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NBA Rumors – Phoenix Suns Might Draft Pierre Jackson
A big second season for Baylor isn’t going to be enough in order to propel Pierre Jackson above the worries about his size, but he might still be a first round pick, with the Phoenix Suns considering using one of their two on the point guard.
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NBA Rumors – Phoenix Suns Trying to Trade Marcin Gortat for First Round Draft Pick
The ideal situation for the Phoenix Suns in the 2013 NBA draft (holding the 5th overall pick) is if either Nerlens Noel or Alex Len surprisingly drop to the number 5 spot, giving them a chance to trade away Marcin Gortat, who despite his abilities and numbers hasn’t been very happy or compatible with what the team is trying to run.
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NBA Rumors – Phoenix Suns Get Cody Zeller, Portland Trail Blazers Get Marcin Gortat
The Phoenix Suns, who have the fifth pick in the 2013 NBA Draft, would really like to see Cody Zeller becoming one of their players, but they won’t use a top 5 pick on him. However, by using Marcin Gortat (who wants to leave) as trade bait, they’re hoping that the Portland Trail Blazers use the 10th pick on the Indiana star before trading between the two.
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Grant Hill Shouldn’t Be in the Hall of Fame
What makes someone a hall of famer? It’s more than just stats and numbers. Popularity comes into it, and likability. Despite being “great” for a relatively low number of seasons, Grant Hill might become an basketball Hall of Fame inductee in the near future, despite his retirement not really leaving a gaping hole in heart of the league.
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Jermaine O’Neal With the Weirdest Goaltending Decision Ever
Most goaltending calls we see in the NBA are pretty much the same – a player slightly misjudging the trajectory of the shot, making the block a tad too late. Jermaine O’Neal decided he wanted to make his one quite special, while also doing it in the most crucial of moments, knocking a shot while it was bouncing off the rim to give the Houston Rockets a last-second victory thanks to his intervention.
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Los Angeles Lakers – Who Knew the Phoenix Suns Played Defense
The easy thing to say after the Phoenix Suns wiped the floor with the Los Angeles Lakers? Kobe Bryant didn’t play,and you can’t win without him forever. The truth? The Suns simply eliminated Dwight Howard in the paint, forcing the Lakers to try and win through jump shots, which ended up being a miserable failure.
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Goran Dragic Pulls Off the Assist of the Season
It’s going to take time, maybe forever, until Goran Dragic is loved by Phoenix Suns fans like Steve Nash was and still is, but that doesn’t mean Dragic can’t get the upper hands in an individual battle between the two, using Nash’s open legs to deliver what is probably the best assist anyone has seen this NBA season.
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Houston Rockets – James Harden & Jeremy Lin Make Way for Others
A night that was about returning and former players began and ended with plenty of smiles for the Houston Rockets, who didn’t need any heroics from James Harden or something special from Jeremy Lin, getting to play as an actual point guard for once en route to an easy yet very important victory.
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NBA Rumors – Oklahoma City Thunder Could Trade Kendrick Perkins
It was a real game changer in the Western Conference when Kendrick Perkins was traded from the Boston Celtics to the Oklahoma City Thunder three years ago, but it seems that there is a chance his time with the NBA finalists is over, possibly looking to trade him to the Phoenix Suns.
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NBA Rumors – Atlanta Hawks Will Trade Josh Smith
It’s a question of to where and for who, not an if. The Atlanta Hawks want to get something out of Josh Smith before his contract runs out at the end of the season, and are looking to trade their power forward to a number of teams, including the Brooklyn Nets, Phoenix Suns, Milwaukee Bucks, Boston Celtics or the Houston Rockets.