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It’s not uncommon for Suns players to get together on the road and catch a movie. What is uncommon is that one of them may be personally connected to the film that they’re watching. (more…)

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Team Shaq’s Minister of Information has gotten to Suns power forward Markieff Morris. (more…)

John MacLeod taught me how to play basketball. Literally.

When I first really became a fan of the Phoenix Suns, in 1975-76 as the Sunderellas were making their unlikely first run at the NBA Finals, I looked at Coach MacLeod as though he was General Patton or Winston Churchill, a tactical genius and inspirational leader of my heroes. I could root for Paul Westphal, Dick Van Arsdale or Alvan Adams to make the shots, but Coach MacLeod was the chess master moving the pieces, and the players were executing his vision. As this was my first real exposure to pro basketball, and Coach MacLeod was the first coach I’d ever paid any attention to, he seemed like he must be a more-than-human figure, the way he directed his scrappy underdog players past the best teams of the time. (more…)

It’s no secret that Steve Nash is a fan of film. You’ve seen and laughed at his viral videos and you’ve more than likely seen the documentary he helped produce for ESPN’s 30-for-30 series (if you haven’t, we highly recomend it). But what does he think about the year’s biggest movies?

Although he may be on the court in Orlando Sunday night for the NBA All-Star game and not watching the Oscars, Tara Hitchcock, as the first feature on her new website, sat down with the man who is no stranger to receiving awards to talk about who he thinks will take home the gold statues.

Kobe Bryant likes the Phoenix Suns about as much as Lady Gaga liked Adele winning Grammys. Which is to say, not at all.

I’m not just making an assumption. He’s actually told the media as much. (more…)