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Suns run over Nets in first NBA Lopez Derby

On this historic night of change for America, a more modest feat reminded us that there are certain things in life that are not going to change anytime soon: New coach, old coach, new system or old, it won’t change [...]

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STAT and Defense lead Suns past Blazers 107-96

Terry Porter got his first home win as Phoenix coach as the Suns beat the visiting Blazers 107-96 at US Airways Arena on Saturday Night and it was by far the Suns best performance of the young NBA season. Amaré Stoudemire [...]

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“Work in progress” Suns lose home opener to Hornets

  Chris Paul had 20 points, 10 assists, 8 rebounds and 3 steals to lead New Orleans past the Suns 108-95 in the home opener at the US Airways Center last night. His counterpart Steve Nash (AP Photo/Paul Connors) led the Suns [...]

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Suns (1-0) beat Spurs in first game of Porter Era

(AP Photo/Eric Gay) The Phoenix Suns (1-0) beat the San Antonio Spurs, 103-98, last night on the road to open their NBA 2008/09 season. If you were expecting a new version of Suns basketball, you better check next time, maybe.   The [...]

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There will be a party in New Orleans: Hornets to win the West

The Western Conference will be once again full of great teams and loaded with a solid group of title contenders. But this time there are, in the opinion of your blogger, eight teams clearly better than the rest, meaning that it [...]

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East of the Suns: LeBron will lead Cleveland to the Finals in 2009

The Eastern Conference has been improving over the last couple of years. Not only the Celtics are the NBA defending champions, there are at least three teams that could compete with the best in the West: Cleveland, Detroit and Boston could very [...]

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Ten reasons why they could, One why they won’t

Ten reasons (and some notes) why the Suns could win it all this season:   The Suns have the deepest bench in the League. It’s a shame you can use only 5 players on the court at the same time. Stoudemire is the [...]

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Suns preseason was all about depth and defense

The Suns completed the preseason yesterday night by beating the Oklahoma City Thunder 102-93. The Suns (5-3) will finally begin the real season in less than a week when they face the Spurs in San Antonio.   Nobody on the Suns’ roster [...]

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Nash’s ankle? Not too bad

Steve Nash rolled his ankle Thursday Night in the Suns (2-2) win over the Hawks. Don’t worry, his ankle seems Ok after all. Steve’s bad ankle gave a chance to back up PG Goran Dragic and Sean Singletary. Sean scored 10 of [...]

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ESPN.com Suns Training Camp Column

(Photo: Noah Graham/NBAE/Getty Images) Marc Stein of ESPN.com published yesterday his 2008 Training Camp Analysis on the Suns. “With new coach, Suns searching for identity“ perfectly sums up the uncertainty surronding the Suns this year as they are looking for thier [...]

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