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(Photo: Rob Schumacher/The Arizona Republic) With the NBA trade deadline looming, Mark and I tried to talk some of the trade rumors we heard in the Association’s corridors and give Steve Kerr some bright ideas in the making. Come on Steve, let’s make a deal !
Mark: Steve Nash to Toronto?  Sam Smith has made a living […]

(AP Photo/Matt York) Whether it’s bad Karma, bad luck or poor defense the Suns have, more often than not, been on the losing side of close games this season.
“We haven’t had much luck with last-second shots, game-winners, walk-off game-winners this year” said Coach Porter after the game.
With the “Christmas Shot” by Roger Mason still hurting, this time […]

Shaq had a very good game last night against the Clippers. While checking the post-game report from Ben’s Suns Blog I started thinking whether the Suns have finally become Shaq’s team or else.
Looking at the stats of Suns players split by their performances in wins and losses (from ESPN.com) it’s apparent that the Suns win games when: Stoudemire doesn’t shot more than 15 times, […]

As sport fans we tend to divide our lives into seasons so, unless it’s baseball or Sports Illustrated, solar years don’t mean that much. Of course there are a few other marginal things in life for which it makes much more sense to consider years as a time unit.
The amazing relationship between years and sports season […]

(AP Photo/Darryl Webb) As the Ghost of Christmas Past, appearing in a silver and black no. 8 jersey, came back to remind our souls the dreadful feeling of a buzzer beater defeat, only the oblivion that comes from a bottle of good wine could provide some relief on Christmas Day.
As sad as it might be I can’t stand the raw awareness that […]

(AP Photo/Greg Wahl-Stephens) While the Suns are re-transforming into a run-and-gun team it’s time to have a quick look at the first 1/3 of the season.
After 27 games (1/3 of 82 games) played the Suns stand at 16-11 (7th in the Conference) while last year they were 19-8. In 2007/08 Phoenix went 36-19 in the final […]

Steve Nash (Barry Gossage/NBAE Photos) scored eight consecutive points in the final minutes of the game to lead the Suns past the Nuggets 108-101 last night in Phoenix. Steve had 16 points, 11 assists and a plus 22 in +/- differential. 
The “facts” in the final three minutes of the final period decided the game:
3:25 Nash jump shot: Made (Suns 101-98)
3:08 […]

For this week’s Pick and Roll, following the big J-Rich deal, Mark of BJD glory and I decided to discuss the best and worst trades in Suns history.
There are some good ones and some real stinkers. We hope you’ll enjoy it.
The Best Trades
Steve Fan: Any list of the best trades in Suns history has to start […]

(AP Photo/Paul Connors) Grant Hill scored on a back door reverse layup with 2.7 seconds left to lift the Suns over the Magic 113-112. Rashard Lewis then missed a 3-pointer as time expired to secure the win.
The Suns, playing without Shaq attending a family funeral in North Carolina, played plenty of D’Antoni ball, shooting 50.6 percent fron the […]

Devin Harris scored a career-high 47 points, including 21 in the final period, to lead the New Jersey Nets past the Phoenix Suns 117-109 on Sunday night. The improving Nets (they beat the Jazz on the road on Saturday) won a game in Phoenix for the first time in 14 years.
Two days after Dwyane Wade […]