2010–11 Phoenix Suns season

2010–11 Phoenix Suns season
Head coach	Alvin Gentry
General manager	Lance Blanks
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 @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	Fox Sports Arizona, KUTP
Radio	KTAR

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. 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

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

NBA Draft

Main article: 2010 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
2	46	Lawal, GaniGani Lawal	Forward	United States	Georgia Tech
2	60	Collins, DwayneDwayne Collins	Forward	United States	Miami

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 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

Phoenix Suns roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB (YYYY–MM–DD)	From
1.0 !PG	0	Brooks, Aaron	7000182880000000000♠6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	161 lb (73 kg)	000000001985-01-14-0000January 14, 1985	Oregon
2.0 !SG	25	Carter, Vince	7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	000000001977-01-26-0000January 26, 1977	North Carolina
3.0 !SF	1	Childress, Josh	7000203200000000000♠6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	000000001983-06-20-0000June 20, 1983	Stanford
1.0 !PG	22	Dowdell, Zabian	7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	191 lb (87 kg)	000000001984-09-10-0000September 10, 1984	Virginia Tech
3.0 !SF	3	Dudley, Jared	7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	000000001985-07-10-0000July 10, 1985	Boston C
4.5 !PF	8	Frye, Channing	7000210820000000000♠6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	000000001983-05-17-0000May 17, 1983	Arizona
6.0 !C	4	Gortat, Marcin	7000210820000000000♠6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	000000001984-02-17-0000February 17, 1984	Poland
3.0 !SF	33	Hill, Grant (C)	7000203200000000000♠6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	000000001972-10-05-0000October 5, 1972	Duke
4.5 !PF	31	Lawal, Gani	7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	233 lb (106 kg)	000000001988-11-07-0000November 7, 1988	Georgia Tech
6.0 !C	15	Lopez, Robin	7000213360000000000♠7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	255 lb (116 kg)	000000001988-04-01-0000April 1, 1988	Stanford
1.0 !PG	13	Nash, Steve (C)	7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	178 lb (81 kg)	000000001974-02-07-0000February 7, 1974	Santa Clara
2.0 !SG	12	Piétrus, Mickaël	7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	000000001982-02-07-0000February 7, 1982	France
6.0 !C	20	Siler, Garret	7000210820000000000♠6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	305 lb (138 kg)	000000001986-10-25-0000October 25, 1986	Augusta State
4.5 !PF	21	Warrick, Hakim	7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	219 lb (99 kg)	000000001982-07-08-0000July 8, 1982	Syracuse

Head coach

Alvin Gentry (Appalachian State)

Assistant coach(es)

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

2010 pre-season game log

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

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

2010–11 game log
Total: 40–42 (Home: 23–18; Road: 17–24)

October: 1–2 (Home: 0–1; Road: 1–1)

November: 7–7 (Home: 4–2; Road: 3–5)

December: 6–8 (Home: 4–4; Road: 2–4)

January: 8–7 (Home: 5–3; Road: 3–4)

February: 9–3 (Home: 4–3; Road: 5–0)

March: 5–11 (Home: 3–5; Road: 2–6)

April: 4–4 (Home: 3–0; Road: 1–4)

2010–11 season schedule

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	.000	.600	3.3	0.3	.5	.3	3.0
Brooks, Aaron !Aaron Brooks*	25	5	18.9	.430	.328	.807	1.1	4.2	.5	.0	9.6
Carter, Vince !Vince Carter*	51	41	27.2	.422	.366	.735	3.6	1.6	.9	.3	13.5
Childress, Josh !Josh Childress	54	3	16.6	.565†	.063	.492	2.9	0.8	.6	.4	5.0
Clark, Earl !Earl Clark*	9	0	8.0	.387	.000	.500	1.9	0.4	.1	.3	3.2
Dowdell, Zabian !Zabian Dowdell	24	0	12.2	.408	.300	.941#	0.8	2.1	.8	.1	5.0
Dragić, Goran !Goran Dragić*	48	2	17.8	.421	.277	.608	1.8	3.1	.8	.1	7.4
Dudley, Jared !Jared Dudley	82	15	26.1	.477	.415	.743	3.9	1.3	1.1+	.2	10.6
Frye, Channing !Channing Frye	77	64	33.0	.432	.390	.832	6.7+	1.2	.6	1.0+	12.7
Gortat, Marcin !Marcin Gortat*	55	12	29.7	.563†	.250	.731	9.3+	1.0	.5	1.3+	13.0
Hill, Grant !Grant Hill	80	80	30.1	.484	.395	.829	4.2	2.5	.8	.4	13.2
Lawal, Gani !Gani Lawal	1	0	2.0	.000	.000	.000	0.0	0.0	.0	.0	0.0
Lopez, Robin !Robin Lopez	67	56	14.8	.501†	.000	.740	3.2	0.1	.3	.7	6.4
Nash, Steve !Steve Nash	75	75	33.3	.492†	.395	.912#	3.5	11.4	.6	.1	14.7+
Piétrus, Mickaël !Mickaël Piétrus*	38	4	18.1	.392	.342	.706	2.0	0.6	.5	.5	7.4
Richardson, Jason !Jason Richardson*	25	25	31.8	.470	.419^	.764	4.4	1.4	1.1+	.1	19.3+
Siler, Garret !Garret Siler	21	0	4.8	.548†	.000	.500	1.3	0.1	.1	.2	2.1
Türkoğlu, Hedo !Hedo Türkoğlu*	25	16	25.2	.440	.423^	.722	4.0	2.3	.7	.6	9.5
Warrick, Hakim !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

Awards

Season

Steve Nash led the league in assists with 11.4 assists per game.

Records

On November 14, 2010, the Suns scored a franchise record 22 three-pointers in a victory over the Los Angeles Lakers.

Milestones

On January 16, 2011, Vince Carter scored his 20,000th point in a victory over the New York Knicks.

Injuries and surgeries

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

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 Cash considerations
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 lottery protected first round 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^[3]
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

Player	Reason Left	New Team
Amar'e Stoudemire	Free agent	New York Knicks
Leandro Barbosa	Traded	Toronto Raptors
Dwayne Jones	Traded / Waived^d[›]	Toronto Raptors / Fujian SBS Xunxing^[4]
Taylor Griffin	Waived	Belgacom Liège^[5]
Dwayne Collins	Signed a new contract	Pallacanestro Varese^e[›]
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

↑ Gonzalez, Antonio (18 December 2010). "Magic acquire Arenas, Turkoglu, Richardson". Yahoo! Sports.com. Retrieved 20 December 2010.
↑ Coro, Paul (30 June 2010). "Stoudemire officially opts out, continues negotiations with Suns". The Arizona Republic. Retrieved 1 July 2010.
↑ http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/college/asu/2010-09-21/former-jaguar-siler-sign-suns
↑ 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

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2010–11 NBA season by team

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

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