Player Preview Series: Leandro Barbosa

Player preview: Leandro had a tough season last year. Beginning with the loss of his mother, whom he was incredibly close to, LB never really got it going on the court to the point we all thought he would. Some of [...]

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‘09/10 Player Preview Series: Goran Dragic

Those who follow Deep Purple, or even the aptly titled Ben’s Suns Blog of yesteryear, know that I’m a stark defender of Goran Dragic. I still think he could be a solid back-up to Nash and think he’ll prove that [...]

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‘09/10 Player Preview Series: Taylor Griffin

Player preview: A lot of people knock Taylor Griffin. I’m not one of them. I think he gives the Suns everything they need at that spot - an inexpensive, hard-working, good human being that won’t ever cause a fuss, complain, or [...]

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4 Reasons Why Steve Nash Will Lead the League in Assists

I realize that last night’s game against the Trailblazers was a preseason game. I get that, believe me. But, at the same time, we cannot ignore that 23 points and 15 assists in 33 minutes from Steve Nash was more than encouraging; [...]

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The 3 Possible Storylines for the ‘09/10 Season

In my humble opinion, there are a mere 3 types of ways the ‘09/10 Suns season could play out. The high’s won’t be as high as they were before and the low’s certainly won’t be as low as they were [...]

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A Personal Tribute to the Greatest Coach of All-Time

This is the first installment of Basketball Beyond the Suns, where we will take a look a great stories from around the association and basketball in general. We usually try to keep things light and fun at Fanster and focus [...]

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5 Things I’m Most Excited About This Suns Season

Having covered the Mercury over the past 5 months, I’m not as enthusiastic as I normally am about Suns season. Typically, I’ll really start to get pumped up in July when free agency starts but that just didn’t happen this [...]

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