PHOENIX (AP) – A year ago, the Phoenix Suns meshed into one of the NBA’s biggest surprises, finishing as the No. 3 playoff seed in the West and advancing to the conference finals.
Now they have to do it without Amare Stoudemire.
The Suns held their media day on Monday before heading to San Diego for six days of practice. The roster has many familiar names from last year’s overachieving bunch, mostly youngsters led by elders Steve Nash and Grant Hill. There are significant newcomers, too, in Hedo Turkoglu (HEE-doh TURK-oh-loo), Josh Childress and Hakim Warrick.
Coach Alvin Gentry says it will be a challenge in the preseason to work out a player rotation but he believes the team eventually will come together and, in his words, “be pretty good.”
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