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It is the end of the road when the Suns play at Philadelphia tonight. Regardless of outcome, this has been a successful road trip at 3-1 so far.

On the threshold of the greatest start in Phoenix Suns history , the Orlando Magic exposed the all-too-familiar glitch that has hampered the Purple and Orange for the past decade: no defense.

Robert Horry and Steve Nash scuffle after Horry's infamous decking of Nash on May 14, 2007.

Stories of the NBA telling their referees how to officiate certain games, what players to call fouls against and what teams they wanted to win, are as old as David Stern's tenure as commissioner and usually reserved for conspiracy theorists.

One glance at the latest Sports Illustrated cover is all you need to understand what went wrong with the Phoenix Suns last season.

I'm hoping to make better use of advanced statistics during this upcoming NBA season, and to start off right I exchanged e-mails with one of the foremost leaders in NBA advanced stats, Kevin Pelton of Basketball Prospectus .

Jared Dudley Player preview: Steve Kerr knew he had picked up a special player when he traded Boris Diaw and Raja Bell to Charlotte.

Channing Frye Player preview: To call Channing Frye 's career inconsistent would be being polite.

Each Friday we are going to gather our four Deep Purple bloggers, Mark McLane, Ben York, Steve Fan and Greg Esposito, plus one "outsider" from around the web to give their view point on a single topic.

Shawn Marion 50. Rashard Lewis 51. Marcus Camby 52. Baron Davis 53. Boris Diaw 54.

A few days ago, while reading aA basketball magazine I realized how eventful were the last couple of years in Suns history: In June 2007, the Suns lose game 6 and the series to the San Antonio Spurs in the Western Conference Semifinals In June 2007, Steve Kerr becomes the Suns GMA In February 2008, Suns trade Marion and BanksA to the Heat for Shaq ...

The most amusing question about the Phoenix Suns' trade for Shaquille O'Neal is, who really favoured this move and whether there really is a significant rift between coach Mike D'Antoni and owner Robert Sarver's version of Garth Snow, rookie general manager Steve Kerr? Whatever the truth, this move will either give Steve Nash, who turns 34 today, a ...

I'm not sure what's more ironic about the Phoenix Suns' return to their fast-paced roots after a failed reinvention attempt via the addition of Shaquille O'Neal . That Shaq would get traded to Cleveland for Ben Wallace , among the few players that makes Shaq a perfect "seven seconds or less" fit by comparison.

On April 15, Grant Hill scored 27 points and snagged 10 rebounds in the season-finale against Golden State, and no one outside of Phoenix really seemed to notice.

Alvin Gentry heard the snickers before he finished his sentence. "We're going to be a little more demanding defensively," the Suns coach said.

Jared Dudley has come a long way from where he was on December 10, 2008. That was the day he became a Phoenix Sun and was known by both national and local media as the guy "also included in the Jason Richardson deal". Jared Dudley dives for ball He was a footnote in an NBA "blockbuster" trade.

Man, the Phoenix Suns sure could use a Russian billionaire to come in and buy the club right about now, huh? Ever since Robert Sarver came on board, the Suns have been in a steady downward spiral that they don't appear to be able to get themselves out of, and Sarver's diminishing real estate fortune isn't helping matters.

The Diamondbacks are stagnant, the Coyotes irrelevant and the Cardinals worrisome.

Phoenix Suns rookie Earl Clark was selected 14th in the first round of the 2009 NBA Draft .

Profile: Amare Stoudemire The Suns' Amare Stoudemire spent Thursday at ESPN, where he did interviews and is filming a commercial with mixed martial arts fighter Kimbo Slice .