Head coach Alvin Gentry Owner(s) Robert Sarver Record 40–42 (.488) | General manager Lance Blanks Arena US Airways Center | |
Place Division: 2nd (Pacific)
Conference: 10th (Western) | ||
The 2010–11 Phoenix Suns season was 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. The Suns traded Jason Richardson on December 18, 2010 as part of a trade that brought Vince Carter to the Suns. On February 24, 2011, the Suns traded Goran Dragić and the draft pick they got earlier from Orlando in exchange for Aaron Brooks. Alvin Gentry was head coach and the Suns played their home games at US Airways Center.
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Key dates
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 re-signed with Phoenix on 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 up trading Leandro Barbosa and Dwayne Jones to the Toronto Raptors in exchange for Hedo Türkoğlu.
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.
Season
Records
Milestones
Injuries and surgeries
Additions
^ 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
^ d: Dwayne Jones did originally leave by the trade for Hedo Türkoğlu. However, the Toronto Raptors waived him later on in the year and was allowed back in the Suns' training camp roster. When he was outperformed by Garret Siler in the preseason, he was officially waived and decided to play overseas in China with the Fujian SBS Xunxing.
^ e: Although Dwayne Collins played for Pallacanestro Varese this season, he still retained his international rights to the Phoenix Suns until 2014.
^ f: Jarron Collins originally signed two 10–day contracts with the Los Angeles Clippers in January 2011 before being waived on his second contract with them. He later got two more 10–day contracts with the Portland Trail Blazers in March 2011 before officially retiring from playing basketball after this season was over with.
^ g: Unlike most other players that signed on with the team, Matt Janning never played a single game for the Suns during his time with the team.
^ h: Matt Janning originally played for the Maine Red Claws on December 1, 2010 in the D-League after being waived by the Suns until his rights were traded to the Rio Grande Valley Vipers on January 20, 2011.
^ i: After Earl Barron was waived by the Suns, he played for the Milwaukee Bucks throughout March 2011 due to two 10–day contracts with the team before he would eventually sign a contract to play with the Portland Trail Blazers for the rest of the season on April 12, 2011.
^ j: Zabian Dowdell eventually signed on to the Suns for a full year contract.