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Suns' Defense, Stoudemire's Retro Moves Confuse Lakers

PHOENIX -- Amar'e Stoudemire wears No. 1, and Sunday night he was looking like the guy who was the first star in Phoenix Suns history. Stoudemire was swooping to the hoop like Connie Hawkins did 40 years ago. He had a baseline drive for a reverse layup and enough dipsy-doo moves that it appeared he, rather than Suns...

Tip-Off Timer: How '69 Coin Flip Cursed The Phoenix Suns

Tip-Off Timer counts down the days until the first game of the 2009-10 season. On Wednesday, there are 69 days remaining.It's been 40 years since Phoenix Suns executive Jerry Colangelo last called "heads" in a coin flip. And it still haunts the franchise today.When that Kennedy half-dollar landed on "tails" in the NBA...

Random YouTube Magic: Never Enough Connie Hawkins

For some reason, there's a real shortage of Connie Hawkins on YouTube. That is, unless you're in the market for Saturday Night Live skits. These clips from the 1972 All-Star Game don't exactly correct for that, but it's The Hawk at his inimitable best. Sometimes I think that, when Kevin Durant bulks up a little, he'll...

Background on Connie Hawkins

Cornelius (Connie) L. Hawkins (born July 17, 1942, in Brooklyn, New York) is a former National Basketball Association and American Basketball Association player, Harlem Globetrotter and New York City playground legend.

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