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Amar'e Admits Trade Rumors Distracted Him

Jan 30, 2010 10:47 AM EST

Suns forward Amar'e Stoudemire admitted that trade rumors bothered him earlier this week.

"In the previous two games, it did (distract me) a little bit, but I got over it," Stoudemire said. "I've just got to keep playing and putting it aside and focus on the game.

"It's the nature of the beast. It's the way the business has always been played. I really try not to be too involved in it. I let the front office handle it with my agent, and the decision is made from there."

Stoudemire was benched during the entire fourth quarter of Phoenix's game against Dallas on Thursday night.

"We have to have him rebound better," coach Alvin Gentry said.

"We said right from the start that - he Robin (Lopez) and Channing (Frye) - we need the combination of those guys to come up with 17-20 rebounds for us. They haven't done that for us in the last few games, so we've got have Amar'e step it back up, really."

Stoudemire has just 21 rebounds over his last five games.

Via Arizona Republic

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Kerr Doesn't Deny Rumors, Amar'e Says Trade Is '50-50'

Jan 29, 2010 2:53 PM EST

Trade rumors involving Amar'e Stoudemire have increased as of late and Suns general manager Steve Kerr isn't doing anything to deny them.

"Obviously with a player of Amare's caliber, an All-Star player, when the rumor mill starts it's tough to stop, because he's such a high-profile player," Kerr said Thursday.

"Especially when a guy is a free agent at the end of the year, potentially. That's why you're going to see Amare and Chris Bosh in the news here the next few weeks. It's just business as usual. We always look at this as, 'How can we make our team better?' Re-signing Amare long-term, or any other option, whatever we do is going to be designed to make our team better."

Stoudemire has a player option for next season worth $17.7 million.

"I'm 50-50," Stoudemire said. "They've shopped me around for two maybe three years. It's not a great feeling to feel that way. I feel like the confidence in me is not quite there within them, for them to want to shop me around so much."

Via ESPN

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Suns Finally End TNT Skid

Jan 29, 2010 1:18 AM EST

The Phoenix Suns ended their obscure losing streak on TNT when they beat the Dallas Mavericks, 112-106, Thursday night.

Phoenix had dropped their previous 18 games when playing on the network.

The losing streak included games that were played in preseason, regular season, and postseason. Phoenix had three head coaches during the span - Mike D'Antoni, Terry Porter, and Alvin Gentry.

The Suns last win on TNT came on March 13, 2008 when they beat Golden State 123-118.

After the game Steve Nash joked, "I'm not going to say anything derogatory about the network," to TNT's Cheryl Miller.

Via RealGM Staff Report

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