2010–11 Phoenix Suns season

2010–11 Phoenix Suns season
Head coach	Alvin Gentry
Arena	US Airways Center

Results
Record	40–42 (.488)
Place	Division: 2nd (Pacific) Conference: 10th (Western)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	Fox Sports Arizona, KUTP
Radio	KTAR
Phoenix Suns seasons
< 2009–10	2011–12 >

The 2010–11 Phoenix Suns season is the 43rd season for the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association (NBA). For the first time in eight seasons, the Suns will be 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 before the season's start. The Suns would be without another star player, when on December 18 Jason Richardson was part of a trade that involved Vince Carter coming to the Suns.^[1] Head coach Alvin Gentry leads the Suns, who play home games at US Airways Center.

Key dates

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.
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.

Summary

NBA Draft 2010

Main article: 2010 NBA Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Team
2	46	Lawal, GaniGani Lawal	PF	United States	Georgia Tech (Jr.)
2	60	Collins, DwayneDwayne Collins	PF	United States	Miami (Sr.)

Free agency

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 resigned with Phoenix for a 5-year, $30 million contract on July 1. One day later, the Suns signed powerforward Hakim Warrick to a 4-year, $16 million contract.

Draft picks

Main article: 2010 NBA Draft

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	DOB (Y–M–D)	From
1.0 !PG	0	USA !	Brooks, Aaron	72 !6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	161 lb (73 kg)	1985–01–14	Oregon
2.0 !SG	25	USA !	Carter, Vince	78 !6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1977–01–26	North Carolina
3.0 !SF	1	USA !	Childress, Josh	80 !6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1983–06–20	Stanford
1.0 !PG	22	USA !	Dowdell, Zabian	75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	191 lb (87 kg)	1984–09–10	Virginia Tech
3.0 !SF	3	USA !	Dudley, Jared	79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	1985–07–10	Boston College
4.5 !PF	8	USA !	Frye, Channing	83 !6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	1983–05–17	Arizona
6.0 !C	4	POL !	Gortat, Marcin	83 !6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	1984–02–17	Poland
3.0 !SF	33	USA !	Hill, Grant (C)	80 !6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	1972–10–05	Duke
4.5 !PF	31	USA !	Lawal, Gani (IN)	81 !6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	233 lb (106 kg)	1988–11–07	Georgia Tech
6.0 !C	15	USA !	Lopez, Robin	84 !7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	255 lb (116 kg)	1988–04–01	Stanford
1.0 !PG	13	CAN !	Nash, Steve (C)	75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	178 lb (81 kg)	1974–02–07	Santa Clara
2.0 !SG	12	FRA !	Piétrus, Mickaël (IN)	78 !6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	1982–02–07	France
6.0 !C	20	USA !	Siler, Garret	83 !6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	305 lb (138 kg)	1986–10–25	Augusta State*
4.5 !PF	21	USA !	Warrick, Hakim	81 !6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	219 lb (99 kg)	1982–07–08	Syracuse

Head coach

Alvin Gentry (Appalachian State)

Assistant coach(es)

Athletic trainer(s)

Aaron Nelson (Iowa State)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended

Injured

Depth chart

Pos.	Starter	Bench	Reserve	Inactive
C	Marcin Gortat	Robin Lopez	Garret Siler
PF	Channing Frye	Hakim Warrick		Gani Lawal
SF	Grant Hill	Josh Childress
SG	Jared Dudley	Vince Carter		Mickaël Piétrus
PG	Steve Nash	Aaron Brooks	Zabian Dowdell

Pre-season

Game log

Pre-season: 2–6 (Home: 2–3; Road: 0–3)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	October 5	@ Sacramento	L 95–109	Jason Richardson (17)	Robin Lopez (6)	Chucky Atkins (4)	ARCO Arena 9,485	0–1
2	October 8	Toronto	L 78–129	Jared Dudley (10)	Hedo Türkoğlu (8)	Steve Nash (7)	General Motors Place 18,123	0–2
3	October 9	Dallas	W 98–90	Grant Hill (16)	Robin Lopez (6)	Steve Nash (10)	Indian Wells Tennis Garden 15,617	1–2
4	October 12	Utah	L 100–105	Goran Dragić (15)	Josh Childress (8)	Steve Nash (10)	US Airways Center 12,410	1–3
5	October 14	@ Utah	L 97–108	Hedo Türkoğlu (13)	Jason Richardson, Garret Siler (7)	Steve Nash (5)	EnergySolutions Arena 19,883	1–4
6	October 17	@ Toronto	L 100–121	Steve Nash (16)	Steve Nash (7)	Steve Nash (6)	Air Canada Centre 12,902	1–5
7	October 19	Golden State	W 92–87	Steve Nash (18)	Robin Lopez (10)	Steve Nash, Goran Dragić (4)	US Airways Center 14,635	2–5
8	October 22	Denver	L 106–144	Jared Dudley (17)	Robin Lopez (7)	Steve Nash (12)	US Airways Center 15,440	2–6

