2010–11 Phoenix Suns season
| 2010–11 Phoenix Suns season | |
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| Head coach | Alvin Gentry |
| General manager | Lance Blanks |
| President | Lon Babby |
| Owner(s) | Robert Sarver |
| Arena | US Airways Center |
| Results | |
| Record | 40–42 (.488) |
| Place | Division: 2nd (Pacific) Conference: 10th (Western) |
| Playoff finish | Did not qualify |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
| Local media | |
| Television | Fox Sports Arizona, KUTP |
| Radio | KTAR |
The 2010–11 Phoenix Suns season was the 43rd season for the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association (NBA). For the first time in eight seasons, the Suns were without the play of power forward Amar'e Stoudemire, a 5-time All-Star and former Rookie of the Year who joined the New York Knicks in the summer. The Suns traded Jason Richardson on December 18, 2010, as part of a trade that brought Vince Carter to the Suns.[1] On February 24, 2011, the Suns traded Goran Dragić and the draft pick they got earlier from Orlando in exchange for Aaron Brooks. Alvin Gentry was head coach and the Suns played their home games at US Airways Center.
Key dates
[edit]- June 24, 2010 – The 2010 NBA draft was held in New York City.
- July 1, 2010 – The free agency period begun.
- July 11, 2010 – The Suns traded with the Atlanta Hawks and the Toronto Raptors.
- July 12, 2010 – The Suns announced Lon Babby as their newest vice president for basketball operations.
- August 5, 2010 – The Suns announced Lance Blanks as their newest general manager, hiring him over Jeff Bower, Tommy Sheppard, Jeff Weltman, and Ronnie Lester.
- December 18, 2010 – The Suns traded Jason Richardson, Hedo Türkoğlu, and Earl Clark to the Orlando Magic for Vince Carter, Mickaël Piétrus, Marcin Gortat, their 2011 first round draft pick and cash.
- February 24, 2011 – The Suns traded Goran Dragić and a lottery protected 2011 draft pick to the Houston Rockets for Aaron Brooks.
Offseason
[edit]NBA draft
[edit]| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | College |
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| 2 | 46 | Gani Lawal | Forward |  United States
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Georgia Tech |
| 2 | 60 | Dwayne Collins | Forward | United States
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Miami (FL) |
Free agency
[edit]Amar'e Stoudemire opted out of his final year of his contract and became an unrestricted free agent. He was to be paid $17.7 million.[2] He later joined the New York Knicks.
Channing Frye re-signed with Phoenix on a 5-year, $30 million contract on July 1. One day later, the Suns signed power forward Hakim Warrick to a 4-year, $16 million contract. At the same time, Phoenix ended up trading Leandro Barbosa and Dwayne Jones to the Toronto Raptors in exchange for Hedo Türkoğlu.
Roster
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Regular season
[edit]Standings
[edit]| W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Div | |
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| y-Los Angeles Lakers | 57 | 25 | .695 | – | 30–11 | 27–14 | 12–4 |
| Phoenix Suns | 40 | 42 | .488 | 17 | 23–18 | 17–24 | 9–7 |
| Golden State Warriors | 36 | 46 | .439 | 21 | 26–15 | 10–31 | 5–11 |
| Los Angeles Clippers | 32 | 50 | .390 | 25 | 23–18 | 9–32 | 7–9 |
| Sacramento Kings | 24 | 58 | .293 | 33 | 11–30 | 13–28 | 7–9 |
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| 1 | c-San Antonio Spurs | 61 | 21 | .744 | – |
| 2 | y-Los Angeles Lakers | 57 | 25 | .695 | 4 |
| 3 | x-Dallas Mavericks | 57 | 25 | .695 | 4 |
| 4 | y-Oklahoma City Thunder | 55 | 27 | .671 | 6 |
| 5 | x-Denver Nuggets | 50 | 32 | .610 | 11 |
| 6 | x-Portland Trail Blazers | 48 | 34 | .585 | 13 |
| 7 | x-New Orleans Hornets | 46 | 36 | .561 | 15 |
| 8 | x-Memphis Grizzlies | 46 | 36 | .561 | 15 |
| 9 | Houston Rockets | 43 | 39 | .524 | 18 |
