Phoenix Suns Wiretap

Iverson, James, Stoudemire suspended from US team

Allen Iverson, LeBron James and Amare Stoudemire of the U.S. Olympic team were suspended from Saturday's exhibition game against Puerto Rico this afternoon for missing an 11 o'clock team meeting.

Larry Brown made the decision on the suspensions and the decision was announced to the crowd in Jacksonville before the game to a rain of boos.

Via Associated Press


Nash: I wanted to stay in Dallas

Steve Nash says he signed a free-agent contract with the Phoenix Suns because they wanted him more than Dallas.

“For the whole time I just thought I was coming back to Dallas,” said Nash.

“To come back and within 24 hours to be going to Phoenix was a bit of a shock. It was bittersweet.”

“I thought they'd come a lot closer than they did”

“To me it was like they never really had any aspirations of keeping me.”

Via The Globe and Mail


Tractor may hitch his Traylor to Suns or Cavs

New Orleans Hornets free agent forward Robert Traylor has been negotiating with representatives from the Phoenix Suns and the Cleveland Cavaliers, agent Andre Colona told the New Orleans Times-Picayune.

The Cavaliers are coached by former Hornets head coach Paul Silas, a onetime NBA big man who has tutored Traylor with his game in the past.

Via John Reid of the New Orleans Times-Picayune


Suns Jul 2004 Archive

  • Kittles traded to L.A. as Clippers let Richardson go

    Kerry Kittles is now a Clipper after 8 seasons with the New Jersey Nets.

  • D-Day for Clippers on Richardson

    Restricted free agent swingman Quentin Richardson and the Phoenix Suns have waited 14 days for the Los Angeles Clippers to decide whether or not to match their six-year, $42.

  • Tabuse Trying To Become NBA’s First Japanese Player

    He has played in for the Dallas and Utah summer-league team’s, made an appearance at the Denver training camp (almost making the Nugget’s roster), and recently, Yuta Tabuse has received an invite to attend the Suns training camp at Northern Arizona University.

  • Dampier to Phoenix?

    With his options limited, Erick Dampier has another potenital suitor in the Phoenix Suns, especially if the L.

  • Cancer fells longtime Suns coach/exec Cotton Fitzsimmons

    Lowell "Cotton" Fitzsimmons, who won 832 games in 21 seasons as an NBA coach, died Saturday due to complications from lung cancer.

  • Taurasi, Marion and Stoudemire thrilled to play in Olympics

    Fan of the WNBA or not, you've got to admit one point: It's hard to imagine female pro basketball players becoming so full of themselves that they thumb their noses at the notion of playing in the Olympics.

  • Kobe Stays

    The day after Shaquille O'Neal left for sunny Florida via trade, Kobe Bryant came true on his past comments of being a "Laker for life" .

  • Quentin Richardson Wants Phoenix

    Quentin Richardson was in Phoenix shopping for real estate yesterday and has apparently signed an offer sheet with the Phoenix Suns after 9 p.

  • Dumars won't roll the McDyess without a safety net

    The deal offered to Phoenix Suns free agent forward Antonio McDyess may have a safety net of sorts after all for the Detroit Pistons, who are targeting the injury-prone former All-Star to replace Mehmet Okur, who signed an offer sheet with the Utah Jazz this week.

  • Richardson Agrees to Offer Sheet with Suns

    The Phoenix Suns have reached agreement with restricted free-agent Quentin Richardson on an offer sheet that will pay the 24-year-old, fourth-year guard between $48 and $50 million.

  • Cuban Caught Off Guard

    Mark Cuban said he was shocked by the contract offer that brought his star point guard Steve Nash to the Suns.

  • Nash will sign with Suns

    Dallas is set to lose Steve Nash with no compensation after the All-Star guard came to terms with the Suns. Phoenix traded Nash to the Mavericks in 1998