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Head Coach:
Mike D'Antoni



PG 2 Marcus Banks

G 10 Leandro Barbosa

SG 19 Raja Bell

C 11 Pat Burke

G/F/C 3 Boris Diaw

SF 22 James Jones




F 20 Jumaine Jones

F/C 4 Sean Marks

SF 31 Shawn Marion Co-captain

PG 13 Steve Nash Co-captain

SG 52 Eric Piatkowski

SG/SF 8 Jalen Rose

C 1 Amaré Stoudemire

PF/C 40 Kurt Thomas Co-captain

The Phoenix Suns are a professional basketball team based in Phoenix, Arizona. They play in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
The 2006 Phoenix Suns season will begin with the team trying to return to the Western Conference Finals, where (in the previous season) they were eliminated in six games by the Dallas Mavericks.

The Suns signed 12-year veteran G/F Eric Piatkowski to a 2-year deal. Tim Thomas, who became a Phoenix cult hero after his strong performance in the 2006 playoffs signed with the division rival Los Angeles Clippers.

On July 20, the Suns signed Minnesota Timberwolves PG Marcus Banks to a five-year contract worth about $21 million.

On July 27, the Suns signed San Antonio Spurs PF Sean Marks to a one-year contract.



The season looks promising for the Suns, partly because of the hoped-for return of PF Amare Stoudemire. The Suns had a playoff-cailber season without Stoudemire, almost reaching the NBA Finals, and are expected to do even better if he returns to his previous form; the team has much speed and depth with the return of most of the key starters as well as the new additions.

During the Suns 2006 traning camp, portions of which were held in Treviso, Italy, Rome, Italy, and Cologne, Germany, Stoudemire took himself out of some early practice sessions (leading coach Mike D'Antoni to keep him on the bench for an exhibition game in Rome on October 6) due to stiffness in both knees. MRI scans taken before the preseason showed no problems. Stoudemire's knees continued to improve; he went on to resume participation in team practices and two exhibition games in Germany. By the time the Suns returned from Europe on October 14, he reported that his knees felt good and feeling better each day.

The Suns begin the 2006-07 regular season with two nationally televised games; the first at Staples Center against the Lakers on October 31 on TNT and the second against the Clippers at US Airways Center on Nov. 1 on ESPN.