Phoenix Suns 2010-11 Media Guide - NBA Media Central

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Season
RECORD
The Suns began the season under the direction of the franchise’s fourth
head coach, Bill van Breda Kolff. He replaced Cotton Fitzsimmons, who 38-44
left in the offseason to coach the Atlanta Hawks. However, seven games
into the season, van Breda Kolff was dismissed and General Manager Jerry Colangelo once
again assumed the coaching duties for the remainder of the season. He guided the Suns to
a 35-40 record.
Phoenix played .500 ball through mid-January but struggled through the second half of
the season, finishing third in its first season playing in the Pacific Division. The season did
not lack for outstanding individual performances as Charlie Scott led the club in scoring
with a franchise record 25.3 average and finished fifth in the NBA. He also became just the
10th guard in league history to score more than 2,000 points. Scott and Connie Hawkins
were named to the Western Conference All-Star team. It was Scott’s first appearance while
Hawkins made his fourth consecutive visit.
Neal Walk enjoyed his finest season as a pro, averaging 20.2 points and 12.4 rebounds.
He grabbed 1,006 rebounds, the only Suns center to this day to have totaled over 1,000
boards in a single season. Rookie Corky Calhoun from the University of Pennsylvania was
the only Sun to play in all 82 games.
FRONT ROW: Scott English, Lamar Green, Walt Wesley, Head Coach Jerry Colangelo, Neal Walk, Connie Hawkins,
Corky Calhoun.
BACK ROW: Dennis Layton, Clem Haskins, Charlie Scott, Dick Van Arsdale, Paul Stovall, Trainer Joe Proski.