2010–11 season schedule

Regular season

Standings

Pacific Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
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

#	Western Conference
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
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

Total: 40–42 (Home: 23–18; Road: 17–24)

October: 1–2 (Home: 0–1; Road: 1–1)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	October 26	@ Portland	L 92–106	Steve Nash (26)	Channing Frye, Jason Richardson (6)	Steve Nash (6)	Rose Garden 20,603	0–1
2	October 28	@ Utah	W 110–94	Hakim Warrick, Steve Nash (18)	Grant Hill (12)	Goran Dragić (6)	EnergySolutions Arena 19,911	1–1
3	October 29	L.A. Lakers	L 106–114	Grant Hill (21)	Robin Lopez (14)	Steve Nash (9)	US Airways Center 18,422	1–2

November: 7–7 (Home: 4–2; Road: 3–5)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
4	November 3	San Antonio	L 110–112	Jason Richardson (21)	Grant Hill (8)	Goran Dragić (8)	US Airways Center 17,060	1–3
5	November 5	Memphis	W 123–118 (2OT)	Jason Richardson (38)	Channing Frye (11)	Steve Nash (9)	US Airways Center 16,470	2–3
6	November 7	@ Atlanta	W 118–114	Jason Richardson (21)	Jared Dudley, Grant Hill, Josh Childress (6)	Steve Nash (15)	Philips Arena 13,395	3–3
7	November 8	@ Memphis	L 99–109	Grant Hill (19)	Grant Hill (12)	Steve Nash (11)	FedExForum 10,786	3–4
8	November 12	Sacramento	W 103–89	Steve Nash (28)	Jason Richardson (8)	Steve Nash (14)	US Airways Center 18,029	4–4
9	November 14	@ L.A. Lakers	W 121–116	Jason Richardson (35)	Jason Richardson (8)	Steve Nash (13)	Staples Center 18,997	5–4
10	November 15	Denver	W 100–94	Hakim Warrick (21)	Josh Childress (8)	Steve Nash (7)	US Airways Center 17,744	6–4
11	November 17	@ Miami	L 96–123	Steve Nash (17)	Channing Frye, Hedo Türkoğlu (6)	Hedo Türkoğlu (4)	American Airlines Arena 19,600	6–5
12	November 18	@ Orlando	L 89–105	Grant Hill (21)	Channing Frye (6)	Goran Dragić (4)	Amway Center 18,846	6–6
13	November 20	@ Charlotte	L 105–123	Grant Hill (23)	Channing Frye (6)	Goran Dragić (10)	Time Warner Cable Arena 16,428	6–7
14	November 22	@ Houston	W 123–116	Jason Richardson (26)	Hedo Türkoğlu (9)	Steve Nash (8)	Toyota Center 15,080	7–7
15	November 24	Chicago	L 115–123 (2OT)	Grant Hill (27)	Hedo Türkoğlu (10)	Steve Nash (16)	US Airways Center 18,422	7–8
16	November 26	L.A. Clippers	W 116–108	Jason Richardson (29)	Jason Richardson, Hakim Warrick (6)	Steve Nash (10)	US Airways Center 17,486	8–8
17	November 28	@ Denver	L 133–138	Jason Richardson (39)	Jason Richardson (10)	Steve Nash (11)	Pepsi Center 15,482	8–9

