Daily Links: The Rip City Passion Play Begins

SLAM ONLINE | " Andre Miller Unhappy With Bench Role
The Blazers are going to face a very different season this year. How many times have we seen teams do better then expected one year and then have problems with the increased pressure and higher expectations the next.

Drama this early is not a good sign for the Rose City diehards

In Managing Andre Miller, Nate McMillan Looks to His Own History - Blazersedge
Blazer's Edge puts it all in perspective as Nate McMillan discusses his playing time battles in Seattle and hints that players should remain silent when upset over their roles.

Outdoor Game Links

• NBA's Outdoor Game Much Better the Second Time Around -- NBA FanHouse
  "I'll be honest, everyone was telling me about the wind and how cold it was [last year], said Suns' center Channing Frye. "But it was a lot of fun, weather permitting. The wind took one of my balls at the beginning of the second half, and I was like, 'oh well, one out of however many I shot' isn't too bad."
• SUNS: Suns Fall Short to Warriors in Autotrader.com Open
• Frye shines in outdoor game, but Suns lose| Valley of the Suns
  The Phoenix Suns lost to the Golden State Warriors, 104-101, in the outdoor game at Indian Wells. Channing Frye and Lou Amundson shined in the losing effort.
• Rousing encore: Second year of NBA outdoor game a hit | MyDesert.com | The Desert Sun
  The weather was milder, the scoring more abundant, and the Phoenix Suns felt the second annual Autotrader.com Open, also known as the NBA outdoor game, was a success as far as the event was concerned.
• SLAM ONLINE | " Game Notes: Warriors at Suns

All Coro Links all the Time

• Suns' Clark learning on the job
  Curry confirms what we already knew...."I do now after talking to Coach Gentry," Curry said. "He told me they really wanted me to be in a Suns uniform and tried to work out a deal. That's how the draft works. It's unpredictable."
• Heat Index: Love thy neighbor, Suns
  Coro provides the locker room layout for the new Suns...
• azcentral.com blogs - Coro's Suns dish: Cloudy with a chance of airballs
  Coro's Suns dish: That certainly did look like the perennial NBA leaders in field goal shooting Saturday night. The Suns shot 40.4 percent. Even worse, after a 24-13 start, they shot 37 percent. But they shot 31 percent at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden last year and managed...

Random/Other Links

• Amare Stoudemire focused on bounce-back season - ESPN
  Although his future with the Suns remains unclear, Amare Stoudemire is focused on bouncing back from an injury-mired 2008-09.
• The Kevin Durant Conundrum - TrueHoop By Henry Abbott - ESPN
  Once again, statistics fail to tell the true story of basketball...
• Durant Responds to Stat Head Criticism - Bethlehem Shoals - The Baseline - Sporting News
  I am with Kevin on this one...
• Welcome to Loud City - BRING THE THUNDER! (Oklahoma City Thunder Fansite) Speaking of the OKC Thunder, the Suns will see just how bad or good or plus or minus Durant is when the teams meet tonight for preseason game #3
  
  
• MERCURY: 2009 MERCURY FINALS INDEX
  Wrapping up the 2nd championship for the Mercury. That's Phoenix Mercury 2. Phoenix Suns 0. But it's not a competition. They are all just basketball players in the eyes of the basketball gods
• MERCURY: MERCURY TO CELEBRATE 2009 WNBA CHAMPIONSHIP ON MONDAY
  6pm tonight

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