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NBA Free Agency: Amar’e Stoudemire Gets What He Wanted With New York Knicks
July 6th, 2010
Amar’e Stoudemire has always wanted to be the center of attention, even if he didn’t always want to be a center. He’s always wanted to get paid. He’s wanted to be viewed at the same level as LeBron and D-Wade.
Well, yesterday his wishes were granted when he agreed ...
Artest Made Suns Fans Sick in Game 5, Hopefully It’s Only a 24-hour Bug
May 27th, 2010
Fried avocado made Alvin Gentry physically ill in the first half. Ron Artest made the entire city of Phoenix sick at the end of the second half of the Lakers' 103-101 victory in Game 5. While the loss may hurt right now, the bigger picture should make Suns ...
Could the Cleveland Cavaliers’ “Curse” End the Phoenix Suns’ Title Drought?
May 13th, 2010
I’ve been at a complete loss for words since Sunday. The Phoenix Suns swept the San Antonio Spurs and are preparing to play the Los Angeles Lakers for the Western Conference Championship? It just seems counter-intuitive.
In a season when no one expected the Suns to be a top-four ...
Just Because You Write It Doesn’t Mean the Coyotes are Winnipeg-Bound
March 8th, 2010
Originally posted on Phoenix.Fanster.com.
If you’ve ever lived in an apartment, you know what it’s like to deal with the noisy neighbor above you.
I’m sure, if you’re anything like me, you’ve even pulled out the broom and slammed on the ceiling to express your displeasure with the unnecessary and ...
Steve Kerr Finally Has What He Wanted: A Physical Phoenix Suns Team
March 8th, 2010
There are certain things that are viewed as universal "truths". The sun rises in the east and sets in the west. A week is seven days long. Nicolas Cage plays the same character no matter what the script calls for. The San Antonio Spurs are dirty and the Phoenix Suns ...
Sunday Taught Me One Thing: I Still Hate the San Antonio Spurs
March 2nd, 2010
Originally Posted in the Sports Reporter Column on Phoenix.Fanster.com
Going into Sunday’s early morning affair between the Phoenix Suns andSan Antonio Spurs , I wasn’t quite sure how to feel, partially because I was watching NBA basketball at 11 AM and partially because of the match up. Like a Biggest ...
NBA Trade Rumors: Phoenix Suns Have To Break Up with Amare Stoudemire
February 17th, 2010
Originally Posted on Phoenix.Fanster.com
The Phoenix Suns have gone past the point of no return this time.
After two years filled with rumors, innuendo, trade discussions, fans questioning Amare’s talent and 10 thousand Tom Leander catchphrases, the Suns have to trade Stoudemire, or as Leander would call it “Evaluate and Detonate.”
It doesn’t ...
Truly The Real McCoy: How an Iowa Farm Boy Became the Greatest Phoenix Sun
January 8th, 2010
Originally published on Phoenix.Fanster.com
If you were to tell someone outside of Arizona that the greatest Phoenix Sun of all-time and one of the greatest sports figures in the city’s history was an unassuming 5′ 7″ white man with large glasses, you’d probably be greeted with looks of confusion and ...
Tiger Woods and Gilbert Arenas: What Buying a Barkley Jersey Taught Me
January 7th, 2010
(Originally written for Phoenix.Fanster.com)
I never thought I’d learn anything when I purchased a throwback purple Charles Barkley Phoenix Suns jersey on Ebay. I was wrong.
By paying twenty dollars to some random Chinese company, I learned a valuable lesson.
I learned that it takes a box forever to get from China to Phoenix, ...
Don’t Call the NBA a Thug League Because Arenas Is an Idiot
January 6th, 2010
(Originally published on Phoenix.Fanster.com)
I’m as straight-laced as they come: a twenty-six year old white guy who doesn’t have a gun, a tattoo, a piercing, or a rap album (Limp Bizkit doesn’t count right?).
As a matter of fact, you’ve probably seen loaves of white bread with more street cred than I ...