NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
The Phoenix Suns came to play this year, led by MVP candidate Steve Nash and coached by Terry Porter.
NBAObsessed has written about Steve and the Suns before.
This one came out yesterday:
Steve Nash and the Red Hot Suns
And this one came out a week ago:
Steve Nash is raising Arizona
Now the Phoenix Suns are leading the Power Rankings from NBA.com edging out the Boston Celtics and the Los Angeles Lakers. Here is what John Shuman had to say about Phoenix.
Pace: 100.6 (2), Off: 109.1 (5), Def: 103.8 …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
The Phoenix Suns are just as hot as that yellow orb in the sky and in some ways even hotter. The Suns are 6 – 1 on the young season leading the Western Conference and a half game up on the Lakers in the Pacific division. The Sun God Ra would be proud of the way Phoenix is scorching the competition. The Suns have exceeded 100 points in every game this year.
Ok, enough with the puns, the Phoenix Suns and Steve Nash took down the …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Steve Nash is 35 years old. He was drafted by Phoenix in 1996 in the first round and played part of his career for the Dallas Mavericks and then returned to the Phoenix Suns. He has averaged 14 points and 8 assists for his whole career and in case you were thinking he is slowing down, he averaged 21 points and 14 assists last year.
Steve Nash has a new project because this year’s Phoenix Suns are not the group that was a dominant Western Conference title …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
It was discussed so what happened? Phoenix thought Amare Stoudemire would be sent packing to Golden State with other players and considerations and in return Golden State would ship back Stephen Curry with other players and considerations. You know how that stuff works.
The secret part of the deal that may not have been discussed from Golden State’s point of view was that Golden State was sure Curry would be off the board by pick number 7. When he was there, they did not want to …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Terry Porter was fired by the Suns and replaced by Alvin Gentry.
GM Steve Kerr has no clue. He took the very successful running offense that could not get it done in the playoffs and fired its architect in Mike D’Antoni.
Then Steve hired Terry Porter to bring in the Detroit Pistons defensive style of play. Huh? Same players completely opposite styles? Won’t work and it didn’t.
Porter was in the first year of a three-year, $6 million deal to replace Mike D’Antoni, who left after four …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
The Shaq is playing at a high level and when he does there are few that can hang with him. It may be hard at his age and weight to continue, but he is doing it now when few thought he could ever do it again.
O’Neal said he should be an All-Star on his home floor but said “I’m not going to be doing e-mail campaigns and putting on cowboys hats.”
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So how good is Shaq playing?
Now, O’Neal enters the start of a three-game Suns homestand Friday night …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Jason Richardson is flying through the air

Jason Richardson was traded to the Phoenix Suns from the Charlotte Bobcats.
The multiplayer deal will require the Suns to part with forward Boris Diaw and defensive ace Raja Bell, two mainstays from the team that averaged 58 wins over the last four seasons under former Suns coach Mike D’Antoni.
Suns-Bobcats Trade Comparison
The Suns upgraded offensively with the acquisition of guard Jason Richardson (right). Here’s how the numbers break down:
Player PPG RPG APG
To Suns
Jason Richardson 18.7 4.1 2.6
Jared Dudley …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Shawn Marion shows off his Matrix WWE move with the knee smash from up high
Shawn Marion is an amazing player and if you have ever watched him play for the Phoenix Suns or the Miami Heat, you would have been amazed. Just how does he do what he does? And that jump shot or whatever you want to call it, just where did that come from and how come no coach ever made him change it? Maybe because it goes down even from long range?
Anyway, …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
The Shaq has let us know he is a force.
“I’m always going to be a force,” O’Neal said. “Whatever team I’m on is going to have a great shot.”
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The Shaq always will be a force, even in his basketball old age.
Shaq bemoans the fact that he will never be a jockey

These are the new Suns and they must be given the chance to prove themselves under new coach Terry Porter. The good news is that Shaq seems motivated.
The new Suns are a fascinating study in change. The …read more

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Michael Curry will try to right the Piston ship
The NBA is proud to bring a brand new coach to your area. They did it for 8 teams.
Think about that. 8 new coaches.
Ever heard of a brand new coach immediately winning it all? It has probably happened, but not to my knowledge.
Usually you just fired the last coach because the team stunk so bad he could not make them win.
So this year we bring you the 8 trying to make …read more