| 10 | Phoenix Suns | 40 | 42 | .488 | 21 |
| 11 | Utah Jazz | 39 | 43 | .476 | 22 |
| 12 | Golden State Warriors | 36 | 46 | .439 | 25 |
| 13 | Los Angeles Clippers | 32 | 50 | .390 | 29 |
| 14 | Sacramento Kings | 24 | 58 | .293 | 37 |
| 15 | Minnesota Timberwolves | 17 | 65 | .207 | 44 |
Game log
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October: 1–2 (home: 0–1; road: 1–1)
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November: 7–7 (home: 4–2; road: 3–5)
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December: 6–8 (home: 4–4; road: 2–4)
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January: 8–7 (home: 5–3; road: 3–4)
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February: 9–3 (home: 4–3; road: 5–0)
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March: 5–11 (home: 3–5; road: 2–6)
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April: 4–4 (home: 3–0; road: 1–4)
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Player statistics
[edit]| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
| FG% | Field-goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field-goal percentage | FT% | Free-throw percentage |
| RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
| BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game |
Season
[edit]| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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| Earl Barron* | 12 | 6 | 15.3 | .235 | .000 | .600 | 3.3 | 0.3 | .5 | .3 | 3.0 |
| Aaron Brooks* | 25 | 5 | 18.9 | .430 | .328 | .807 | 1.1 | 4.2 | .5 | .0 | 9.6 |
| Vince Carter* | 51 | 41 | 27.2 | .422 | .366 | .735 | 3.6 | 1.6 | .9 | .3 | 13.5 |
| Josh Childress | 54 | 3 | 16.6 | .565† | .063 | .492 | 2.9 | 0.8 | .6 | .4 | 5.0 |
| Earl Clark* | 9 | 0 | 8.0 | .387 | .000 | .500 | 1.9 | 0.4 | .1 | .3 | 3.2 |
| Zabian Dowdell | 24 | 0 | 12.2 | .408 | .300 | .941# | 0.8 | 2.1 | .8 | .1 | 5.0 |
| Goran Dragić* | 48 | 2 | 17.8 | .421 | .277 | .608 | 1.8 | 3.1 | .8 | .1 | 7.4 |
| Jared Dudley | 82 | 15 | 26.1 | .477 | .415 | .743 | 3.9 | 1.3 | 1.1+ | .2 | 10.6 |
| Channing Frye | 77 | 64 | 33.0 | .432 | .390 | .832 | 6.7+ | 1.2 | .6 | 1.0+ | 12.7 |
| Marcin Gortat* | 55 | 12 | 29.7 | .563† | .250 | .731 | 9.3+ | 1.0 | .5 | 1.3+ | 13.0 |
| Grant Hill | 80 | 80 | 30.1 | .484 | .395 | .829 | 4.2 | 2.5 | .8 | .4 | 13.2 |
| Gani Lawal | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .0 | .0 | 0.0 |
| Robin Lopez | 67 | 56 | 14.8 | .501† | .000 | .740 | 3.2 | 0.1 | .3 | .7 | 6.4 |
| Steve Nash | 75 | 75 | 33.3 | .492† | .395 | .912# | 3.5 | 11.4 | .6 | .1 | 14.7+ |
| Mickaël Piétrus* | 38 | 4 | 18.1 | .392 | .342 | .706 | 2.0 | 0.6 | .5 | .5 | 7.4 |
| Jason Richardson* | 25 | 25 | 31.8 | .470 | .419^ | .764 | 4.4 | 1.4 | 1.1+ | .1 | 19.3+ |
| Garret Siler | 21 | 0 | 4.8 | .548† | .000 | .500 | 1.3 | 0.1 | .1 | .2 | 2.1 |
| Hedo Türkoğlu* | 25 | 16 | 25.2 | .440 | .423^ | .722 | 4.0 | 2.3 | .7 | .6 | 9.5 |
| Hakim Warrick | 80 | 6 | 17.7 | .511† | .091 | .721 | 3.7 | 0.9 | .4 | .1 | 8.4 |
* – Stats with the Suns.
† – Minimum 300 field goals made.
^ – Minimum 55 three-pointers made.
# – Minimum 125 free throws made.
+ – Minimum 70 games played or 800 rebounds, 125 steals, 100 blocks, 1400 points.
Awards, records and milestones
[edit]Awards
[edit]Week/Month
[edit]All-Star
[edit]Season
[edit]- Steve Nash led the league in assists with 11.4 assists per game.
Records
[edit]- On November 14, 2010, the Suns scored a franchise record 22 three-pointers in a victory over the Los Angeles Lakers.
Milestones
[edit]- On January 16, 2011, Vince Carter scored his 20,000th point in a victory over the New York Knicks.
Team Milestones
[edit]Injuries and surgeries
[edit]- During the Los Angeles Lakers game on November 14, Jared Dudley accidentally landed on Robin Lopez's right leg. Robin was slated to be out for 1–2 weeks. This caused the Suns to replace Matt Janning with Earl Barron.
