1993 Redux: Watch Barkley hit winner over admiral!
Since the current iteration of the Phoenix Suns is on vacation during these playoffs, we at Bright Side thought it would be fun to relive the Suns' exciting 1993 playoff run with recaps of each...
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Solar Flares - Open NBA/Suns Thread - Coach, Lotto
It's lotto week! The last couple of weeks have provided Suns fans with next to zero news, despite this being one of the Suns' most important offseasons in franchise history. Clearly, new GM Ryan...
Blast from past: '93 Suns grab 3-2 lead on Spurs
Since the current iteration of the Phoenix Suns is on vacation during these playoffs, we at Bright Side thought it would be fun to relive the Suns' exciting 1993 playoff run with recaps of each...
Battle of the GMs - Ding, Ding it's Round One!
Lon Babby, the lawyer, is prone to hyperbole. He would rather spend his time publicly lauding employees than lambasting them. In fact, Babby refuses to take the bait when offered (over and over...
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Phoenix Suns 2013 Offseason Guide
via i2.cdn.turner.com Hello, BSOTS...welcome to my first fanpost. This is a product of my insatiable desire to keep reading/discussing/producing Suns-related content, as well as my...
Barkley "auditioning"? Hornacek a candidate?
None of this is confirmed, but wouldn't it be a PR fourth of July if Lon Babby decided to hire former Sun Charles Barkley as his General Manager and former Sun Jeff Hornacek (who was traded for...
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The Suns Season in A Nutshell: Offensive Collapse
A lot has been made of what went wrong this season, and if one table can tell a story, it is this one (all stats taken from Basketball Reference): Season 2011-12 2012-13 Average 104.6 105.9 o...
Solar Flares - It's Back! - Suns/NBA Open Thread
Here's the place to discuss anything Suns-related or NBA-related that's not being covered in articles! You can talk playoffs here. You can talk Lakers' demise here. You can talk about important...
Can Lon Babby and Grant Hill mend relationship?
When Grant Hill left the Phoenix Suns last summer, he expressed surprise on the local radio waves. He had wanted to return to the Suns, having settled into a community where his wife and kids still...
Could it be Warkentien?
Talk about reading the tea leaves and wondering if they're just simply tea leaves... Yesterday, some Suns bloggers received a LinkedIn request from longtime NBA executive Mark Warkentien to...
One big step taken, but the biggest still to come
It was a small step for Lon Babby, but the first big step for Suns-kind. Now that Lon Babby has taken what I believe is the first step in the rebuilding of the Phoenix Suns, his next one will have...
Hunter watch: Does it even matter?
As I watch the NBA playoffs this weekend, I am struck that the 2013-14 season for the Phoenix Suns has everything and nothing to do with the head coach. The Phoenix Suns are at such a crossroads...
Suns need Clips, Jazz and Rockets to win out
From a Phoenix Suns fan perspective, everything happened the way it needed to happen on Monday night. I know some Suns fans are worried about a win, but the Suns can do no worse than 4th overall...
Babby must look high and low for F.O. superstar
The summer of 2013 is a big summer for the future of the Suns franchise. The team has to decide if they are going to shoot for consecutive top-5 picks, or if they are going all-in for a quick turnaround.
Marcus Morris trying to get out of doghouse
When Marcus Morris arrived in Phoenix to pair up with his twin brother Markieff, everyone thought (or at least hoped) they would "power up" as a duo in the Valley to rise to new heights together. A...
Is Hunter's defense too aggressive?
The Suns defense was torn apart by the Clippers on Wednesday. We look at how the Suns defensive schemes might have played a role.
Decision on Hunter likely not coming soon
Fans want absolutes. Is Lindsey Hunter the coach or not? Is Lon Babby the President/GM or not? Is Lance Blanks coming back to run the draft another time or two, or not? The players want to know,...
Gorilla as "Effort Coordinator"?
The Suns Gorilla has long been known to put out "maximum effort" on the basketball court. For more than almost 40 years, he has run around, leapt, flipped and generally done whatever it takes to...
Just how young ARE the Suns?
As an NBA franchise, you don't want the double-whammy of being one of the oldest teams in the league AND fall short of the playoffs. And yet, that's exactly where the Suns were last season and the...
Kendall's shooting woes in detail
We break down Kendall Marshall's performance from behind the three point line using numbers, pictures and video.
Dragic in elite company, like seriously elite
Unlike many of his teammates, Phoenix Suns point guard Goran Dragic has been the picture of consistency this season. He plays every minute like it could be his last, leaving nothing in reserve when...
Is Andrew Bynum worth it?
If I simply post a poll asking for knee-jerk reactions to this idea of the Phoenix Suns signing Andrew Bynum this summer, I am pretty sure the results will be the same as if I spent six hours...
Rebuild: Year 1 or Year 3... Which is it?
At some point, this had to happen. When your beloved stars get old and/or injured together, a team's front office has to decide whether to ride them into the sunset or to cut them loose (with or...
Five years of Suns draft history revealed
What can the Suns history tell us about their future ability to rebuild through the draft.
Rebuilding schemes of PBOs and GMs often go awry
This look at the struggles of crestfallen fanbases and blundering franchises uses a familiar story and theme to illustrate what not to do in a rebuild. The Phoenix Suns may learn from this tragic tale and which schemes of other teams have worked and
NBA Draft: 2013 Guards better than 2012 guards?
Last summer, Phoenix Suns fans spent a lot of pre-draft time focused on the shooting guard prospects that might go to the Suns with their #13 overall pick. This year it's more about getting the...
