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Blazing-Hot Blazers Extinguish Suns Before All-Star Break

Feb-10th-2010

Phoenix Suns 101, Portland Trailblazers 108
Stoudemire. Nash. Frye. Those three Suns players will be at the All-Star festivities this weekend. The other 10? Not so much. And after having just had four days of rest (albeit with practice) and looking forward to four more days of rest, [...]

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Suns Lose Chance To Break TNT Streak In Portland

Dec-18th-2009

Portland Trailblazers 105, Phoenix Suns 102
Perhaps it’s time we just called it The Curse. Or the Black Hole. The Barkley Triangle maybe.
Another TNT game, another loss. Last night made it 17 straight downers for the Suns on the evil broadcasting channel. For whatever reason, when Charles Barkley works a Suns game, count on a [...]

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The Suns have an uphill run through December (Part 2 of 3)

Dec-11th-2009

Part two of our December 09 preview.
Part one is here.
“It’s not a sprint. It’s a marathon.” – Charles Barkley
Sir Charles was one of the foremost critics of the brutal NBA regular season schedule (way back before he became a foremost critic of the Phoenix Suns). Eighty two games is a lot for a contact sport [...]

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Suns march the guantlet through December (part one of two)

Dec-5th-2009

Are the Suns “for real”? Have the wheels come off? Back to back blow-out losses will raise all manner of clichéd questions. You shall not wonder very much longer, for the month of December presents us with ample opportunity to answer all questions.
Fourteen games separate us from the end of the year. Only five are [...]

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Suns Claim Jarron Collins off of Waivers

Oct-26th-2009

On the eve of the 2009-2010 season, the Suns did something unusual: they picked up more players than the league-mandated 13. By picking up Jarron Collins off of waivers, the Suns now have 14 players under contract, something that Sarver has tried to avoid whenever possible.
The 6-11, 249lb Collins played eight years under Jerry [...]

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