Transactions
[edit]Trades
[edit]| July 9, 2010 |
To Chicago Bulls |
To Phoenix Suns |
| July 9, 2010 |
To New York Knicks |
To Phoenix Suns
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| July 13, 2010 |
To Atlanta Hawks |
To Phoenix Suns |
| July 14, 2010 |
To Toronto Raptors |
To Phoenix Suns |
| December 18, 2010 |
To Orlando Magic |
To Phoenix Suns
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| February 24, 2011 |
To Houston Rockets |
To Phoenix Suns |
Free agents
[edit]Additions
[edit]| Player | Signed | Former Team |
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| Grant Hill | Signed 1-year extended contract for $3.3 million | Phoenix Suns |
| Channing Frye | Signed 5-year contract for $30 million | Phoenix Suns |
| Hakim Warrick | Signed 4-year contract for $18 million | Chicago Bulls |
| Josh Childress | Signed 5-year contract for $33 million |  Olympiacos Piraeus B.C. / Atlanta Hawks[a]
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| Matt Janning | Signed 2-year contract for $3 million | Northeastern University Huskies[b] |
| Garret Siler | Signed 2-year contract for $3 million |  Shanghai Xiyang Sharks[3]
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| Earl Barron | Signed 1-year contract totaling out to $188,558 | New York Knicks |
| Zabian Dowdell | Signed two 10-day contracts / 1-year contract for $242,374[c] | Tulsa 66ers / Phoenix Suns[c] |
^ a: Josh Childress still had his original NBA rights to the Atlanta Hawks.
^ b: Matt Janning was originally undrafted on the 2010 NBA draft.
^ c: Zabian Dowdell signed two 10-day contracts before officially signing up with the Suns.
Subtractions
[edit]| Player | Reason Left | New Team |
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| Amar'e Stoudemire | Free agent | New York Knicks |
| Leandro Barbosa | Traded |  Toronto Raptors
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| Dwayne Jones | Traded / Waived[d] | Toronto Raptors / Fujian SBS Xunxing[4]
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| Taylor Griffin | Waived |  Belgacom Liège[5]
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| Dwayne Collins | Signed a new contract |  Pallacanestro Varese[e]
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| Louis Amundson | Free agent | Golden State Warriors[6] |
| Jarron Collins | Free agent | Los Angeles Clippers / Portland Trail Blazers[7][f] |
| Matt Janning | Waived[g] | Maine Red Claws / Rio Grande Valley Vipers[h] |
| Earl Barron | Waived | Milwaukee Bucks / Portland Trail Blazers[i] |
| Jason Richardson Hedo Türkoğlu Earl Clark |
Traded | Orlando Magic |
| Zabian Dowdell | First two 10-day contracts expired | Phoenix Suns[j] |
| Goran Dragić | Traded | Houston Rockets |
^ d: Dwayne Jones did originally leave by the trade for Hedo Türkoğlu. However, the Toronto Raptors waived him later on in the year and was allowed back in the Suns' training camp roster. When he was outperformed by Garret Siler in the preseason, he was officially waived and decided to play overseas in China with the Fujian SBS Xunxing.
^ e: Although Dwayne Collins played for Pallacanestro Varese this season, he still retained his international rights to the Phoenix Suns until 2014.
^ f: Jarron Collins originally signed two 10–day contracts with the Los Angeles Clippers in January 2011 before being waived on his second contract with them. He later got two more 10–day contracts with the Portland Trail Blazers in March 2011 before officially retiring from playing basketball after this season was over with.
^ g: Unlike most other players that signed on with the team, Matt Janning never played a single game for the Suns during his time with the team.
^ h: Matt Janning originally played for the Maine Red Claws on December 1, 2010 in the D-League after being waived by the Suns until his rights were traded to the Rio Grande Valley Vipers on January 20, 2011.
^ i: After Earl Barron was waived by the Suns, he played for the Milwaukee Bucks throughout March 2011 due to two 10–day contracts with the team before he would eventually sign a contract to play with the Portland Trail Blazers for the rest of the season on April 12, 2011.
^ j: Zabian Dowdell eventually signed on to the Suns for a full year contract.
References
[edit]- ^ Gonzalez, Antonio (December 18, 2010). "Magic acquire Arenas, Turkoglu, Richardson". Yahoo! Sports.com. Retrieved December 20, 2010.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Coro, Paul (June 30, 2010). "Stoudemire officially opts out, continues negotiations with Suns". The Arizona Republic. Retrieved July 1, 2010.
- ^ "Former Jaguar Siler to sign with Suns | the Augusta Chronicle". Archived from the original on September 13, 2012. Retrieved September 21, 2010.
- ^ "Dwayne Jones Player Profile, Houston Wolverines, News, Stats - USbasket".
- ^ "Belgacom Liege adds Taylor Griffin and Cedric Bozeman | Belgium | Europe | Sportando". Archived from the original on September 8, 2010. Retrieved August 3, 2010.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on September 15, 2010. Retrieved September 13, 2010.
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