Archive for May, 2010

Underrated clutch

Derek Fisher has taken his shots and he’s taken his shots. He came into the NBA as a guy who was too short, too slow, too stumpy to survive.

Steve Nash on Dirk Nowitzki: ‘I always assume that he’s going to re-sign in Dallas’

Rumors of Amar’e Stoudemire leaving Phoenix have surfaced. Despite the great working relationship guard Steve Nash had with possible free agent Dirk Nowitzki in six seasons in Dallas, Nash doesn’t expect that potential vacancy on the Suns’ roster to go to the Mavericks’ All-Star forward.

Suns will lean on youth to improve

Barring a trade, the Suns do not have a first-round draft pick for instant impact.

A final look at Suns-Lakers through plus-minus

With the help of former Mavericks stats expert Wayne Winston , I have been able to analyze the Western Conference Finals by looking at which lineup combinations are performing and which ones aren’t. I learned that small ball was about the only thing that worked in the first two games of the series, and that Robin Lopez - not Amare Stoudemire - made …

Hey Lakers’ Fans, Don’t Celebrate Just Yet…

Most Lakers fans are thinking that they have a walkway to their back to back rings.

Confessions of a Laker Fan: Steve Nash Hasn’t Gotten Enough Credit

It happened in the most ironic way possible. Anything that would matter had already been said or done and the Phoenix Suns’ season ended prior the NBA Finals, as it usually does.

2C tidbits: Number of the day, The ratings game, He wrote it

Number of the day 118 Postseason games played by Suns guard Steve Nash . That’s the most for any player in NBA history who has never appeared in the NBA Finals.

Kobe Eclipses Suns

The series packed a punch, and the occasional elbow, too. It was filled with smack-talk, rife with momentum shifts and laced with theatricality on and off the court.

Caught in the Web: Previewing Game 6 of Lakers-Suns series

The Times’ Mark Heisler includes Artest’s game-winner among the list of memorable and unlikely clutch shots.

Steve Nash wins NBA Skills Challenge crown

Phoenix Suns point guard Steve Nash won the Skills Challenge for the second time in his career, besting Utah’s Deron Williams in the final round as part of NBA’s All-Star Saturday night.

Artest’s Redemption Shot Edges Suns in Game 5, 103-101

For the past two seasons, LeBron James has failed to lift his team, the Cleveland Cavaliers, to the NBA championship level despite the Cavsa being favored to win the NBA title.

Steve Nash stands by Game 6 prediction of Suns victory

Victoria Steve says he is no Broadway Joe. But Steve Nash also is no ordinary Joe.

Boston Ousts OrlandoCeltics in NBA Finals

Expect to see the big red Target running out front Sunday. As for drinking the milk? Not so fast.

Celtics win and now wait for NBA Finals to begin next Thursday

It’s all systems go West following the Celtics 96-84 win over the Orlando Magic on Friday night.

Phoenix Suns’ Bill Cartwright has inside knowledge of Los Angeles Lakers’ Phil Jackson

Trying to understand Phil Jackson is no walk in the Zen garden. If anyone has insight, it is Suns assistant coach Bill Cartwright, who played for Jackson from 1989 to ‘94 and coached under him from 1996 to ‘98, when the team won two NBA titles.