Several people have been writing about how the Suns don't match up to “Finals-worthy” teams like the Spurs. I just didn’t get what everyone was complaining about so I decided to do a little number-crunching to find out what I was missing. Read more

Contrary to what some national TV pundits would have you believe, the sky over Phoenix is not falling and the Suns are not failing. Read more

It was supposed to be a love affair that would endure the test of time. In the NBA’s case, forever lasted 62 days. Read more

Yesterday, I witnessed a Christmas Miracle. No, three wise guys didn’t show up at my door, having been given directions from some celestial GPS. Read more

I have visited several places of significant interest in my travels for the Suns and Mercury over the past couple of years. Read more

As most of you probably know, the Phoenix Suns are playing the Los Angeles Lakers on Christmas Day. Read more

Leandro Barbosa is the reigning Sixth Man of The Year in the NBA, but he doesn’t make a bad Fifth Man either. Read more

The 2007-08 NBA All-Star Game in New Orleans is fast approaching, and ballots can be found online, at the arena, just about everywhere. It’s speckled with Suns players, as it should be, and come February, I expect to see Planet Orange thoroughly represented on the court. Read more

I am asked many times what it's like travel with the teams and visit such great cities. The truth be told, I actually spend 90% of my time in the hotel room either reading or prepping for the upcoming game. Read more

Well, I’m back in Phoenix after a couple of weeks in Albuquerque playing for the D-League Thunderbirds. It was definitely time well spent, and I think I was able to show guys like President of Basketball Operations and General Manager Steve Kerr I was working on exactly what they had asked. Read more

Growing up as a kid, watching a sporting event on TV on Christmas Day was a treat. Opening presents, eating a big meal, turning on a great football or basketball game to watch with my Dad and brother- it was all part of the tradition. Read more

It is clear that the Suns have fought hard over the past three seasons, especially in the playoffs. It is also clear that we've had a string of bad luck. Read more

If I hadn’t watched the last two games and you asked me to look at the stats and tell you which game I thought the Suns won, it would have been the New Orleans game. Read more

The Suns have lost 3 out of their last 4 games and they have to play San Antonio on Monday and Dallas on Wednesday. If you read the message boards or most newspaper articles, you may think Phoenix is on its way to the draft lottery. Read more

In recent weeks, Suns forward-center Brian Skinner has attracted almost as much attention for his stellar defense and timely offense as he has for his distinctive two-tone goatee. Read more

The word on the street was that this was beginning of a character test stretch for the Suns, and while I’m not at all sure this is the case, one thing I AM sure of is that if it was they flat out aced the sucker. Read more

I’d like to start this blog entry by taking a look at my Top 5 NBA cities, many of which were on the Suns’ latest road trip:

To openly plagiarize the beginning of “A Tale of Two Cities” by Charles Dickens, “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times...” Read more

One of my former co-workers used to give me a hard time, saying that I didn’t know anything about the NBA, pre-Penny Hardaway. While that was a bit of an exaggeration, Penny was one of my favorite players to watch in the mid-90s during his heyday with the Orlando Magic. Read more

In case you were wondering about the glorious life of NBA travel, here’s a 2-day timeline for December 4 & 5: Read more

The Suns are on a 4 game win streak and have averaged 120 points during those 4 games. They have shot 54% while allowing 49% shooting. Read more

With the Knicks in the bag, we have now landed in Indianapolis. It was a sobering win in New York when we all heard on the bus about Stephon Marbury's father passing away. His dad was at the game last night and then left for the hospital with chest pains. Read more