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Pick&Roll “Brazilian” Edition: Suns need Barbosa back

Since tonight the “Brasilian Bash” will be held at the Maria Maria Restaurant,  Mark and I believed it was the perfect time to discuss about Leandro Barbosa recent injury, his season so far and what it means for the Suns. [...]

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Suns Number Crunching

It’s almost the end of November, a month has already gone in the 2009-10 NBA season, and I feel it’s time to check some numbers. The Suns are 11-3 right now; have the best record in the Conference; their .786 winning [...]

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Bring Raja Home!

The Golden State Warriors yesterday traded disgruntled forward Stephen Jackson to the Charlotte Bobcats for former Suns guard Raja Bell (Photo by Garrett Ellwood/NBAE/Getty Images). Raja hasn’t been a member of the Suns since the J-Rich trade almost a year ago [...]

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Pick and Roll: The Reason behind the Suns’ Success

Still amazed by the Suns 8-1 start Mark and I tried to find out what’s behind the Suns’ recent surge. The schedule was somewhat friendly the first week but then the Suns just kept winning, and it happened in Boston, in [...]

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Suns’ Timeline: The Last 2 Years

A few days ago, while reading a  basketball magazine I realized how eventful were the last couple of years in Suns history: In June 2007, the Suns (61-21) lose game 6 and the series to the San Antonio Spurs in the [...]

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5 Things I’m Most Excited about this Suns Season. The Steve Fan’s Version

Reading Ben’s column (great as usual, I just hope ESPN doesn’t steal Ben from us) a few days ago I started thinking on the reasons why I am really looking forward to the upcoming Suns season. So, here’s my take [...]

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It’s only a two-year extension, but it’ll be forever

According to various sources Steve Nash (Noah Graham/NBAE/Getty Images) and the Suns have agreed to a two-year extension that will keep him in Phoenix through the 2011-2012 season. Of course I reacted with joy to the news and I’m hoping it’ll [...]

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Suns to trade Shaq to Cleveland

According to ESPN.com the Suns and the Cavs reached an agreement to trade Center Shaquille O’Neal to Cleveland for Ben Wallace and Sasha Pavlovic. The deal is now awaiting final owners approval. It would finally end the Shaq era. While for the [...]

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Suns Draft 2009. What to expect

Here we are again in the middle of the annual pre-draft frenzy. This year things seems a bit more clear at least at the top as Blake Griffin will be drafted by the Clippers no. 1 overall. Of course the Clippers will eventually make [...]

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Pick and Roll: 2009 NBA Finals Special edition

Pick and Roll is back! Mark and I decided to write a special post for the NBA Finals, right before game one of the series between the Magic and the Lakers (tonight, 9 EST on ABC). Here’s our take on the 2008/09 [...]

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