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LeBron James acknowledges there is a point in the NBA schedule where regular-season games start carrying a little bit more significance. It's now. He's not shy about saying that, either. Though they all count the same in the marathon 82-game schedule, games after the All-Star break just seem to carry ...

Phoenix Suns point guard Steve Nash is taking a night off to rest his sore groin. Suns coach Alvin Gentry said Nash would sit out against the Magic on Thursday as a precaution. He said Nash probably could have played but there's no reason to push the injury this ...

The Phoenix Suns have extended coach Alvin Gentry's contract through the 2012-13 season. The move essentially is a one-year extension because the Suns exercised an option three months ago on his previous deal that ran through the 2011-12 season. In a news release, Suns president Lon Babby said Gentry "proved ...

John Shumate will join Alvin Gentry's coaching staff with the Phoenix Suns. The team announced on Monday that Shumate would be the Suns' fourth assistant coach. He had been in the Suns scouting department for all but one of the last eight years. Phoenix drafted Shumate out of Notre Dame as the ...