Phoenix Suns News

Arron Afflalo and Victor Oladipo are high-profile players. But can they lead their team to the playoffs this season? Alex Trautwig/Getty Images With a 7-15 start to the season, the Orlando Magic hardly look like a playoff candidate at first glance.

"The Point Forward All-Stars" will have a new theme each week centered on a single shared trait that brings together the team members.

Pelicans guard Tyreke Evans talks about his new team in New Orleans, fitting in with the guys and finding his way in a crowded back court.

School: University of Akron, University of Arizona When you started with Bonneville Phoenix: Sept., 2013 Favorite sports memory: Tie between flying from Akron, Ohio to Phoenix to be at the 2008 NFC Championship and being at Game 7 of the 2001 World Series Favorite all-time athlete: Jim Thome Favorite sports movies: Tin Cup, Major League, The ... (more)

How exactly will Kobe Bryant's return affect this year's Los Angeles Lakers team? A relatively simple question, with what is certain to be a far more complex answer.

Phoenix Suns broadcaster Tom Chambers has apologized to the NBA team and its fans after being arrested on suspicion of DUI.

So, instead of keeping the backup point guard on the roster for another year and almost certainly losing him for nothing, Los Angeles swapped him out for Jared Dudley and J.J. Redick.

Veteran Los Angeles Lakers big man Pau Gasol - who is set to become a free agent in 2014 - is intrigued with the possibility of returning to the Memphis Grizzlies and playing beside his brother Marc Gasol .

"I would always tell [the Lakers] how bad I wanted to get back to being Superman.

Grant Hill was reminiscing about his time as Shaq's teammate while on the Phoenix Suns on the set for TNT's Inside the NBA .

Neil Olshey, the Portland Trail Blazers' GM, sits alone here. But where does he sit in the rankings? Sam Forencich/Getty Images The pressure is always on.

All the Heat had to work with was the taxpayers' exception , which they didn't even use, and minimum contracts.

Chris Montes and his fellow volunteer rescuers first saw what looked to be children's footprints in the snow.

Two-time NBA MVP Steve Nash may have returned to practice with the Los Angeles Lakers last week, but there appears to be no telling when the veteran point guard will be back on the floor.

The last time the Phoenix Suns won on the road against the Los Angeles Lakers back on Nov. 14, 2010, Goran Dragic was a role player, Eric Bledsoe was a Clipper and the Morris Twins were still Jayhawks at the collegiate level.

Kobe Bryant #24 of the Los Angeles Lakers drives against P.J. Tucker #17 of the Phoenix Suns at Staples Center on December 10, 2013 in Los Angeles, California.

During the offseason, Miami signed center Greg Oden to sure up the frontcourt. The thought was Oden would be used to help handle the size of the Indiana Pacers and Chicago Bulls in the East and the San Antonio Spurs in the West.

At 18-3, the Indiana Pacers have the best record in the league. They've clearly been able to pick up where they left off last season, when they came within one win of representing the Eastern Conference in the NBA Finals.

Maybe I just wasn't paying close enough attention, but I feel like there has been a big rise in off-the-backboard passes this season.

When veteran documentary film maker Michael Hamilton approached the White House to ask whether President Barack Obama would be willing to talk to him about Steve Nash , he knew it was a long-shot, but he managed to get a sit-down interview with the President, who proceeded to praise Nash's character.