2010–11 Phoenix Suns season

2010–11 Phoenix Suns season
Head coach	Alvin Gentry
General manager	Lance Blanks
Owner(s)	Robert Sarver
Arena	US Airways Center
Results
Record	40–42 (.488)
Place	Division: 2nd (Pacific) Conference: 10th (Western)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	Fox Sports Arizona, KUTP
Radio	KTAR
< 2009–10	2011–12 >

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, 2010, Jason Richardson was part of a trade that involved Vince Carter coming to the Suns. Another trade would occur on February 24, 2011 involved trading away Goran Dragić and the draft pick they got earlier from Orlando in exchange for Aaron Brooks. 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

Main article: 2010 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. 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 power forward Hakim Warrick to a 4-year, $16 million contract. At the same time, Phoenix ended to trading Leandro Barbosa and Dwayne Jones to the Toronto Raptors in exchange for Hedo Türkoğlu.

Roster

Phoenix Suns roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY-MM-DD) From 1.0 !PG 0 USA ! Brooks, Aaron 72 !6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 161 lb (73 kg) 01985-01-14January 14, 1985 Oregon 2.0 !SG 25 USA ! Carter, Vince 78 !6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 01977-01-26January 26, 1977 North Carolina 3.0 !SF 1 USA ! Childress, Josh 80 !6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 01983-06-20June 20, 1983 Stanford 1.0 !PG 22 USA ! Dowdell, Zabian 75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 191 lb (87 kg) 01984-09-10September 10, 1984 Virginia Tech 3.0 !SF 3 USA ! Dudley, Jared 79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 01985-07-10July 10, 1985 Boston College 4.5 !PF 8 USA ! Frye, Channing 83 !6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 01983-05-17May 17, 1983 Arizona 6.0 !C 4 POL ! Gortat, Marcin 83 !6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 01984-02-17February 17, 1984 Poland 3.0 !SF 33 USA ! Hill, Grant (C) 80 !6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 01972-10-05October 5, 1972 Duke 4.5 !PF 31 USA ! Lawal, Gani  81 !6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 233 lb (106 kg) 01988-11-07November 7, 1988 Georgia Tech 6.0 !C 15 USA ! Lopez, Robin 84 !7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 255 lb (116 kg) 01988-04-01April 1, 1988 Stanford 1.0 !PG 13 CAN ! Nash, Steve (C) 75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 178 lb (81 kg) 01974-02-07February 7, 1974 Santa Clara 2.0 !SG 12 FRA ! Piétrus, Mickaël  78 !6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 01982-02-07February 7, 1982 France 6.0 !C 20 USA ! Siler, Garret 83 !6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 305 lb (138 kg) 01986-10-25October 25, 1986 Augusta State 4.5 !PF 21 USA ! Warrick, Hakim 81 !6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 219 lb (99 kg) 01982-07-08July 8, 1982 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

2010 pre-season game log
Pre-season: 2–6 (Home: 2–3; Road: 0–3) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 October 5 @ Sacramento L 95–109 Jason Richardson (17) Robin Lopez (6) Chucky Atkins (4) ARCO Arena 9,485 0–1 2 October 8 Toronto L 78–129 Jared Dudley (10) Hedo Türkoğlu (8) Steve Nash (7) General Motors Place 18,123 0–2 3 October 9 Dallas W 98–90 Grant Hill (16) Robin Lopez (6) Steve Nash (10) Indian Wells Tennis Garden 15,617 1–2 4 October 12 Utah L 100–105 Goran Dragić (15) Josh Childress (8) Steve Nash (10) US Airways Center 12,410 1–3 5 October 14 @ Utah L 97–108 Hedo Türkoğlu (13) Jason Richardson, Garret Siler (7) Steve Nash (5) EnergySolutions Arena 19,883 1–4 6 October 17 @ Toronto L 100–121 Steve Nash (16) Steve Nash (7) Steve Nash (6) Air Canada Centre 12,902 1–5 7 October 19 Golden State W 92–87 Steve Nash (18) Robin Lopez (10) Steve Nash, Goran Dragić (4) US Airways Center 14,635 2–5 8 October 22 Denver L 106–144 Jared Dudley (17) Robin Lopez (7) Steve Nash (12) US Airways Center 15,440 2–6
2010–11 season schedule

Regular season

Standings

Pacific Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Los Angeles Lakers	57	25	.695	–	30–11	27–14	12–4
Phoenix Suns	40	42	.488	17	23–18	17–24	9–7
Golden State Warriors	36	46	.439	21	26–15	10–31	5–11
Los Angeles Clippers	32	50	.390	25	23–18	9–32	7–9
Sacramento Kings	24	58	.293	33	11–30	13–28	7–9

#	Western Conference
	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	c-San Antonio Spurs	61	21	.744	–
2	y-Los Angeles Lakers	57	25	.695	4
3	x-Dallas Mavericks	57	25	.695	4
4	y-Oklahoma City Thunder	55	27	.671	6
5	x-Denver Nuggets	50	32	.610	11
6	x-Portland Trail Blazers	48	34	.585	13
7	x-New Orleans Hornets	46	36	.561	15
8	x-Memphis Grizzlies	46	36	.561	15
9	Houston Rockets	43	39	.524	18
10	Phoenix Suns	40	42	.488	21
11	Utah Jazz	39	43	.476	22
12	Golden State Warriors	36	46	.439	25
13	Los Angeles Clippers	32	50	.390	29
14	Sacramento Kings	24	58	.293	37
15	Minnesota Timberwolves	17	65	.207	44