December: 6–8 (Home: 4–4; Road: 2–4)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
18	December 2	@ Golden State	W 107–101	Jason Richardson (25)	Channing Frye (10)	Steve Nash (16)	Oracle Arena 18,328	9–9
19	December 3	Indiana	W 105–97	Channing Frye (29)	Goran Dragić (6)	Steve Nash (11)	US Airways Center 18,422	10-9
20	December 5	Washington	W 125–108	Hakim Warrick (26)	Earl Barron (8)	Steve Nash (17)	US Airways Center 17,430	11–9
21	December 7	@ Portland	L 99–106	Steve Nash (24)	Grant Hill (8)	Steve Nash (14)	Rose Garden 20,151	11–10
22	December 8	Memphis	L 98–104 (OT)	Goran Dragić (17)	Josh Childress, Channing Frye, Hedo Türkoğlu (7)	Steve Nash (7)	US Airways Center 16,288	11–11
23	December 10	Portland	L 94–101	Steve Nash (24)	Channing Frye, Steve Nash (7)	Steve Nash (5)	US Airways Center 17,284	11–12
24	December 15	Minnesota	W 128–122	Jason Richardson (29)	Channing Frye (9)	Steve Nash (19)	US Airways Center 16,997	12–12
25	December 17	@ Dallas	L 91–106	Hakim Warrick (15)	Channing Frye, Hakim Warrick (14)	Goran Dragić (10)	American Airlines Center 20,406	12–13
26	December 19	@ Oklahoma City	W 113–110	Grant Hill (30)	Grant Hill (11)	Steve Nash (10)	Oklahoma City Arena 18,203	13–13
27	December 20	@ San Antonio	L 110–118	Jared Dudley (27)	Robin Lopez (7)	Steve Nash (10)	AT&T Center 18,581	13–14
28	December 23	Miami	L 83–95	Jared Dudley (33)	Jared Dudley (12)	Steve Nash (18)	US Airways Center 18,422	13–15
29	December 26	@ L.A. Clippers	L 103–108	Mickaël Piétrus (25)	Grant Hill (7)	Steve Nash (15)	Staples Center 19,060	13–16
30	December 29	Philadelphia	L 110–123	Steve Nash (23)	Marcin Gortat (6)	Steve Nash (15)	US Airways Center 18,422	13–17
31	December 31	Detroit	W 92–75	Vince Carter, Jared Dudley (19)	Vince Carter, Marcin Gortat (8)	Marcin Gortat, Goran Dragić (5)	US Airways Center 17,637	14-17

January: 8–7 (Home: 5–3; Road: 3–4)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
32	January 2	@ Sacramento	L 89–94	Steve Nash (20)	Marcin Gortat, Grant Hill (6)	Steve Nash (12)	ARCO Arena 12,500	14–18
33	January 5	L.A. Lakers	L 95–99	Jared Dudley (21)	Marcin Gortat (9)	Steve Nash (10)	US Airways Center 18,105	14–19
34	January 7	New York	L 96–121	Vince Carter (19)	Jared Dudley, Channing Frye (6)	Steve Nash (9)	US Airways Center 17,621	14–20
35	January 9	Cleveland	W 108–100	Jared Dudley (21)	Channing Frye (12)	Steve Nash (17)	US Airways Center 17,031	15–20
36	January 11	@ Denver	L 98–132	Vince Carter, Steve Nash (15)	Channing Frye (8)	Steve Nash (7)	Pepsi Center 14,874	15–21
37	January 12	New Jersey	W 118–109 (OT)	Vince Carter, Steve Nash (23)	Channing Frye, Steve Nash (7)	Steve Nash (16)	US Airways Center 16,334	16–21
38	January 14	Portland	W 115–111	Steve Nash (23)	Channing Frye (8)	Steve Nash (13)	US Airways Center 17,412	17–21
39	January 17	@ New York	W 129–121	Vince Carter (29)	Vince Carter (12)	Steve Nash (11)	Madison Square Garden 19,763	18–21
40	January 19	@ Cleveland	W 106–98	Grant Hill (27)	Marcin Gortat, Grant Hill (12)	Steve Nash (15)	Quicken Loans Arena 20,562	19–21
41	January 21	@ Washington	W 109–91	Channing Frye (25)	Marcin Gortat (14)	Steve Nash (14)	Verizon Center 15,716	20–21
42	January 22	@ Detroit	L 74–75	Steve Nash (14)	Marcin Gortat (13)	Steve Nash (8)	The Palace of Auburn Hills 21,326	20–22
43	January 24	@ Philadelphia	L 95–105	Jared Dudley (23)	Jared Dudley (7)	Steve Nash (9)	Wells Fargo Center 14,881	20–23
44	January 26	Charlotte	L 107–114	Steve Nash (27)	Marcin Gortat (7)	Steve Nash (15)	US Airways Center 16,986	20–24
45	January 28	Boston	W 88–71	Marcin Gortat (19)	Marcin Gortat (17)	Steve Nash (10)	US Airways Center 18,422	21–24
46	January 30	New Orleans	W 104–102	Marcin Gortat (25)	Marcin Gortat (11)	Steve Nash (15)	US Airways Center 17,921	22–24

