2010–11 Phoenix Suns season

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 before the season's start. The Suns would be without another star player, when on December 18 Jason Richardson was part of a trade that involved Vince Carter coming to the Suns.^[1] Head coach Alvin Gentry leads the Suns, who play 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.
• 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

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 resigned with Phoenix for a 5-year, $30 million contract on July 1. One day later, the Suns signed powerforward Hakim Warrick to a 4-year, $16 million contract.

Draft picks

Roster

Phoenix Suns roster v t e
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight DOB (Y–M–D) From 1.0 !PG 0 USA ! Brooks, Aaron 72 !6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 161 lb (73 kg) 1985–01–14 Oregon 2.0 !SG 25 USA ! Carter, Vince 78 !6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1977–01–26 North Carolina 3.0 !SF 1 USA ! Childress, Josh 80 !6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1983–06–20 Stanford 1.0 !PG 22 USA ! Dowdell, Zabian 75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 191 lb (87 kg) 1984–09–10 Virginia Tech 3.0 !SF 3 USA ! Dudley, Jared 79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1985–07–10 Boston College 4.5 !PF 8 USA ! Frye, Channing 83 !6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1983–05–17 Arizona 6.0 !C 4 POL ! Gortat, Marcin 83 !6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1984–02–17 Poland 3.0 !SF 33 USA ! Hill, Grant (C) 80 !6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1972–10–05 Duke 4.5 !PF 31 USA ! Lawal, Gani  (IN) 81 !6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 233 lb (106 kg) 1988–11–07 Georgia Tech 6.0 !C 15 USA ! Lopez, Robin 84 !7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 255 lb (116 kg) 1988–04–01 Stanford 1.0 !PG 13 CAN ! Nash, Steve (C) 75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 178 lb (81 kg) 1974–02–07 Santa Clara 2.0 !SG 12 FRA ! Piétrus, Mickaël  (IN) 78 !6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1982–02–07 France 6.0 !C 20 USA ! Siler, Garret 83 !6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 305 lb (138 kg) 1986–10–25 Augusta State 4.5 !PF 21 USA ! Warrick, Hakim 81 !6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 219 lb (99 kg) 1982–07–08 Syracuse	Head coach Alvin Gentry (Appalachian State) Assistant coach(es) Bill Cartwright (San Francisco) Dan Majerle (Central Michigan) Igor Kokoškov (Belgrade) Noel Gillespie (Wisconsin-Whitewater) Athletic trainer(s) Aaron Nelson (Iowa State) 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

Regular season

Standings

Game log

Player statistics

Season

* - 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

Week/Month

All-Star

Season

Records

Milestones

Injuries and surgeries

• During the Los Angeles Lakers game on November 14, Jared Dudley accidentally landed on Robin Lopez's right leg. He's currently slated to be out for 1-2 weeks. This caused the Suns to replace Matt Janning with Earl Barron.

Transactions

Trades

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 Hawksa[›] Matt Janning Signed 2 year contract for $3 Million Northeastern University Huskiesb[›] Garret Siler Signed 2 year contract for $3 Million Shanghai Xiyang Sharks[3] Earl Barron Undisclosed New York Knicks Zabian Dowdell Signed 10-day contract / 1 year undisclosed contract Tulsa 66ers / Phoenix Sunsc[›] ^ 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 Toronto Raptors / Fujian SBS Xunxing[4][5] Taylor Griffin Waived Belgacom Liège[6] Dwayne Collins Signed a new contract Pallacanestro Varesed[›] Louis Amundson Free agent Golden State Warriors[7] Jarron Collins Free agent Los Angeles Clippers[8] Matt Janning Waived Maine Red Claws Earl Barron Waived Milwaukee Bucks Jason Richardson Hedo Türkoğlu Earl Clark Traded Orlando Magic Zabian Dowdell First 10-day contract expired Phoenix Sunse[›] Goran Dragić Traded Houston Rockets ^ d: Although Dwayne Collins plays for Pallacanestro Varese, he still retains his international rights to the Phoenix Suns. ^ e: He later on signed a second 10-day contract and he eventually signed on to a full year contract. References ^ Gonzalez, Antonio (December 18, 2010). "Magic acquire Arenas, Turkoglu, Richardson". Yahoo! Sports.com. http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_ylt=AswMVYPtwnMq9ETRh71hWVq8vLYF?slug=ap-magic-trades. Retrieved December 20, 2010.  ^ Coro, Paul (June 30, 2010). "Stoudemire officially opts out, continues negotiations with Suns". The Arizona Republic. http://www.azcentral.com/sports/suns/articles/2010/06/30/20100630amare-stoudemire-suns-officially-opts-out-negotiations-continue.html#ixzz0sSnU1YEp. Retrieved July 1, 2010.  ^ http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/college/asu/2010-09-21/former-jaguar-siler-sign-suns ^ http://hoopshype.com/rumors/tag/dwayne_jones ^ 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 v t e Phoenix Suns seasons 1960s 1968–69 1970s 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1980s 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1990s 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 2000s 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2010s 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 v t e 2010–11 NBA season by team 2010 NBA Draft Summer League All-Star Game Playoffs Finals Transactions D-League 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