Game log

Player statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game

Season

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Barron, Earl !Earl Barron*	12	6	15.3	.235	.000	.600	3.3	0.3	.5	.3	3.0
Brooks, Aaron !Aaron Brooks*	25	5	18.9	.430	.328	.807	1.1	4.2	.5	.0	9.6
Carter, Vince !Vince Carter*	51	41	27.2	.422	.366	.735	3.6	1.6	.9	.3	13.5
Childress, Josh !Josh Childress	54	3	16.6	.565†	.063	.492	2.9	0.8	.6	.4	5.0
Clark, Earl !Earl Clark*	9	0	8.0	.387	.000	.500	1.9	0.4	.1	.3	3.2
Dowdell, Zabian !Zabian Dowdell	24	0	12.2	.408	.300	.941#	0.8	2.1	.8	.1	5.0
Dragić, Goran !Goran Dragić*	48	2	17.8	.421	.277	.608	1.8	3.1	.8	.1	7.4
Dudley, Jared !Jared Dudley	82	15	26.1	.477	.415	.743	3.9	1.3	1.1+	.2	10.6
Frye, Channing !Channing Frye	77	64	33.0	.432	.390	.832	6.7+	1.2	.6	1.0+	12.7
Gortat, Marcin !Marcin Gortat*	55	12	29.7	.563†	.250	.731	9.3+	1.0	.5	1.3+	13.0
Hill, Grant !Grant Hill	80	80	30.1	.484	.395	.829	4.2	2.5	.8	.4	13.2
Lawal, Gani !Gani Lawal	1	0	2.0	.000	.000	.000	0.0	0.0	.0	.0	0.0
Lopez, Robin !Robin Lopez	67	56	14.8	.501†	.000	.740	3.2	0.1	.3	.7	6.4
Nash, Steve !Steve Nash	75	75	33.3	.492†	.395	.912#	3.5	11.4	.6	.1	14.7+
Piétrus, Mickaël !Mickaël Piétrus*	38	4	18.1	.392	.342	.706	2.0	0.6	.5	.5	7.4
Richardson, Jason !Jason Richardson*	25	25	31.8	.470	.419^	.764	4.4	1.4	1.1+	.1	19.3+
Siler, Garret !Garret Siler	21	0	4.8	.548†	.000	.500	1.3	0.1	.1	.2	2.1
Türkoğlu, Hedo !Hedo Türkoğlu*	25	16	25.2	.440	.423^	.722	4.0	2.3	.7	.6	9.5
Warrick, Hakim !Hakim Warrick	80	6	17.7	.511†	.091	.721	3.7	0.9	.4	.1	8.4

* – 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

• Steve Nash led the league in assists with 11.4 assists per game.

Records

• On November 14, 2010, the Suns scored a franchise record 22 three-pointers in a victory over the Los Angeles Lakers.

Milestones

• On January 16, 2011, Vince Carter scored his 20,000th point in a victory over the New York Knicks.

Team Milestones

Injuries and surgeries

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

Transactions

Trades

July 9, 2010	To Chicago Bulls 2011 second-round pick	To Phoenix Suns Hakim Warrick (sign and trade)
July 9, 2010	To New York Knicks Amar'e Stoudemire (sign and trade)	To Phoenix Suns Protected future second-round pick Cash considerations
July 13, 2010	To Atlanta Hawks 2012 second-round pick	To Phoenix Suns Josh Childress (sign and trade)
July 14, 2010	To Toronto Raptors Leandro Barbosa Dwayne Jones	To Phoenix Suns Hedo Türkoğlu
December 18, 2010	To Orlando Magic Jason Richardson Hedo Türkoğlu Earl Clark	To Phoenix Suns Vince Carter Marcin Gortat Mickaël Piétrus 2011 first round draft pick Cash considerations
February 24, 2011	To Houston Rockets Goran Dragić 2011 lottery protected first round draft pick	To Phoenix Suns Aaron Brooks

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 Hawks
Matt Janning	Signed 2-year contract for $3 million	Northeastern University Huskies
Garret Siler	Signed 2-year contract for $3 million	Shanghai Xiyang Sharks
Earl Barron	Undisclosed	New York Knicks
Zabian Dowdell	Signed 10-day contract / 1-year undisclosed contract	Tulsa 66ers / Phoenix Suns

^ 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
Taylor Griffin	Waived	Belgacom Liège
Dwayne Collins	Signed a new contract	Pallacanestro Varese
Louis Amundson	Free agent	Golden State Warriors
Jarron Collins	Free agent	Los Angeles Clippers
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 Suns
Goran Dragić	Traded	Houston Rockets

^ d: Dwayne Jones did originally leave by the trade for Hedo Türkoğlu. However, the Toronto Raptors waived him and was allowed back in the Suns' training camp roster. When he was outperformed by Garret Siler in the preseason, he was waived and decided to play overseas in China.
^ e: Although Dwayne Collins plays for Pallacanestro Varese, he still retains his international rights to the Phoenix Suns.
^ f: He later on signed a second 10-day contract and he eventually signed on to a full year contract.