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‘09/10 Player Preview Series: Steve Nash

There’s a scene in The Three Amigos where Ned Nederlander is telling the group of Mexican villagers he’s sworn to protect from El Guapo about a compliment paid to him by Hollywood legend Dorothy Gish.  Gish was apparently very taken [...]

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‘09/10 Player Preview Series – Jason Richardson

Due in part to Jared Dudley’s late-season emergence, Jason Richardson has become the forgotten man of last season’s trade with the Bobcats.  Viewed as the jewel of the four-player swap when the deal was announced, an argument can be made [...]

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‘09/10 Player Preview Series: Louis Amundson

Guys who come off the bench with seemingly limitless energy and a ponytail to boot have a certain je ne sais quoi when it comes to fan adoration.  Sweet Lou is a player fans love to rally behind. With his hustle [...]

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‘09/10 Player Preview Series – Robin Lopez

I don’t quite know what to think of Robin Lopez.  The plan for him to spell Shaq for 15-20 minutes a night last season never came to fruition and his development certainly wasn’t anything to write home about, but 7 [...]

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Mad Libs: A Letter to Amare

Kamryn is my nine year old daughter.  She and I sometimes do Mad Libs together.  These humorous exercises usually result in her giggling uncontrollably while attempting to read various silly adjectives, and a handful of synonyms for the stuff her [...]

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Friday links

Suns training camp is finally upon us, Paul Coro is writing every day, and Mother Nature has mercifully dropped the temperature.  It’s been a good week. I even decided it’s about time to get back in the swing of things, so [...]

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Pick and Roll: +/- 42 wins

ESPN’s panel of experts (FIFTY THREE PEOPLE!) yesterday predicted how the Western Conference would shake out this upcoming season.  Apparently the stinkin’ Lakers are the team to beat (with a rubber hose,) and the Spurs will also be a force [...]

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Dog days of the offseason

It’s hot these days.  Damn hot.  Real hot.  Hotter than a jungle out there.  Or desert.  Whatever.  Point is, it’s hot, and this is the time of year where we’re all growing very, very tired of Mother Nature leaving the [...]

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In defense of Amar’e

There’s no telling what will happen with the Suns before the 2009-10 season tips off.  The biggest, most important piece of the puzzle is Amar’e Stoudemire.  What Steve Kerr decides to do with his immensely talented yet faulty and mercurial [...]

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Shaq to the land of LeBron…what now?

The on again, off again Shaq to Cleveland trade for spare parts and cap relief is officially off the table tonight, as Steve Kerr and Danny Ferry were finally able to take the plunge and get this thing done.  Shaq [...]

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