Phoenix Suns: "Why is Robert Sarver carrying around that designer handbag? And why is there a glitchy film cut before the ball hopper is started? My God, did Sarver sneak loaded ping pong balls in via his wife's handbag? His wife must have told him to bring her back the No. 1 pick in a designer handbag ... interesting ..."
"My grandson (Josh) is playing on a T-Ball team at age 4 so he's got a little baseball card. I got him to sign it for me so he wrote his name on it. I'll have it in my pocket," Babby said.
"I don't know if he's good luck, but I always like having his picture with me, anyway. That will be my good luck charm."
For the Phoenix Mercury, preseason games are about three things: staying healthy, fine-tuning plays and/or sets on both ends of the floor, and getting into a rhythm heading into the season.
The anticipation of Brittney being Brittney has produced Mercury season-ticket sales that have already surpassed the turnout the year after the team’s 2009 championship run.
Diana Taurasi can be salty and cynical. She’s allergic to hype. Her candor is uncompromised. These traits make her original, lovable, a Valley favorite and occasional marketing headache for the WNBA.
A group of current assistant coaches the Suns are planning to interview includes former Suns player and Utah assistant Jeff Hornacek, Los Angeles Lakers assistant Steve Clifford and two Houston assistants — former Washington State, Oklahoma and Indiana head coach Kelvin Sampson and J.B. Bickerstaff, the son of former NBA head-coaching veteran Bernie Bickerstaff. CSKA Moscow assistant Quin Snyder, a former Missouri head coach and NBA assistant coach, is also in the mix and some here at the combine feel the Suns would be willing to look at collegiate head coaches such as Villanova’s Jay Wright, Butler’s Brad Stevens or Iowa State’s Fred Hoiberg.
Gillespie pulled out his Samsung Galaxy tablet and called up a video clip from the first quarter. He was able to immediately show his players what their opponents were doing so they could make quicker adjustments during the game. [...]The Suns became the first NBA team this season to outfit both players and coaches with tablet computers for use on and off the court.
Expect the Suns to make a decision regarding the General Manager sometime today, all indications I am getting is that it's Ryan McDonough
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