Amare Stoudemire News

Jason Richardson #23 of the Phoenix Suns during the NBA preseason game against the Sacramento Kings at US Airways Center on October 20, 2009 in Phoenix, Arizona.

Before Friday's game, both Celtics coach Doc Rivers and Phoenix coach Alvin Gentry were effusive in their praise of Kendrick Perkins .

It used to be that a season's defining moments for the Suns came against the top teams.

The Boston Celtics hope to win their first seven games of the season for the second time in three years tonight at TD Garden, where they will welcome one of the West's best in the Phoenix Suns.

The Phoenix Suns are hoping to conjure up some old memories of the franchise tonight, when they shoot for the first 5-0 start since the 1984-85 season against the defending Eastern Conference champion Orlando Magic at Amway Arena.

Lots of players against their old teams today, an NBA owner quietly settling a discrimination law suit, a woman getting the nod as head coach of a Dallas affiliated D-League team and two teams remaining unbeaten, one in each conference.

The Suns had one of those offensive nights that reminded fans of "good 'ol days". Eighty-two shots taken, forty-one made and thirty trips to the free throw line, all culminating in hundred and twenty points.

Yep, you heard me right. Amare Stoudemire is to me what Arthur Spooner was to Doug Heffernen.

The Phoenix Suns are hoping to conjure up some old memories of the franchise tonight, when they shoot for the first 5-0 start since the 1984-85 season against the defending Eastern Conference champion Orlando Magic at Amway Arena.

Who knew? Miami and Phoenix for the right to stay undefeated. The Heat is on. Suns at Heat C: Channing Frye .

The Suns pushed their conditioning last month to prepare for the way they want to play and for the grind of the season, and the players are helped when the staff backs off on practice days, as it did Monday.

Phoenix Suns' GM Steve Kerr appeared for his weekly visit on Sports 620 KTAR's Doug and Wolf show on Wednesday morning to talk about the team's preparation for the season.

In the NBA, a good buzz is hard to find. It occurs when everyone in town is talking basketball, when even the supermarkets are stocking team gear.

They were called team options but really each Suns player left management little option with how to act on their contracts.

For a few days last summer, it looked like Stephen Curry would be a Phoenix Sun.

In Amare Stoudemire's past two visits to play the Clippers in Los Angeles, he has posted a 42-point game in February and a 16-point effort Wednesday.

The Phoenix Suns hope to build on a thrilling season- opening win when they play host to the Golden State Warriors tonight.

Suns General Manager Steve Kerr told KTAR-AM this morning that Leandro Barbosa would start tonight in Los Angeles in place of suspended guard Jason Richardson, as was expected before coach Alvin Gentry said he was considering options like starting Jared Dudley, a third big man or Goran Dragic.

Suns update: The Suns are playing their home opener after beating the Los Angeles Clippers 109-107 at Staples Center on Wednesday, thanks to 24 points and eight assists from point guard Steve Nash.

The athleticism and speed were back. The fundamental talent was back. Heck, even the hair was back.