http://www.google.com/hostednews/ca...qM5jKn1GwlJUVXHKjqfMWl2whEo8yjg?docId=4657437 A year ago, the Phoenix Suns meshed into one of the NBA's biggest surprises, finishing as the No. 3 playoff seed in the West and advancing to the conference finals. Now they have to do it without Amare Stoudemire. The Suns held their media day on Monday before heading to San Diego for six days of practice. The roster has many familiar names from last year's overachieving bunch, mostly youngsters led by elders Steve Nash and Grant Hill. There are significant newcomers, too, in Hedo Turkoglu, Josh Childress and Hakim Warrick. "It's going to be a challenge in the pre-season, figuring out rotations and how all of these guys are going to fit together," coach Alvin Gentry said. "I think that's going to be a huge factor. But I do think that eventually this whole team is going to come together and be pretty good." The departure of Stoudemire, who signed as a free agent with the New York Knicks, leaves Phoenix even more undersized than it was before, but it's also more versatile. Hill said people get too hung up on deciding someone is a two-guard or a small forward or a power forward. "They want to put labels on people," he said. "Obviously Steve's not a small forward, Steve's a point guard. But with the exception of him and maybe Robin (Lopez) I think everyone else is interchangeable. What I see is you have a lot of options and a lot of versatility." Lopez, at seven feet, is the team's one true inside player. Guard Jason Richardson returns looking for a big season in the final year of his contract. Turkoglu is six-foot-10, Childress 6-8 and Warrick 6-9. Channing Frye, the stringbean seven-footer, is back. He will play inside some, mostly on defence, but his real threat is as a three-point shooter. Frye, Jared Dudley and the ever-improving Goran Dragic return from the team's talented group of reserves in a rotation that went 10-deep last season. "We may not be the biggest team but I think we've got a lot of depth," Nash said. "We've got a lot of guys I think who are smart players and unselfish players."
