In honor of the first trade of the 2009-10 season, today’s Reebok Still Talkin Quote of the Day is a throw back. In 2006, the Suns were on the rise, coming into the playoffs as the number two seed. Kobe Bryant, on the other hand, was struggling to lead the Lakers, who were starting Smush Parker and Luke Walton at the time. The Lakers took a 3-1 series lead and it seemed that Kobe was going to single handedly lead the Lakers into the second round. Then the series turned physical and Raja Bell took charge guarding Kobe. Bell looked to frustrated the Lakers star and responded to Kobe’s physical play by clotheslining him. Raja earned a one game suspension but didn’t hold back when talking about Bryant. Read More »
Shout out to Andrew Sharp from sbnation.com for posting this awesome picture. In this snapshot from last night’s game against the Lakers, Steve Nash obviously disagreed with one (or many) of official Violet Palmer’s calls. Instead of chasing her down and getting in her face, he does what any 11-year-old would do: he makes the four-eyed face.
It’s not always easy being the other brother. Gerald Wilkins, Emilio Estévez and four of the Jackson’s all had to deal with it. For Phoenix Suns rookie, Taylor Griffin, he is working to build his own reputation outside of his younger brother Blake’s shadow. Read More »
Prior to the season, a lot of people questioned whether Steve Nash and Grant Hill’s ages would slow down Phoenix’s mission to outrun every team out of the gym. So far in this week old season, the 35-year-old Nash and the 37-year-old Hill are doing anything but slowing down. If anything, they have picked up the pace. Read More »
Earlier today, we asked who will be better between the Suns or the Clippers. While most people agreed that the Suns will edge out the Clippers, it’s interesting to note how far the Suns have fallen since the days of Mike D’Antoni. With the big Shaqtus now focused on getting a “Ring for the King,” the Suns will return to running and racking up the points. (A run-and-gun system that led the Suns to the Western Conference finals twice (’05 and ’06), and in 2007 many felt were one Robert Horry body check away from at least an NBA Finals berth.) For today’s Reebok Still Talkin’ Quote of the Day, we look at the opinions of two members of the Suns. Read More »
While any casual NBA fan would be hard pressed to differentiate between Jarron Collins and Jason Collins on the street, it will make it easier when one of them is wearing a Phoenix Suns jersey. After being waived by the Blazers along with Ime Udoka in favor signing rookie Patty Mills, word out of Phoenix is that the Suns are very interested in signing the seven-footer. Read More »
SAN FRANCISCO — Sacramento mayor Kevin Johnson, former Cal and NBA star, was reportedly robbed on the streets of San Francisco over the weekend, KCRA-TV in Sacramento is reporting.
It seems that all there are always rumors surrounding Carlos Arroyo - and none of them are ever true. Over a month ago there was one that saw Arroyo possibly ending up with the Sixers, and then over the weekend one that had him landing with the Bulls. But while neither of these seem to be actually coming to frution, here are five teams that should sign Arroyo this season. Read More »
