The Phoenix Suns are a professional basketball team based in Phoenix, Arizona.

The Suns are members of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the only team in their division not to be based in California.

Since 1992, their home arena has been the US Airways Center in downtown Phoenix. The Arena is often referred to as the “Purple Palace” due to its purple seats.

What began in 1968 as an expansion team has since turned into a team with the NBA’a fourth-best all-time winning percentage. At the end of the 2010-2011 season, the Suns had won 56 percent of their games. In forty-three years of play, they have made the playoffs 29 times, posted nineteen seasons of 50 or more wins, made nine trips to the Western Conference Finals, and advanced to the NBA Finals in 1976 and 1993. As a result, based on their all-time win-loss percentage, the Suns are the winningest franchise to have never won an NBA Championship.

Since the middle of  2010, the Suns have been in rebuilding mode. In the summer of 2010, the Suns let superstar Stoudemire go to the New York Knicks, and hired player agent Lon Babby as president of basketball operations. The team then paid over $80 million to acquire Hedo Türkoğlu, Josh Childress, and Hakim Warrick to replace Stoudemire and add bench depth.

On December 19, 2010, the Suns acquired Vince Carter, Mickaël Piétrus, and Marcin Gortat from the Orlando Magic, along with a low draft pick and cash considerations. For this acquisition, the Suns traded Jason Richardson, Earl Clark, and the recently acquired Hedo Türkoğlu. On February 24, 2011 the Suns acquired Point guard Aaron Brooks, trading first round (Lottery Protected) draft pick and Point guard Goran Dragić to theHouston Rockets.

In the 2011 NBA draft in June 2011, the Suns used their 13th pick selected Markieff Morris, standing about 6 ft 10, a power forward from Kansas Jayhawks. Markieff is the 7-minute-older twin brother of Marcus Morris, who played together for 3 years in Kansas.

2011-2012 Season line-up

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