Young Suns impress despite loss

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In a Summer League full of wannabes, real NBA matchups are hard to come by each year. That made the point-guard duel in the Suns' summer debut Monday night satisfying to them, even though they blew an 18-point lead and lost 100-97 to Houston in Las Vegas. Suns point guard D.J. Strawberry missed a tough 3-point shot at the buzzer that would have tied the score, but he played well against ... [link]

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Rumors and Free Agent Updates - Posey and Point Guard Edition
Published 7/15/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (FLCeltsFan) at LOY's PLACE a celtics green blog
... The Arizona Republic reports that the Suns major competition for Lue is the Celtics who have reportedly offered Lue a one-year veteran minimum deal worth $1.26 million. Shaquille O'Neal has called Lue, who is his friend and former teammate, to make a recruiting pitch for the Suns, but Lue also is a longtime friend of Celtics' star Kevin Garnett. Lue stays at Garnett's Malibu home each summer for workouts. The Heat were attractive because he would be given the starting role, and with both Boston and the Suns he will be a back up to either Rajon Rondo or Steve Nash. Both teams ...

Offer Made To Lue?
Published 7/15/2008 at CelticsBlog
The Arizona Republic is reporting: The main competition for Lue remains Boston, which also is believed to be offering a one-year veteran minimum deal worth $1.26 million. Suns center Shaquille O'Neal has called Lue, his friend and former teammate, to make a recruiting pitch, but Lue also is longtime friends with Boston star Kevin Garnett. Lue stays at Garnett's Malibu home each summer for workouts. The Suns made Lue their top free-agency target. They have a payroll limitation to offer only a minimum deal. I'm not sure if a formal offer was made or if the Celtics just made it ...

Psych! Tyronn Lue Skips Out on the Heat, Looking at Suns and Celtics
Published 7/15/2008 by Matt Moore at FanHouse
... According to the Arizona Republic, Lue thinks Phoenix is his landing spot, saying "I think we're going to get it done in Phoenix." Lue's been courted by friend ...

Tyronn Lue Still Possible… I Guess
Published 7/15/2008 by redsarmy at RedsArmy.com: The Voice Of Celtics Fans
... I guess the Celtics are still pursuing Tyronn Lue.  The Arizona Republic reports Lue is deciding between veteran minimum offers ($1.26 million) from Phoenix and Boston. ...

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