NBA ROUNDUP: 6/13 - 6/20

The NBA season may be over with the Los Angeles Lakers crowned as the 2009 NBA champions, but teams are working hard to build a team to dethrone the champs come next year. It will be an interesting offseason to see where key players like Hedo Turkoglo and Allen Iverson end up. Read more

AMARE NOW WANTS TO STAY

Perhaps a change in leadership is all that’s needed in Phoenix. Amare Stoudamire now says he wants to stay with the Suns after General Manager Steve Kerr opted to promote assistant Alvin Gentry and fire Terry Porter. With a new coach committed to running and spreading the floor, Stoudamire is changing his tone and now wants to stay. Stoudamire has been the central figure in many trade talks over the past few weeks.

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SUNS SETTING AS WE KNEW THEM

It’s not a good time to be a Phoenix Suns fan right now. The once run-and-gun rapid-fire offense has chugged to a halt, most effectively illustrated by its latest three-game slide before rebounding and winning two in a row. “I think we were splintering,” Steve Nash tells Yahoo Sports. Adrian Wojnarowski wonders if this is the end of the Suns as we know it. Nash is getting older, as is Shaquille O’Neal. Although his resurgence may ultimately hurt the team, because of the lack of touches and slower developer for younger Amare Stoudamire.  He notes Stoudamire has been invisible on the floor at times.

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WHERE HAVE ALL THE BIG MEN GONE?

When you talk about the most dominant players in the league today, rarely do you talk about the big men. Read more