February: 9–3 (Home: 4–3; Road: 5–0)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
47	February 2	Milwaukee	W 92–77	Marcin Gortat (19)	Channing Frye (13)	Steve Nash (13)	US Airways Center 16,422	23–24
48	February 4	Oklahoma City	L 107–111	Vince Carter (33)	Channing Frye (9)	Steve Nash (8)	US Airways Center 16,274	23–25
49	February 7	@ Golden State	W 104–92	Channing Frye (19)	Channing Frye (11)	Steve Nash (15)	Oracle Arena 18,002	24–25
50	February 10	Golden State	W 112–88	Steve Nash (18)	Channing Frye, Marcin Gortat (9)	Steve Nash (11)	US Airways Center 16,731	25–25
51	February 11	@ Utah	W 95–83	Steve Nash (18)	Marcin Gortat (10)	Steve Nash (10)	EnergySolutions Arena 19,911	26–25
52	February 13	Sacramento	L 108–113	Steve Nash (22)	Marcin Gortat (12)	Steve Nash (18)	US Airways Center 17,798	26–26
53	February 15	Utah	W 102–101	Channing Frye (31)	Channing Frye (11)	Steve Nash (14)	US Airways Center 16,874	27–26
54	February 17	Dallas	L 106–112	Channing Frye (24)	Robin Lopez (13)	Steve Nash (14)	US Airways Center 17,903	27–27
All-Star Break
55	February 23	Atlanta	W 105–97	Channing Frye (20)	Marcin Gortat (12)	Steve Nash (10)	US Airways Center 18,254	28–27
56	February 25	@ Toronto	W 110–92	Vince Carter, Marcin Gortat (17)	Marcin Gortat (11)	Steve Nash (11)	Air Canada Centre 19,004	29–27
57	February 27	@ Indiana	W 110–108 (OT)	Grant Hill (34)	Marcin Gortat (11)	Steve Nash (13)	Conseco Fieldhouse 14,168	30–27
58	February 28	@ New Jersey	W 104–103 (OT)	Marcin Gortat (17)	Channing Frye (8)	Steve Nash (15)	Prudential Center 15,836	31–27

March: 5–11 (Home: 3–5; Road: 2–6)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
59	March 2	@ Boston	L 103–115	Aaron Brooks (17)	Marcin Gortat (13)	Aaron Brooks, Steve Nash (7)	TD Garden 18,624	31–28
60	March 4	@ Milwaukee	W 102–88	Channing Frye, Mickaël Piétrus (20)	Channing Frye (9)	Steve Nash (13)	Bradley Center 15,011	32–28
61	March 6	@ Oklahoma City	L 118–122 (OT)	Vince Carter (29)	Channing Frye (15)	Steve Nash (14)	Oklahoma City Arena 18,203	32–29
62	March 8	Houston	W 113–110	Vince Carter, Hakim Warrick (32)	Marcin Gortat (16)	Steve Nash (14)	US Airways Center 17,363	33–29
63	March 10	Denver	L 97–116	Marcin Gortat (14)	Marcin Gortat (18)	Aaron Brooks, Steve Nash (7)	US Airways Center 17,465	33–30
64	March 13	Orlando	L 88–111	Aaron Brooks (19)	Hakim Warrick (8)	Aaron Brooks (10)	US Airways Center 18,091	33–31
65	March 14	@ Houston	L 93–95	Vince Carter (21)	Marcin Gortat, Hakim Warrick (8)	Zabian Dowdell (5)	Toyota Center 16,262	33–32
66	March 16	@ New Orleans	L 95–100	Jared Dudley (25)	Jared Dudley, Marcin Gortat (8)	Steve Nash (10)	New Orleans Arena 13,758	33–33
67	March 18	Golden State	W 108–97	Marcin Gortat (18)	Channing Frye, Marcin Gortat (9)	Steve Nash (10)	US Airways Center 18,422	34–33
68	March 20	@ L.A. Clippers	W 108–99	Steve Nash (23)	Marcin Gortat (13)	Steve Nash (13)	Staples Center 19,060	35–33
69	March 22	@ L.A. Lakers	L 137–139 (3OT)	Channing Frye (32)	Marcin Gortat (16)	Steve Nash (20)	Staples Center 18,997	35–34
70	March 23	Toronto	W 114–106	Aaron Brooks (25)	Marcin Gortat (8)	Aaron Brooks, Steve Nash (8)	US Airways Center 17,865	36–34
71	March 25	New Orleans	L 100–106	Marcin Gortat, Grant Hill (18)	Marcin Gortat (10)	Steve Nash (8)	US Airways Center 18,422	36–35
72	March 27	Dallas	L 83–91	Jared Dudley, Marcin Gortat (20)	Marcin Gortat (15)	Steve Nash (10)	US Airways Center 17,314	36–36
73	March 29	@ Sacramento	L 113–116	Jared Dudley, Channing Frye (21)	Marcin Gortat (11)	Steve Nash (14)	Power Balance Pavilion 13,774	36–37
74	March 30	Oklahoma City	L 98–116	Vince Carter (28)	Marcin Gortat (10)	Steve Nash (9)	US Airways Center 18,033	36–38

