| If you manage to get your hands on Phoenix | | | | when he's not 100%, he can slow down the |
| Suns tickets, you need to be ready to move | | | | offense and create problems with ball |
| your head back and forth as the ball zooms up | | | | movement. His healthy return is critical. |
| and down the court for 48 frenetic minutes. | | | | |
| The Suns make no apologies for their style of | | | | Strong Suit |
| play, even though their offensive game tends | | | | |
| to ruffle the feathers of basketball purists. | | | | It's all about the offense with the Suns, as |
| The Suns have seemingly been in contention | | | | has been mentioned. The Suns like to put pure |
| for the NBA title for years, and below we'll | | | | athletes on the floor, spread it out and run |
| take a look at their prospects for the | | | | the other team into the ground over the |
| upcoming season. | | | | course of 48 minutes. That strategy works |
| | | | well, particularly against plodding, physical |
| Additions | | | | teams who just can't keep up with the speedy |
| | | | Suns. They don't get tired, and Steve Nash is |
| The Suns appeared to be relatively quiet | | | | the best in the game when it comes to |
| during the summer, but they did actually | | | | breaking down a defense and finding the open |
| change the face of their team somewhat. The | | | | man. He's also a master at dictating tempo. |
| Suns lost Tim Thomas, but brought in Eric | | | | Hungry scorers like Shawn Marion and Boris |
| Piatkowski and Marcus Banks and got star | | | | Diaw know that their stat lines will look |
| Amare Stoudemire back from a long battle with | | | | great if they run with Nash, and that's |
| a knee injury. Piatkowski obviously brings a | | | | exactly how the Suns operate. |
| sharp shooter to the floor, which could and | | | | |
| should be a good match for the Suns' | | | | Outlook |
| high-powered, high-flying offense, and | | | | |
| Piatkowski could enjoy a year of catching | | | | As fun as the Suns are to watch, there is one |
| bullets from Steve Nash outside the arc and | | | | flaw that seems to haunt them every year in |
| firing away. | | | | the playoffs. Their style is ultimately not |
| | | | enough to get them through the rugged Western |
| The Stoudemire "addition," however, is what's | | | | Conference, as playoff basketball is just a |
| going to determine the fate of the Suns this | | | | different breed than regular season games. |
| year more than anything else. When he's | | | | The Suns cannot be counted on the make that |
| physically right, he's completely dominant, | | | | "big" stop when they need one, and that will |
| and he's worth the effort of obtaining | | | | get you eliminated in the postseason. |
| Phoenix Suns tickets all by himself. However, | | | | |