February 20th, 2013 at 6:31 PM
By Jeffrey SandersThe Phoenix Suns have acquired Marcus Morris from the Houston Rockets in exchange for a second round draft pick, according to Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo Sports.
Morris is the twin brother of current Suns forward Markieff Morris as the brothers will team up again for the first time since their college days at Kansas. The brothers were taken with consecutive picks in the 2011 draft with Markieff going 13th overall to the Suns and Marcus going 14th overall to the Rockets.
Marcus is averagin 8.6 points per game and 4.1 rebounds in 21 minutes per game for the Rockets. He has also started 17 of the 54 games he has played in this year.
Read more... Join the Conversation... February 10th, 2013 at 9:28 PM
By Jeffrey SandersThe Phoenix Suns looked like they had more interest being at a Sunday opera then they had on the court Sunday night against the defending Western Conference Champions. The Thunder defeated the Suns 97-69 in a game that was not even that close. This game came on the end of a back to back between the teams which saw the Thunder beat the Suns 127-96 on Friday night. For those keeping score at home, the Thunder have beat the Suns by a combined 59 points in the last two games.
The starting five for the Suns scored a combined 26 points as Jared Dudley went scoreless and no one scored in double digits. The only Suns player to score in double digits was Markieff Morris who led the team with 12 points tonight. Dudley was benched for Kendall Marshall to begin the second half and he remained on the bench for the entire half. Marshall, once again saw extended minutes scoring seven points with three assists and three turnovers.
Read more... Join the Conversation... February 5th, 2013 at 10:11 PM
By Jeffrey SandersThe Phoenix Suns won their 5th road game of the season on Tuesday night by defeating the Memphis Grizzlies 96-90. The Suns won for only the third time in their last 18 games on the road and improve to 17-32 on the season.
The Suns were down six heading into the fourth quarter when Goran Dragic took over. Dragic scored 15 of his 17 points in the fourth quarter, including six straight points when the game was tied at 88 to put the game away. Dragic had four assists and was a perfect 5-5 at the free throw line.
The Grizzlies were playing their first game since Friday night, which also meant this was their first game since trading Rudy Gay to the Toronto Raptors. The Grizzlies got Tayshun Prince, Austin Daye and Ed Davis in the three team deal with the Raptors and Detroit Pistons. Daye and Davis made minimal impact and Prince was less than stellar himself. Prince threw the ball away in the final minute when the Grizzlies were down just two points and was the killer turnover that helped to put the game away for the Suns.
Read more... Join the Conversation... January 27th, 2013 at 8:27 PM
By Jeffrey SandersAfter winning his first two games as a NBA Head Coach, Lindsey Hunter found out that coaching the Suns is not easy. The Suns lost 110-95 to the Dallas Mavericks on Sunday night to fall to 15-30 on the season. The Mavericks improved to 19-25 on the year. This was the Suns' second game in a row after losing to the San Antonio Spurs last night.
The Suns were led by Goran Dragic's 18 points and 8 assists. Luis Scola also chipped in with 14 points of his own. PJ Tucker and Michael Beasley were both in double figures with 12 points apiece.
Shawn Marion, who was playing in his 1,000th career game, led the team in points along with Dirk Nowitzki. The former Phoenix Sun and Nowitzki both scored eighteen points. Marion also led the team in rebounds with 9 and almost had his ninth double-double of the year. It was ironic Marion would play his 1,000 career game with the Suns due to the fact he played his first 660 games with the franchise. Marion made four All-Star games and was always a very popular player in Phoenix. He was traded to the Miami Heat in 2008 in the trade that brought Shaquille O'Neal to the Suns.
Read more... Join the Conversation... January 20th, 2013 at 12:11 PM
By Jeffrey SandersThe Phoenix Suns have named player development coordinator Lindsey Hunter as the interim coach for the second half of the season. Hunter was chosen over assistant coaches Elston Turner and Dan Majerle. Hunter has no coaching experience and was a scout last season for the Suns before being named the player development coordinator this summer.
After going to college at Jackson State University, Hunter had a very distinguished 17 year NBA career and played with six different teams. He won two NBA championships, one with the Lakers in 01-02 and the other with the Pistons in 03-04. Other awards won during Hunter's career were the SWAC Player of the Year in 1993 while at Jackson State and making the 2nd team NBA All Rookie team in 1993-94 with the Pistons.
Hunter takes over a Suns team that has lost 13 of their last 15 games and currently sits in last place in the Western Conference with a 13-28 record. Hunter is expected to play younger guys such as Kendall Marshall, Wesley Johnson and Michael Beasley more often the rest of the season to see if they can develop into better players for the future. The Suns next game is Wednesday night at Sacramento. Hunter will make his home debut Thursday night on national television against the Los Angeles Clippers.
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