April: 4–4 (Home: 3–0; Road: 1–4)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
75	April 1	L.A. Clippers	W 111–98	Grant Hill (19)	Marcin Gortat (11)	Aaron Brooks (6)	US Airways Center 18,422	37–38
76	April 3	@ San Antonio	L 97–114	Aaron Brooks, Channing Frye (14)	Jared Dudley (10)	Aaron Brooks (6)	AT&T Center 18,581	37–39
77	April 5	@ Chicago	L 94–97	Vince Carter (23)	Marcin Gortat (13)	Steve Nash (16)	United Center 21,873	37–40
78	April 6	@ Minnesota	W 108–98	Marcin Gortat (20)	Marcin Gortat (16)	Steve Nash (9)	Target Center 16,113	38–40
79	April 8	@ New Orleans	L 97–109	Jared Dudley (18)	Jared Dudley, Channing Frye (7)	Aaron Brooks (9)	New Orleans Arena 14,950	38–41
80	April 10	@ Dallas	L 90–115	Marcin Gortat (15)	Marcin Gortat (9)	Steve Nash (9)	American Airlines Center 20,355	38–42
81	April 11	Minnesota	W 135–127 (OT)	Channing Frye (33)	Jared Dudley, Marcin Gortat (8)	Steve Nash (16)	US Airways Center 17,485	39–42
82	April 13	San Antonio	W 106–103	Marcin Gortat (21)	Marcin Gortat (13)	Steve Nash (10)	US Airways Center 18,195	40–42

2010–11 season schedule

Playoffs

Game log

Player statistics

Legend
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

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Barron, Earl !Earl Barron*	12	6	15.3	.235	.0	.600	3.3	0.3	.50	.33	3.0
Brooks, Aaron !Aaron Brooks*	25	5	18.9	.430	.328	.807	1.1	4.2	.52	.04	9.6
Carter, Vince !Vince Carter*	51	41	27.2	.422	.366	.735	3.6	1.6	.92	.33	13.5
Childress, Josh !Josh Childress	54	3	16.6	.565	.063	.492	2.9	0.8	.61	.43	5.0
Clark, Earl !Earl Clark*	9	0	8.0	.387	.0	.500	1.9	0.4	.11	.33	3.2
Dowdell, Zabian !Zabian Dowdell	24	0	12.2	.408	.300	.941	0.8	2.1	.83	.08	5.0
Dragić, Goran !Goran Dragić*	48	2	17.8	.421	.277	.608	1.8	3.1	.80	.11	7.4
Dudley, Jared !Jared Dudley	82	15	26.1	.477	.415	.743	3.9	1.3	1.06	.24	10.6
Frye, Channing !Channing Frye	77	64	33.0	.432	.390	.832	6.7	1.2	.60	1.03	12.7
Gortat, Marcin !Marcin Gortat*	55	12	29.7	.563	.250	.731	9.3	1.0	.53	1.27	13.0
Hill, Grant !Grant Hill	80	80	30.1	.484	.395	.829	4.2	2.5	.80	.44	13.2
Lawal, Gani !Gani Lawal	1	0	2.0	.0	.0	.0	0.0	0.0	.0	.0	0.0
Lopez, Robin !Robin Lopez	67	56	14.8	.501	.0	.740	3.2	0.1	.27	.67	6.4
Nash, Steve !Steve Nash	75	75	33.3	.492	.395	.912	3.5	11.4	.64	.05	14.7
Piétrus, Mickaël !Mickaël Piétrus*	38	4	18.1	.392	.342	.706	2.0	0.6	.50	.47	7.4
Richardson, Jason !Jason Richardson*	25	25	31.8	.470	.419	.764	4.4	1.4	1.08	.12	19.3
Siler, Garret !Garret Siler	21	0	4.8	.548	.0	.500	1.3	0.1	.05	.19	2.1
Türkoğlu, Hedo !Hedo Türkoğlu*	25	16	25.2	.440	.423	.722	4.0	2.3	.72	.56	9.5
Warrick, Hakim !Hakim Warrick	80	6	17.7	.511	.091	.721	3.7	0.9	.40	.11	8.4

