Phoenix Suns 2010-11 Media Guide - NBA Media Central

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Nov. 3 Waived Paul Shirley.
Nov. 8 Signed free agent Bo Outlaw.
Dec. 18 Waived Yuta Tabuse.
Jan. 3 Acquired two future 2nd rd. picks from
Golden State for Zarko Cabarkapa.
Jan. 19 Smush Parker signed a 10-day contract.
Jan. 21 Acquired Jim Jackson and a 2005 2nd rd.
pick (via Dallas) from New Orleans for
Casey Jacobsen, Maciej Lampe and
Jackson Vroman.
Jan. 23 Signed free agent Paul Shirley.
Jan. 29 Smush Parker signed a second 10-day
contract.
Feb. 8 Acquired Walter McCarty and cash from
Boston for a 2005 2nd rd. pick (via
Golden State).
Feb. 24 Assistant coaches Marc Iavaroni and
Phil Weber signed two-year contract
extensions.
June 28 Acquired Kurt Thomas and the draft
rights to Dijon Thompson (54th overall)
from New York in exchange for Quentin
Richardson and the draft rights to Nate
Robinson (21st overall); Acquired future
considerations from Orlando for the draft
rights to Marcin Gortat (57th overall).
June 29 Named Dan D’Antoni, brother of Mike
D’Antoni, an assistant coach.
2005-06
July 11 Signed rookie Dijon Thompson (54th
overall).
Aug. 2 Acquired a 2007 conditional secondround
pick from Charlotte for Jake
Voskuhl.
Aug. 3 Signed free agent Raja Bell.
Aug. 18 Signed free agents Brian Grant and Pat
Burke.
Aug. 19 Acquired Boris Diaw and two lotteryprotected
first-round picks in a sign-andtrade
deal with Atlanta for Joe Johnson.
Aug. 25 Signed head coach Mike D’Antoni to a
multi-year contract extension; Acquired
James Jones from Indiana for a 2008
second-round pick.
Sept. 12 Signed free agents Eddie House and
Lucas Tischer.
Sept. 30 Signed free agent Anthony Lever-Pedroza.
Oct. 3 Signed Amar’e Stoudemire to a multi-year
contract extension.
Oct. 24 Claimed Jared Reiner off waivers from
the L.A. Clippers.
Oct. 27 Exercised the fourth-year options on
Leandro Barbosa and Boris Diaw; Waived
Anthony Lever-Pedroza.
Nov. 2 Signed free agent Sharrod Ford and
waived Lucas Tischer.
Nov. 4 Assigned rookie Dijon Thompson to the
Albuquerque Thunderbirds of the NBA
Development League.
Nov. 26 Recalled Dijon Thompson from
Albuquerque Thunderbirds of the NBA
Development League.
Jan. 5 Waived center Jared Reiner.
Jan. 6 America West Arena was officially
renamed US Airways Center.
Jan. 9 Signed forward Josh Davis to a 10-day
contract.
Jan. 26 Acquired forward Nikoloz Tskitishvili from
Minnesota for a 2006 second-round pick.
Feb. 27 President and General Manager Bryan
Colangelo resigned after 11 seasons as
general manager of the club.
Mar. 1 Waived swingman Jim Jackson and
signed guard Andre Barrett to a 10-day
contract.
Mar. 3 Signed free-agent forward Tim Thomas to
a one-year contract.
Mar. 9 Signed President and Chief Operating
Officer Rick Welts to a contract extension
through the 2008-09 season.
Mar. 10 Head Coach Mike D’Antoni named
Executive Vice President of Basketball
Operations and General Manager; David
Griffin promoted to Vice President of
Basketball Operations and Mark West
promoted to Vice President of Player
Programs.
Mar. 11 Signed Andre Barrett to a second 10-day
contract.
Mar. 15 Released Andre Barrett.
2006-07
July 6 Promoted Vinny Del Negro to director of
player peronnel and Todd Quinter to
assistant coach/director of scouting.
July 13 Signed free-agent swingman Eric
Piatkowski to a two-year contract.
July 20 Signed free-agent guard Marcus Banks to
multi-year contract.
July 27 Signed free-agent center Sean Marks to a
one-year contract.
Aug. 4 Signed guard Leandro Barbosa to a
multi-year contract extension.
Aug. 31 Signed free-agent forward Jumaine Jones
to one-year contract.
Sept. 12 Named Ann Meyers Drysdale a vice
president with the Phoenix Suns and
general manager of the WNBA’s Phoenix
Mercury.
Sept. 28 Signed free-agent guard Davin White.
Oct. 19 Waived Davin White.
Oct. 20 Signed Boris Diaw to a multi-year
contract extension.
Nov. 7 Signed free-agent swingman Jalen Rose
to a one-year contract.
June 6 Steve Kerr named President of Basketball
Operations and General Manager;
Announced that Mike D’Antoni would
remain team’s Executive Vice President
of Basketball Operations and Head
Coach; David Griffin promoted to Sr. Vice
President of Basketball Operations.