Guess what, Suns fans. Steve Nash has once again told the national media what they don't want to hear. He will be defying all their wishes and remaining with the poor, humble, unfortunate Phoenix Suns destined to wander the final months of this contract in desert self-exile.

Somehow folks don't seem to understand how a guy could be willing to stay in Phoenix when he had other choices like Los Angeles (!) or Miami (!) or New York (!).

Of course, he doesn't really have those options because trades are much more easy to talk about in abstract than to pull off in reality, but never mind that.

Their confusion is kind of amusing really. But Gary Payton did it! But LeBron did it! But Chris Paul did it! But Dwight Howard is doing it!

How can Steve Nash NOT DO IT!!

It must be because he's Canadian!

Writer, please....

Here's what Nash told Mr. J.A. Adande of ESPN while in Lala land this week:

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The Phoenix Suns lost to Kobe Bryant again tonight, but in the larger scheme of things the Suns have won the war. No matter how hard Kobe tries to erase May 6, 2006 from his memory banks, it will never go away.

Adande supposes that such a vendetta can only be against a human being. And since the only remaining player from that Suns team still in purple-and-orange is Steve Nash, that it must be the little Canadian that Bryant hates.

Why else go for 48 against the Suns earlier this season, his highest scoring game since 2009, against the Suns as well. And we can't forget the 2010 playoffs where Kobe blew away his lifetime shooting percentages in the 6-game series, to the point that no player had shot as well from 15-22 feet in a playoff series in league history.

But Adande knows better. Or he is just wrong. And Kobe knows it.

The human being that Kobe Bryant has a vendetta against is Kobe Bryant himself. And the Suns can pat themselves on the back for that. Instead of drinking away his memories, Kobe tries to erase May 6, 2006 - in vain - by never giving the Suns a break in any games since he got the big guys Gasol and Bynum on his side.

May 6, 2006. Sigh. Smile.

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Come on Suns! Shake off those second quarter blues...

15 TOs? No big deal!

1-7 from 3? Nah.

13 PFs? Nope.

The big deal is that the Suns are going to come out TIRED OF LOSING after a bad second quarter!

GO SUNS!

Lakers are 13-1 when holding an opponent under 92 points.

Suns average more than 92 points a game.

Get more than 92, Suns!

Tonight is the first of a home-and-home with the Suns' favorite rival team, the Los Angeles Lakers. The Suns, on a 3-game losing streak after a sunny 4-1 stretch, really probably oughta win at least one of these games. I mean, it'd be nice, ya know?

But which game are the Suns most likely to win? The Suns are tougher on the road (7-10) than at home (5-8), but the Lakers - like most other NBA teams - are tougher at home (12-2) than on the road (5-10). This could easily be 2 more losses on the Suns' docket unless their supporting players do what's become the unexpected - step up and hit clutch shots.

The key to beating the Lakers is scoring more than they do. They are 13-1 when holding an opponent under 92 points. Which means they are a putrid 4-11 when allowing 92 or more.

Let's score 92!

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Lon Babby was on the radio yesterday at KTAR (now called Arizona Sports 620) for about a 28 minute in-studio interview. Babby talked about his plans for rebuilding the Phoenix Suns into an elite team.

My little buddy, Adam Green, did a good job writing up the interview here at ArizonaSports.com, so check that out:

You can listen to the full interview there as well which you should probably do if you want to be well-informed about the Suns.

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