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Suns Don't Guarantee Gentry's ReturnThe Suns were expected to remove the interim tag from coach Alvin Gentry's title shortly after the season, but two weeks have passed without any change. Phoenix owner Robert Sarver told the East Valley Tribune that he is still reviewing the team's effort this past season. "It's always good to step back for a couple of weeks and approach things with a fresh view," Sarver said. Sarver then made it clear that Gentry isn't a lock to return to the bench for the Suns next season. "I'm hopeful he will be," Sarver responded. "But there are no guarantees." Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback Buy Tickets Voter Mistakenly Picked Robin Instead Of Brook?
Brook Lopez of the New Jersey Nets, Robin's brother, finished third in voting. Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback Buy Tickets Kerr: Suns Don't Need To Be Blown Up
"I don't think you blow up a team that's pretty good, that has a chance to be very good," Kerr said. "You try to improve that team. We have to make every effort to do so under some difficult circumstances." Last offseason Kerr brought in coach Terry Porter for more of a defensive philosophy, but he didn't pan out and they regress further defensively. "There was kind of hangover effect this year," Kerr said. "We've been a championship contender the last three or four years. We never got to the Finals but always felt like we had a chance. This year, we were hanging on to that hope. The reality was we were a good team but we weren't a title contender. I think that was hard for all us to accept - our players, coaches, those of us in management, our fans especially." Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback Buy Tickets Suns Apr 2009 Archive
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Robin Lopez of the Phoenix Suns received one second-place vote for the NBA's Rookie of the Year award, leading Paul Coro of the Arizona Republic to deduce that a voter mistakenly picked him instead of his brother.
Suns general manager Steve Kerr doesn't believe that he needs to blow up the team and start from scratch in order to contend again.