
| Bucks expect Bogut back for season’s start | |
Milwaukee Bucks center Andrew Bogut’s season ended a little early last year when he broke bones in his right hand, fractured his right hand, and dislocated his right elbow after dunking against the Phoenix Suns on April 3. He’s still not ready to be in an NBA lineup, but the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel is reporting that the Bucks are hoping and expecting that the seven-foot Australian will be ready to go when the season kicks off. "Our hope and anticipation is that Andrew will be ready to go when the season begins," Bucks general manager John Hammond told the paper. Leave your comments on the news below. Posted in NBA, suns-rumors | No Comments »
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| Two new Suns GM candidates | |
Former New Orleans Hornets general manager Jeff Bower and Washington Wizards exec Tommy Sheppard are the two newest names to come out as being possibilities to take over as GM for the Phoenix Suns under new head of basketball operations Lon Babby, according to ESPN. Cleveland Cavaliers assistant general manager Lance Blanks interviewed for the job on Friday, the site reports. The Suns’ first choice was Dell Demps, but he took the job opening in New Orleans That’s all the news for today. |
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| Two new Suns GM candidates emerge | |
Former New Orleans Hornets general manager Jeff Bower and Washington Wizards exec Tommy Sheppard are the two newest names to come out as being possibilities to take over as GM for the Phoenix Suns under new head of basketball operations Lon Babby, according to ESPN.com. Feel free to leave your comments below. |
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| Insurance keeping Stoudemire from Team USA? | |
Coach Mike Krzyzewski is gathering his charges for the next version of Team USA that will head to the world championships later this summer. What are your opinions. |
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| Warriors selling for $400 million? | |
Golden State Warriors owner Chris Cohan is about to make a boatload of dough . CSNBayArea is reporting that he has an offer worth $400 million on the table for his team. That would be the second-highest price ever paid for an NBA franchise; the Phoenix Suns went for $401 million back in 2004. If you like reading our blog, remember to bookmark it. |
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| Warriors to sell for $400 million-plus? | |
Golden State Warriors owner Chris Cohan is about to make a boatload of dough . Leave your comments on the news below. |
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| Raptors dealing Turkoglu, adding Diaw | |
Hedo Turkoglu’s (notes) wish is finally coming true. The man who asked for a trade last month on Turkish television will soon have his name erased from the roster of the Toronto Raptors and appearing somewhere else, according to the Arizona Republic. That new roster belongs to the Phoenix Suns , which the paper reports will send guard Leandro Barboso and Dwyane Jones to the Raptors in exchange for Turkoglu Leave your comments on the news below. |
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| Stoudemire leaning toward Knicks? | |
The Phoenix Suns had one last effort the other day to re-sign Amar’e Stoudemire (notes) , but it may not have been good enough. The New York Knicks are making a serious run at him at this point. A Phoenix sports-radio host, John Gombadoro, tweeted that there is no way Stoudemire is returning to the Suns and that the power forward is leaning toward signing with the Knicks , who he believes have offered Stoudemire a max contract. Leave your comments on the news below. |
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| Suns making one last effort with Stoudemire | |
The Phoenix Suns are giving it one last try with Amar’e Stoudemire (notes) . Team owner Robert Sarver and coach Alvin Gentry are meeting with Stoudemire today in Los Angeles to try and convince him to not opt out of his current deal, take their contract-extension offer, and stay in Arizona, according to Yahoo! Sports’ Adrian Wojnarowski. Thanks for visiting my blog =). |
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| Suns making one last effort to keep Stoudemire | |
The Phoenix Suns are giving it one last try with Amar’e Stoudemire (notes) . Team owner Robert Sarver and coach Alvin Gentry are meeting with Stoudemire on Tuesday in Los Angeles to try and convince him not to opt out of his current deal, take their contract-extension offer, and stay in Arizona, according to Yahoo! Sports’ Adrian Wojnarowski. That’s all the news for today. |
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| Stoudemire "done" in Phoenix | |
Any hope of the Phoenix Suns re-signing Amar’e Stoudemire (notes) has vanished, according to ESPN. A source for the site says that Stoudemire, who will choose not to opt into a contract that would pay him around $17 million next year to stay in Arizona, isn’t even considering re-signing a long-term deal at this point: " He is done ," the source What are your opinions. |
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| Stoudemire and Suns talking extension | |
Amar’e Stoudemire (notes) said Tuesday that there was "no way" he wouldn’t opt out of the contract that is set to pay him around $17 million next season. So, according to Yahoo! Sports’ Adrian Wojnarowski, Suns president of basketball operations and general manager Steve Kerr was wasting no time and meeting with Stoudemire’s agent yesterday to discuss a potential long-term deal Thanks for reading! . |
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| Suns’ Stoudemire opting out | |
Phoenix Suns forward Amar’e Stoudemire (notes) tells the Associated Press that there’s no way he’s not going to opt out of the contract that would pay him $17 million next season and will be a free agent on July 1. The only thing that could change that is if he re-signs with the Suns before the end of this month. If you like reading our blog, remember to bookmark it. |
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| Stoudemire in on LeBron, Wade talks | |
Maybe there won’t be an actual summit involving LeBron James (notes) , Chris Bosh (notes) , Dwyane Wade (notes) , and Joe Johnson (notes) but the foursome will be talking to one another this summer about their free-agency plans. Running low on time today, i’ll be back tomorrow hopefully with some more news. |
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| Stoudemire to join LeBron, Wade free-agency talks | |
Maybe there won’t be an actual summit involving LeBron James (notes) , Chris Bosh (notes) , Dwyane Wade (notes) and Joe Johnson (notes) , but the foursome will be talking to one another this summer about their free-agency plans. Running low on time today, i’ll be back tomorrow hopefully with some more news. |
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| Majerle wants to coach Bulls | |
Phoenix Suns assistant coach Dan Majerle recently was interviewed to the head-coaching gig for the Philadelphia 76ers that went to Doug Collins. He’s apparently go the head-coaching bug now because ESPN is reporting that Majerle is coveting the head-coaching job with the Chicago Bulls . The 44-year-old played for the Suns, Cleveland Cavaliers , and Miami Heat in a playing career that spanned from 1988-2001 and him going to the All-Star Game three times Not much else going on in the NBA world today. |
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| Hawks chasing assistants for head-coaching job | |
Mike Woodson had the unfortunate experiences of "leading" the Atlanta Hawks through the horror of being on the losing end of one of the most lopsided NBA sweeps in history at the hands of the Orlando Magic . Thanks for reading! : |
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