* - Stats with the Suns.^[3]

Playoffs

Awards, records and milestones

Awards

Week/Month

All-Star

Season

Records

Milestones

Injuries and surgeries

During the Los Angeles Lakers game on November 14, Jared Dudley accidentally landed on Robin Lopez's right leg. He's currently slated to be out for 1-2 weeks. This caused the Suns to replace Matt Janning with Earl Barron.

Transactions

Trades

July 9, 2010	To Chicago Bulls 2011 second-round pick	To Phoenix Suns Hakim Warrick (sign and trade)
July 9, 2010	To New York Knicks Amar'e Stoudemire (sign and trade)	To Phoenix Suns Protected future second-round pick
July 13, 2010	To Atlanta Hawks 2012 second-round pick	To Phoenix Suns Josh Childress (sign and trade)
July 14, 2010	To Toronto Raptors Leandro Barbosa Dwayne Jones	To Phoenix Suns Hedo Türkoğlu
December 18, 2010	To Orlando Magic Jason Richardson Hedo Türkoğlu Earl Clark	To Phoenix Suns Vince Carter Marcin Gortat Mickaël Piétrus 2011 first-round draft pick Cash considerations
February 24, 2011	To Houston Rockets Goran Dragić 2011 draft pick	To Phoenix Suns Aaron Brooks

Free agents

Additions

Player	Signed	Former Team
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[›]
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^[4]
Earl Barron	Undisclosed	New York Knicks
Zabian Dowdell	Signed 10-day contract / 1 year undisclosed contract	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

Player	Reason Left	New Team
Amar'e Stoudemire	Free agent	New York Knicks
Leandro Barbosa	Traded	Toronto Raptors
Dwayne Jones	Traded / Waived	Toronto Raptors / Fujian SBS Xunxing^[5]^[6]
Taylor Griffin	Waived	Belgacom Liège^[7]
Dwayne Collins	Signed a new contract	Pallacanestro Varese^d[›]
Louis Amundson	Free agent	Golden State Warriors^[8]
Jarron Collins	Free agent	Los Angeles Clippers^[9]
Matt Janning	Waived	Maine Red Claws
Earl Barron	Waived	Milwaukee Bucks
Zabian Dowdell	First 10-day contract expired	Phoenix Suns^e[›]

^ d: Although Dwayne Collins plays for Pallacanestro Varese, he still retains his international rights to the Phoenix Suns.
^ e: He later on signed a second 10-day contract and he eventually signed on to a full year contract.

References

^ Gonzalez, Antonio (December 18, 2010). "Magic acquire Arenas, Turkoglu, Richardson". Yahoo! Sports.com. http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_ylt=AswMVYPtwnMq9ETRh71hWVq8vLYF?slug=ap-magic-trades. Retrieved December 20, 2010.
^ Coro, Paul (June 30, 2010). "Stoudemire officially opts out, continues negotiations with Suns". The Arizona Republic. http://www.azcentral.com/sports/suns/articles/2010/06/30/20100630amare-stoudemire-suns-officially-opts-out-negotiations-continue.html#ixzz0sSnU1YEp. Retrieved July 1, 2010.
^ http://www.nba.com/suns/stats/
^ http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/college/asu/2010-09-21/former-jaguar-siler-sign-suns
^ http://hoopshype.com/rumors/tag/dwayne_jones
^ http://www.asia-basket.com/player.asp?Cntry=CHN&PlayerID=45954
^ http://www.sportando.net/eng/europe/belgium/12133/belgacom_liege_adds_taylor_griffin_and_cedric_bozeman.html
^ http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=5567423
^ http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/09/camp-invites-rolling-in-jarron-collins-to-clippers-steve-novak-to-mavericks.php

