Archive for September, 2010

Head-to-Head: Pau Gasol vs. Amar’e Stoudemire

Pau Gasol Reunited with his mentor Mike D’Antoni, expectations for Amar’e Stoudemire ’s fantasy output this season are sky high.

Rookie hazing takes cheaper level for Suns

LA JOLLA - Rookies all have to pay their dues, but some Phoenix Suns said those dues don’t usually reach $55,000 like it did with one Dallas Cowboys rookie.

Send us your photos from the Terry Fox Run

Terry Fox during his Marathon of Hope across Canada. Photograph by: Handout, PNG It’s been 30 years since Terry Fox started his Marathon of Hope, with the aim of running from coast to coast across Canada to raise money for cancer research.

Fantasy NBA 2010 Q&A’s: “Concerns Entering Training Camp” Edition

In this Fantasy NBA 2010 Edition, Brandon Ribak breaks down a few critical questions heading into training camp.

Is Hill going to retire and make film production his future profession?

Instead of nursing injuries or polishing those basketball skills, Phoenix Suns forward Grant HillA traded in the hoops and net for scripts and camera lenses.

Suns playing ‘blue collar desperate’

Head coach Alvin Gentry gathered his team together for the first time the night before the first practice at the team hotel for dinner.

Raptorsa Leandro Barbosa doing his best to Be Like Steve

If you’re going to emulate some NBA star, there are far worse choices than Steve Nash and to see Leandro Barbosa go about his business is like watching a skinny Brazilian impersonation of the slight Canadian NBA all-star. From trying to develop extraordinary core strength to hold off the ravages of an NBA season to a silly little private shooting …

Tuesday Bullets

Steve Nash says some sunny things , but there’s no getting around the word “deficiencies” that he used in discussing the Suns roster.

Phoenix Suns media day: Notes, quotes and observations

At 2:30 p.m. Monday, the Phoenix Suns officially started the 2010-11 season sort of.

Steve Nash sits in the director’s chair for ESPN

By David Martindale When Steve Nash was a kid growing up in Canada, he idolized Terry Fox.Now Nash, the former Dallas Maverick and two-time NBA MVP, has become a documentary filmmaker — and he chose to chronicle the inspiring life of his boyhood hero in his first film.

Suns Basketball: A new team, same ole’ challenge

A year ago, the Phoenix Suns meshed into one of the NBA’s biggest surprises, finishing as the No.

Q&A: Steve Nash on Canadian Terry Fox

As a two-time NBA Most Valuable Player, Steve Nash of the Phoenix Suns is comfortable in front of the camera.

Boivin: Suns’ success hinges on Hedo Turkoglu

Hedo Turkoglu looks happy. Really happy, revealing nothing that resembles the disengaged expression television cameras would catch on the Toronto Raptors bench last season.

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.

Friday Bullets

“AHHHHHH!!!!! THERE ARE FIVE OFFGUARDS ON THE COURT RIGHT NOW!!!! THE OTHER TEAM IS TIPPING IN TIP-INS OF TIP-INS OF TIP-INS.OF TIP-INS !” That’s Ethan Sherwood Strauss of WarriorsWorld, considering Don Nelson’s tenure as coach of the Warriors .