2010–11 Phoenix Suns season

2010–11 Phoenix Suns season
2010–11 Phoenix Suns season
Head coach	Alvin Gentry
Arena	US Airways Center
Results
Record	12–13 (.480)
Place	Division: 2nd (Pacific); Conference: 9th (Western)
Playoff finish	TBD
	Stats at 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 All-Star-caliber 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 - The 2010 NBA Draft was held in New York City.
July 1 - The free agency period begun.
July 11 - The Suns traded with the Atlanta Hawks and the Toronto Raptors.
July 12 - The Suns announced Lon Babby as their newest vice president for basketball operations.
August 5 - The Suns announced Lance Blanks as their newest general manager.
December 18 - 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.

Summary

NBA Draft 2010

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Team
2	46	Gani Lawal	PF	United States	Georgia Tech (Jr.)
2	60	Dwayne Collins	PF	United States	Miami (Sr.)

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

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB	From
G	8	Allen, Grayson	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	198 lb (90 kg)	1995-10-08	Duke
G	3	Beal, Bradley	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	207 lb (94 kg)	1993-06-28	Florida
F/C	11	Bol, Bol	7 ft 3 in (2.21 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1999-11-16	Oregon
G	1	Booker, Devin	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	206 lb (93 kg)	1996-10-30	Kentucky
F	15	Bridges, Jalen (TW)	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	2001-05-14	Baylor
F	25	Diakite, Mamadi	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	228 lb (103 kg)	1997-01-21	Virginia
G/F	0	Dunn, Ryan	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	2003-01-07	Virginia
F	35	Durant, Kevin	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	1988-09-29	Texas
G	12	Gillespie, Collin (TW)	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	2003-01-07	Villanova
F/C	4	Ighodaro, Oso	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	2002-07-14	Marquette
G	21	Jones, Tyus	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	196 lb (89 kg)	1996-05-10	Duke
F/C	47	Kaminsky, Frank	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	1993-04-04	Wisconsin
G/F	10	Lee, Damion	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1992-10-21	Louisville
G	23	Morris, Monté	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	183 lb (83 kg)	1995-06-27	Iowa State
C	20	Nurkić, Jusuf	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	290 lb (132 kg)	1994-08-23	Bosnia and Herzegovina
G	2	Okogie, Josh	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	213 lb (97 kg)	1998-09-01	Georgia Tech
F	00	O'Neale, Royce	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	226 lb (103 kg)	1993-06-05	Baylor
C	22	Plumlee, Mason	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	254 lb (115 kg)	1990-03-05	Duke
G	14	Washington, TyTy Jr. (TW)	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	2001-11-15	Kentucky
F	17	Wood, Moses	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1999-03-03	Washington

Head coach

Mike Budenholzer

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended
(GL) On assignment to G League affiliate
(TW) Two-way affiliate player
Injured

Roster
Last transaction: September 26, 2024

Depth chart

Pos.	Starter	Bench	Reserve	Inactive
C	Robin Lopez	Marcin Gortat	Earl Barron	Garret Siler
PF	Channing Frye	Hakim Warrick		Gani Lawal
SF	Grant Hill	Jared Dudley	Mickaël Piétrus
SG	Vince Carter	Josh Childress
PG	Steve Nash	Goran Dragić

Regular season

Standings

Pacific Division v t e	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 v t e
#	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

Template:2010–11 Phoenix Suns season game log

Playoffs

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

Phoenix Suns statistics
Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Earl Barron	11	6	16.2	.234	.0	.600	3.5	0.4	.55	.27	3.1
Vince Carter*	0	0	0.0	.0	.0	.0	0.0	0.0	.0	.0	0.0
Josh Childress	23	0	17.0	.570	.000	.595	3.0	0.9	.43	.39	5.3
Earl Clark*	9	0	8.0	.387	.0	.500	1.9	0.4	.11	.33	3.2
Goran Dragić	25	2	18.5	.436	.308	.569	2.1	3.6	.80	.12	8.4
Jared Dudley	25	0	20.1	.403	.343	.816	2.9	0.8	.96	.16	7.0
Channing Frye	25	16	31.5	.451	.397	.824	6.2	1.0	.72	1.36	11.2
Marcin Gortat*	0	0	0.0	.0	.0	.0	0.0	0.0	.0	.0	0.0
Grant Hill	25	25	29.6	.535	.250	.811	4.7	2.3	.68	.44	14.2
Robin Lopez	11	11	18.7	.431	.0	.833	4.7	0.1	.27	1.0	6.0
Steve Nash	23	23	32.5	.514	.327	.885	3.4	10.2	.70	.04	17.5
Mickaël Piétrus*	0	0	0.0	.0	.0	.0	0.0	0.0	.0	.0	0.0
Jason Richardson*	25	25	31.8	.470	.419	.764	4.4	1.4	1.08	.12	19.3
Garret Siler	6	0	5.8	.500	.0	.500	1.5	0.3	.17	.33	1.3
Hedo Türkoğlu*	25	16	25.2	.440	.423	.722	4.0	2.3	.72	.56	9.5
Hakim Warrick	25	1	23.2	.559	.000	.743	4.8	0.7	.44	.12	12.1

As of December 18.^[3]
* - Stats with Suns.

Playoffs

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

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
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

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^[a]
Matt Janning	Signed 2 year contract for $3 Million	Northeastern University^[b]
Garret Siler	Signed 2 year contract for $3 Million	Shanghai Sharks^[4]
Earl Barron	Undisclosed	New York Knicks

^ a: Josh Childress still had his original NBA rights to the Atlanta Hawks.
^ b: Matt Janning was originally undrafted on the 2010 NBA Draft.

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 / China
Taylor Griffin	Waived	Belgacom Liège^[5]
Dwayne Collins	Signed a new contract	Pallacanestro Varese^[c]
Louis Amundson	Free agent	Golden State Warriors^[6]
Jarron Collins	Free agent	Los Angeles Clippers^[7]
Matt Janning	Waived	Maine Red Claws

^ c: Although Dwayne Collins plays for Pallacanestro Varese, he still retains his international rights to the Phoenix Suns.

References

^ Gonzalez, Antonio (December 18, 2010). "Magic acquire Arenas, Turkoglu, Richardson". Yahoo! Sports.com. Retrieved December 20, 2010.
^ Coro, Paul (June 30, 2010). "Stoudemire officially opts out, continues negotiations with Suns". The Arizona Republic. Retrieved July 1, 2010.
^ http://www.nba.com/suns/stats/
^ http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/college/asu/2010-09-21/former-jaguar-siler-sign-suns
^ 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

[1] Gonzalez, Antonio (December 18, 2010). "Magic acquire Arenas, Turkoglu, Richardson". Yahoo! Sports.com. Retrieved December 20, 2010.

[2] Coro, Paul (June 30, 2010). "Stoudemire officially opts out, continues negotiations with Suns". The Arizona Republic. Retrieved July 1, 2010.

[3] ttps://www.nba.com/suns/stats/

[4] ttps://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/college/asu/2010-09-21/former-jaguar-siler-sign-suns

[5] ttps://www.sportando.net/eng/europe/belgium/12133/belgacom_liege_adds_taylor_griffin_and_cedric_bozeman.html

[6] ttps://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=5567423

[7] ttps://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/09/camp-invites-rolling-in-jarron-collins-to-clippers-steve-novak-to-mavericks.php

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