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Prodigal Sun Returns Home

[caption id="attachment_3598" align="aligncenter" width="540" caption="(Barry Gossage/NBAE/Getty Images)"][/caption] When Channing Frye was a senior at Phoenix's St. Mary’s High School in 2001, he won a state championship on the Suns’ home floor. As he returns to Phoenix in 2009, he’s hoping to be a part of movement towards bringing a world championship ...

STAT’s Ready for His Close-up

If you’re looking for a much-needed offseason basketball fix, check out Amar’e Stoudemire’s video contributions via the All-Star forward’s own Youtube channel , STAT TV. His latest video features footage of him playing wide receiver for All-Pro Arizona Cardinal Larry Fitzgerald, after accepting a Hometown Hero award from the Phoenix Boys ...

Kawamura to Join Suns in Vegas

On Thursday, the Phoenix Suns announced that Japanese guard, Takuya Kawamura, has been added to the team’s 2009 Las Vegas Summer League roster. Kawamura most recently lent his services to the Link Tochigi Brex of the Japanese Basketball League for whom he averaged 20.4 points per game for last season. This ...

Suns to Begin Search for Free Agents

[caption id="attachment_3575" align="aligncenter" width="540" caption="The Suns front office will hit the phones at midnight on July 1. (McPeek/Suns.com)"][/caption] At 12 p.m. ET tonight, the free agent-market floodgates will burst open and the Suns front office plans on being among the teams who plan to have a raft as the waters spill ...

Kerr Talks About Shaq Trade

The one thing constant in the NBA is change and that changed swept over the organization when the Suns traded away center Shaquille O’Neal to the Cavaliers for center Ben Wallace, swingman Sasha Pavlocic, cash considerations and a second-round pick. President of Basketball Operations and GM Steve Kerr rolled ...

Current and Former Suns Crack Top 50 List

In 1997, in celebration of its 50th anniversary, the NBA recognized what they believed to be its “50 Greatest Players in NBA History.” Now, more than a decade later, SLAM is introducing the world to its own top 50 list – with a few new additions, of course. The list was ...

Kerr Meets With Nash About Extension

[caption id="attachment_3560" align="aligncenter" width="540" caption="(Joe Murphy/NBAE/Getty Images)"][/caption] With widespread speculation circulating everywhere about what Suns President of Basketball Operations and GM Steve Kerr is going to do with his team this offseason, he decided to begin with his point guard. Kerr met with two-time MVP Steve Nash on Thursday to talk ...

Suns to Host Final Workout

[caption id="attachment_3550" align="aligncenter" width="540" caption="The Suns were impressed by Goran Dragic in Treviso last year. (James/NBAE/Getty)"][/caption] With the 2009 NBA Draft exactly a week away, a culmination of over a year’s worth of preparation will conclude this week as the Suns' front office fine-tunes its selection strategy. With one lottery pick ...

Does He Go by “Shaq Ethanol” Now?

(Photo Courtesy of Texas Motor Speedway) Just when you thought Shaquille O’Neal had run out of firsts, “Diesel” trumps us again during his summer vacation. The All-Star Suns center served as Grand Marshal for the Bombardier Learjet 550k at the Texas Motor Speedway on June 6, while also trying his hand as ...

Reporter Steve Nash at The Finals

Steve Nash made his first-ever NBA Finals appearance Tuesday, albeit as a special reporter for the “Late Show With David Letterman.” Flown down to Orlando for Game 3 of the Finals between the Magic and Lakers, the two-time NBA MVP armed himself with a microphone and a camera crew to film ...