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It's unclear whether the newly sprouting rumor sending Andre Iguodala and Samuel Dalembert to Phoenix for Amare Stoudemire and Leandro Barbosa has some seed of mutual interest, or if it's another one of those single-sided team plants. But suffice it to call it intriguing, even if Kate Fagan of the Philadelphia Inquirer notes that Amare's contract situation is a snag.

Essentially, Philadelphia would be losing its two best defenders. In exchange, it would receive two players whose existence in the NBA relies solely on scoring the basketball. In the past (meaning in years prior), Philly had won games due to an explosive defense leading to transition baskets. The defense was the key part of it. Iguodala, Andre Miller and Louis Williams hit enough shots to make it work (if getting into the playoffs and spooking the Pistons and Magic can be considered success).
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Channing FryeChanning Frye will be shooting for big men everywhere in the NBA's All-Star three-point contest.

Then again, it depends who you ask.

Phoenix's 6-foot-11 Frye will be just the second center to take part in the 24 contests. The only other one was Sam Perkins in 1997.

Other competitors named Friday for the Feb. 13 contest in Dallas are defending champion Daequan Cook of Miami, All-Stars Paul Pierce of Boston and Chauncey Billups of Denver, Golden State's Stephen Curry and New York's Danilo Gallinari, a forward who is the second-tallest in the event at 6-10.
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Amar'e StoudemireAmar'e Stoudemire is 6-foot-10, 250 pounds. But he says he's overlooked.

In NBA history, that is.

The Phoenix Suns forward sees how Cleveland's LeBron James is regarded by many as the first NBA player to star immediately after coming in from high school. That causes Stoudemire to pause and wonder, "What about me?''

Stoudemire, to refresh, was the first player to be named NBA Rookie of the Year after arriving directly from high school. He averaged 13.5 points and 8.8 rebounds for the Suns in 2002-03 to beat out Houston center Yao Ming.

Then came James the next season straight from high school. He averaged 20.9 points and 5.9 rebounds for the Cavaliers in being named Rookie of the Year.
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Amar'e StoudemireDENVER -- Amar'e Stoudemire offered some bright news Wednesday to fans of the Phoenix Suns.

In an interview with FanHouse, the Phoenix forward said he's leaning toward not opting out of his contract this summer. Unless he were to sign an extension before then, that would mean he would put off his free agency from next summer until the summer of 2011.

"I can opt out this summer or I can opt in, which means I'll be back another year (for $17.69 million)," said Stoudemire, speaking after the morning shootaround in preparation for Wednesday night's game against Denver. "That's definitely an option. I'm leaning more toward that right now. Maybe opting in. ... (That would be to) buy time. See how we do. ... I think we got our game back on track. A three-game winning streak."

If Stoudemire indeed wants to stay, that could reduce the chances of the Suns dealing him by the Feb. 18 trade deadline. Stoudemire, making $16.38 million this season, believes the chances of him being moved are "50-50."
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If the playoffs began today, the Thunder would be in the conversation. Kevin Durant is within percentage points of leading the league in scoring, and has led his team to wins over the previously red-hot Nuggets and Hawks in the past week. As such, Oklahoma City finds themselves moving all the way up to the six spot in this week's Rankings.

The Cavaliers, of course, are still on top, but there was plenty of movement otherwise. Read on to see where your favorites ended up this week.
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Derrick Rose will defend his championship in the Taco Bell Skills Challenge at All-Star weekend, but will have to beat two former champions and one of the league's top rookies to retain the title.

The field is set, and will feature Deron WIlliams, Steve Nash, and Brandon Jennings. Nash won it back in 2005, and WIlliams was the champ in 2008. But neither finished his final round with as much flair as Rose did a season ago.
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Barbosa the Big Blue Alien

By Bethlehem Shoals 2/01/2010 4:26 PM ET

Quick question: Is Steve Nash a Hall of Famer? Beats me, but he's hands-down the best video director in the NBA. For his latest trick, he's entered the realm of well-meaning spoof with a riff on Avatar.

Some folks have complained that this little ditty, in which Leandro Barbosa dons blue make-up and makes funny noises, doesn't stress the more intelligent parts of James Cameron's epic investigation of love and nature. To them I say, go hang out on this pretentious radio show I heard last week. Avatar is for the people!

Moving pictures after the jump, followed by my review.
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Amar'e StoudemirePHOENIX -- If the Suns are serious about trading Amar'e Stoudemire out of town before next month's deadline, they sure didn't do themselves any favors on Thursday. Playing a nationally televised game on TNT against the Dallas Mavericks, with the whole league watching, Phoenix pulled out a gritty, come-from-behind 112-106 victory.

And they did it by benching Stoudemire for the entire fourth quarter.

The Suns won this one with their defense, and went largely with bench players down the stretch, who, on this night, gave the team its best chance to win. That meant that Stoudemire, who led the team in scoring with 22 points while playing just 27 minutes, wasn't part of the plan.

Suns coach Alvin Gentry explained that on any given night, different guys are going to step up and help his team. And he made it very clear not to read anything into the fact that Stoudemire watched from the bench while his team battled its way to a win.
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After last week's report out of Phoenix that Amar'e Stoudemire and Suns management would be talking extension with a potential midseason trade as the safety net, the inevitable has happened: reports that Stoudemire's camp and the only franchise he's played for are not close in negotiations. As such, reports Yahoo!'s Adrian Wojnarowski, the Suns will be listening to bidders for Amar'e a bit more intently as we edge closer to the February 19 trade deadline.

Woj reports the Bulls, Heat, Nets and Sixers have approached Phoenix. The Arizona Republic's Paul Coro reported Sunday the Warriors and Cavaliers have also bid for Amar'e. All these clubs make sense ... but so do a few others.
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PHOENIX -- Less than an hour before the Suns tipped off against the Warriors on Saturday, the team announced that Leandro Barbosa will undergo surgery to remove a cyst from his right wrist. He's expected to be sidelined for at least a month.

This is an injury that is believed to have originally occurred over the summer while Barbosa was playing for the Brazilian national team. But since the swelling had recently come back to the point where he was scheduled to get the wrist drained today, Suns general manager Steve Kerr talked about the need to get it taken care of once and for all.

"He had it aspirated the first time, and used anti-inflammatories, and it came back," Kerr said. "So the feeling is, we'll surgically remove it this time, which will give him a much better prognosis in terms of it not returning."
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