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Re-evaluating Steve Nash's offseason move to Los Angeles and the impact on the Phoenix Suns

The 1993 NBA Finals, won by Michael Jordan and the Bulls in six games over the Phoenix Suns, is still one of the most talked about championship series in the past 20 years. Jordan and Charles Barkley squared off in some epic contests, and one player,...

Tom Carpenter previews the shooting guard position in fantasy for the 2012-13 season.

Barry Jackson of The Miami Herald: The Miami Heat will open the season at home against Boston and play host to Oklahoma City in a Christmas Day NBA Finals rematch, according to several league sources who have seen the league's tentative schedule due ...

June 4, 1976: Think Sunday night's Boston Celtics-Miami Heat overtime game was intense? Just check the scoreboard that hung above the head of Glenn McDonald on this day 36 years ago. No, that "7" under "Period" was no scorekeeping error. This was...

Gregg Popovich's good judgment with a Tim Duncan injury is paying dividends more than a decade later, writes J.A. Adande.

DALLAS -- Steve Nash and Dirk Nowitzki became fast friends as teammates and as young players they fell just short of making the NBA Finals together in 2003. Since then, Nash has missed a couple of golden-turned-hard-luck chances with the Phoenix S...

Terry Porter spent 17 seasons in the NBA as a point guard, a two-time All-Star who helped Portland reach the NBA finals and was regarded as one of the smartest players at his position.

Mavs' Shawn Marion answers call on both ends of court and against top threats.

MIAMI -- Shawn Marion has the nickname of Matrix because of his amazing athletic ability. As he's gotten older, Marion has slowed down some. Happens sometimes. But in the first two games of the NBA Finals, the old Marion has been flying around....

We knew the Heat were going to be an offensive fireworks display. But the way D-Wade, LeBron and Bosh are playing in-your-face defense right now? Who'd have thunk it?

Five NBA writers weigh in on Shaq's legacy in the NBA.

MIAMI -- Shawn Marion got a good chuckle after he really thought about the adjustment he's made as a jump shooter with the up-tempo Phoenix Suns to a post scorer with the Dallas Mavericks. "In my 8 .5 years there [Phoenix]," Marion said, "I probab...

Veteran Mavs know titles are hard to come by and want to take advantage.

DALLAS -- The Dallas Mavericks' path to their lone NBA Finals appearance in 2006 went through Pau Gasol and the defending champions. Back then Gasol was the star for the Memphis Grizzlies and the San Antonio Spurs were seeking a third title with t...

Lamar Odom had 18 points and 17 rebounds, and the Los Angeles Lakers beat Phoenix 114-106 on Friday night in the Suns' home opener and a rematch of last season's Western Conference finalists.