Jacobson's Phoenix Future Remains Uncertain

Casey Jacobson, a first round selection out of Stanford is beginning his third year in the league, his final guaranteed year and the Suns remain unclear whether or not they will pick up their option on him for a fourth season.

Via East Valley Tribune

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Stoudemire Expecting to See Time at Center

Suns forward Amare Stoudemire has made it clear in the past he doesn't want to be a center, but with the Suns' best lineup ''on paper'' having the talented bigman at the 5 he slowly appears to be coming around to the idea.

Suns president Bryan Colangelo said he can see a scenario where "our best combination is when he's out there as a small 'five' (center)" flanked by Shawn Marion and Joe Johnson at forward and Steve Nash and Quentin Richardson at guard.

According to the East Valley Tribune the situation has been explained to Stoudemire, and "ultimately Amare's about winning."

And that means if he needs to play a significant amount of time at center, "He'll be fine with it," Colangelo said. Said Stoudemire, "If I have to do it for a couple games, that's cool.

"It's not my natural position. . . but sometimes it will be to our advantage because we'll be quicker (than opponents) and I can still go into the post. "If I'm called on to play center, I'll play it." How about being the starting center?

"Whoa!" said a surprised Stoudemire. "It depends.

"We have legitimate centers (in Jake Voskhul and Steven Hunter). I don't think I'll be called on to play center that much."

Via East Valley Tribune

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Full Roster on Hand for Informal Suns Workouts

The Phoneix Suns are trying to give themselves every advantage over the rest of the West as the NBA season draws nearer, the return of forward Shawn Marion to Arizona marking a full roster on the America West Arena practice court for the final week of Suns informal workouts.

Training camp begins in Flagstaff in a week.

"It's cool to be back but, dang, I'm hurting," Marion said after pickup games left his feet aching. "I've been trying to recuperate. This is going to be good and exciting. We're all on the same page."

"Our workouts seem to be picking up steam," Suns President and General Manager Bryan Colangelo said. "The level of performance was not only ratcheted up but it looked like the intensity level was too."

The Suns are expected to add veteran guard Derrick Dial and former Bull Phil Shirley to their training camp roster.

Via Arizona Republic

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