Phoenix Suns News

NEW YORK (CP-AP) _ Phoenix Suns guard Steve Nash was a unanimous selection to the all-NBA team while Toronto Raptors forward Chris Bosh earned second team honours Wednesday. Nash's teammate Amare Stoudemire, Dallas forward Dirk Nowitzki, San Antonio forward Tim Duncan and Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant, the league's leading scorer, rounded out the first team. Nash received 129 first-place votes and 645 total points from the panel of ...

Boris Diaw has agreed to a US$45-million, five-year contract extension with the Phoenix Suns, a source told The Associated Press on Thursday night. The team would not confirm the signing but scheduled a 4 p.m. ET news conference on Friday. The deal was finalized on Thursday, according to a person with knowledge of the situation, who asked not to be identified because the team was not scheduled to officially announce the extension until Friday. The agreement will keep the ...

Shawn Marion and Victoria's Steve Nash sparked Phoenix's 43-point third quarter and the Suns rallied to beat the Sacramento Kings 111-94 on Thursday night. After trailing by three points at halftime following a 10-point second quarter, the fast-breaking Suns (2-2) got their offence into gear in the third period and emerged with an 85-72 lead. Marion, who had only six points in the first half, scored 14 in the decisive period, capping his burst with a three-pointer ...

Elton Brand scored 11 of his 24 points during a pivotal third-quarter stretch and the Los Angeles Clippers beat the Phoenix Suns 107-96 Tuesday night in a pre-season game. Shaun Livingston added 21 for the short-handed Clippers, who were playing their first game against an NBA team after two exhibition games in Europe. Quinton Ross scored 13 and Cuttino Mobley had 12. Leandro Barbosa led the Suns with 19 points and Victoria's Steve Nash scored 15. Amare ...

Shawn Marion and Raja Bell each scored 16 points to lead the Phoenix Suns over the Los Angeles Lakers 99-91 in a pre-season game Sunday night. Marion, playing on his college's home court at UNLV's Thomas & Mack Arena, was 6-for-10 from the field. Kobe Bryant was at the game but did not play for the Lakers. Bryant, who is recovering from July 15 knee surgery, practiced with the team ...

Italy was good for Amare Stoudemire. The dynamic Phoenix Suns power forward said Saturday that he's ``about 100 per cent'' healthy after his up-and-down recovery from microfracture knee surgery. ``Right now I haven't felt any pain, no discomfort,'' he said. ``I'm glad to be back.'' The Suns returned from their European training camp Thursday and held an open practice for fans Saturday before leaving for Las Vegas, where they play the Los Angeles Lakers in a pre-season game Sunday ...

Leandro Barbosa scored 27 points to help the Phoenix Suns rally for a 119-102 victory Wednesday over Maccabi Tel Aviv and earn third place in a four-team tournament. Barbosa finished 9-of-12 from the field, including 5-for-8 on three-pointers. He also had six assists. Marcus Banks scored 21 points, Shawn Marion had 14 and Victoria's Steve Nash added 13 points and seven assists. Amare Stoudemire, coming back after missing nearly the ...

The Philadelphia 76ers rallied from a 22-point deficit in the third quarter and Rodney Carney hit a 3-pointer with 10 seconds left to beat the Phoenix Suns 103-100, advancing to the final game of a four-team exhibition mini-tournament in Europe. Rick Brunson, who did not play in the first three quarters, assisted Carney's shot, grabbed a rebound and made one of two free throws to secure the victory for the ...

After the canals of Venice and the Colosseum in Rome, it's the twin spires of the Cologne Cathedral for the Phoenix Suns. The Philadelphia 76ers are here, too, after the Gaudi Park and Ramblas of Barcelona. The two NBA teams are in Germany as part of their pre-season tour of Europe and will play each other Tuesday in the Cologne Arena, across the Rhine River from the famous cathedral. Despite ...

Shawn Marion scored 19 points and Victoria's Steve Nash had nine assists as the Phoenix Suns beat Virtus Lottomatica Roma 100-93 in an exhibition Friday. The game was part of the NBA Europe Live tour, which also features three other NBA teams playing on the continent. The Suns will play two more games in Cologne, Germany, next week against the Philadelphia 76ers and another European team. The Suns trained in ...

Canadian Steve Nash, the NBA's two-time defending MVP, began Thursday with a one-on-one soccer and basketball game with Francesco Totti, the star playmaker on Italy's winning World Cup squad. ``I didn't embarrass myself on the soccer field,'' said Nash, a Victoria native. ``And he did fine (at hoops).'' The rest of the Phoenix Suns toured ancient ruins in Rome. ``It's a little different than Memphis or Secaucus. They're pretty impressed,'' ...

One of the NBA's most creative players thinks basketball can learn something from the Beautiful Game. Playing on the hardwood may seem like a world away from a soccer pitch. But Steve Nash, the two-time NBA most valuable player, believes a strong soccer background has helped some of basketball's best international players. ``For me, I'm heavily influenced in soccer,'' Nash said Tuesday during a telephone conference call from Treviso, Italy, ...