Phoenix Suns

Founded in 1968 • Based in Phoenix, Arizona

The Franchise	Franchise • Expansion Draft • History • Draft history • All-time roster • Head coaches • Seasons • Records • Current season

Arenas	Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum • US Airways Center

D-League Affiliate	Bakersfield Jam

Culture & Lore	The Suns Gorilla • 1976 NBA Finals • The Shot 'Heard' Round the World • 1993 NBA Finals • 07 Seconds or Less • Spurs–Suns rivalry • STAT • The Matrix • Sir Charles • Nashty • The Greyhound • Thunder Dan • Shazam • Original Sun • Hawk

Ring of Honor & Retired Numbers	5 · 6 · 7 · 9 · 24 · 33 · 34 · 42 · 44 · 832 · Jerry Colangelo · Joe Proski

Hall of Famers	Charles Barkley • Jerry Colangelo • Gail Goodrich • Connie Hawkins • Dennis Johnson

Key Personnel	Owner: Robert Sarver · President and CEO: Rick Welts · General Manager: Lance Blanks · Head Coach: Alvin Gentry · Voice of the Suns: Al McCoy

Head Coaches	Kerr • Colangelo • Fitzsimmons • van Breda Kolff • Colangelo • MacLeod • Van Arsdale • Wetzel • Fitzsimmons • Westphal • Fitzsimmons • Ainge • Skiles • Johnson • D'Antoni • Porter • Gentry

Western Conference Championships (2)	1976 • 1993

Pacific Division Championships (6)	1981 • 1993 • 1995 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007

Seasons (44)	1968–69 • 1969–70 • 1970–71 • 1971–72 • 1972–73 • 1973–74 • 1974–75 • 1975–76 • 1976–77 • 1977–78 • 1978–79 • 1979–80 • 1980–81 • 1981–82 • 1982–83 • 1983–84 • 1984–85 • 1985–86 • 1986–87 • 1987–88 • 1988–89 • 1989–90 • 1990–91 • 1991–92 • 1992–93 • 1993–94 • 1994–95 • 1995–96 • 1996–97 • 1997–98 • 1998–99 • 1999–2000 • 2000–01 • 2001–02 • 2002–03 • 2003–04 • 2004–05 • 2005–06 • 2006–07 • 2007–08 • 2008–09 • 2009–10 • 2010–11 • 2011-12

Media	TV: FS Arizona • My 45 • Radio: Arizona Sports • Announcers: Gary Bender • Tom Leander • Scott Williams • Eddie Johnson • Al McCoy • Tim Kempton


1960s										1968–69
1970s	1969–70	1970–71	1971–72	1972–73	1973–74	1974–75	1975–76	1976–77	1977–78	1978–79
1980s	1979–80	1980–81	1981–82	1982–83	1983–84	1984–85	1985–86	1986–87	1987–88	1988–89
1990s	1989–90	1990–91	1991–92	1992–93	1993–94	1994–95	1995–96	1996–97	1997–98	1998–99
2000s	1999–00	2000–01	2001–02	2002–03	2003–04	2004–05	2005–06	2006–07	2007–08	2008–09
2010s	2009–10	2010–11	2011–12

2010–11 NBA season by team

2010 NBA Draft • Summer League • All-Star Game • Playoffs • Finals • Transactions • D-League

Eastern

Atlantic	Boston • New Jersey • New York • Philadelphia • Toronto

Central	Chicago • Cleveland • Detroit • Indiana • Milwaukee

Southeast	Atlanta • Charlotte • Miami • Orlando • Washington

Western

Northwest	Denver • Minnesota • Oklahoma City • Portland • Utah

Pacific	Golden State • L.A. Clippers • L.A. Lakers • Phoenix • Sacramento

Southwest	Dallas • Houston • Memphis • New Orleans • San Antonio

2010–11 Phoenix Suns season

Contents

Key dates

Summary

NBA Draft 2010

Free agency

Draft picks

Roster

Depth chart

Pre-season

Game log

Regular season

Standings

Game log

Playoffs

Game log

Player statistics

Season

Playoffs

Awards, records and milestones

Awards

Week/Month

All-Star

Season

Records

Milestones

Injuries and surgeries

Transactions

Trades

Free agents

Additions

Subtractions

References