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The 2015–16 NBA season is the Suns' ongoing 48th season in the NBA.〔(2015-16 Phoenix Suns )〕 It will also be their first season where the Suns will play in the newly named Talking Stick Resort Arena, when it used to be called both the America West Arena and, most recently, the U.S. Airways Center beforehand. ==Key dates== *May 19, 2015: The NBA Draft Lottery takes place. *May 29, 2015: The Suns reassign assistant coach Mark West's duties with the team back into the front office as a Director of Player Relations, promote Corey Gaines as a full-time assistant coach again and not be a player development coach, hire the then-Bakersfield Jam coach Nate Bjorkgren as a new assistant coach for player development, and fire Kenny Gattison as an assistant coach via not renewing his contract and Director of Player Personnel John Treloar after he initially decided to be an associate head coach for Louisiana State University before recently taking on the Director of Player Personnel role for the Atlanta Hawks Basketball Club.〔http://www.azcentral.com/story/sports/nba/suns/2015/05/29/phoenix-suns-coaching-staff-jeff-hornacek-kenny-gattison/28170329/〕 *June 3, 2015: Former NBA player and Austin Spurs assistant coach Earl Watson was announced as one of the newest assistant coaches for player development. *June 10, 2015: The team's President of Basketball Operations Lon Babby announced that after his free agency stint in July, he would to step down from his position and take on the new role of being the team's Senior Adviser. *June 17, 2015: Danny Granger officially exercised his player option with the team so he could play out the rest of his contract. *June 25, 2015: The 2015 NBA Draft takes place at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York; Phoenix trades their 44th pick (Kentucky's Andrew Harrison) to the Memphis Grizzlies in exchange for back-up power forward Jon Leuer and selects Kentucky University's shooting guard Devin Booker with their 13th selection. *June 27, 2015: Phoenix announces that former Villanova University player and director of student-athlete development, Harlem Globetrotter, and Austin Spurs assistant coach Jason Fraser would take on the last open player development assistant coach role for the team.〔http://www.azcentral.com/story/sports/nba/suns/2015/06/27/phoenix-suns-add-jason-fraser-coaching-staff/29382195/〕 *June 30, 2015: The Morris twins officially complete their first mandated court appearance after their situation with Erick Hood in January this past season.〔http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix/2015/06/30/suns-morris-twins-court-appearance-abrk/29505127/〕 They were projected to meet again on August 3, 2015 in Arizona. *July 1, 2015: The NBA free agency period has begun; Brandon Knight has officially agreed to a 5-year, $70 million offer that was hinted earlier on in June to stay with the Suns; Dallas Mavericks center Tyson Chandler also agreed to being in Phoenix as well for a 4-year, $52 million offer. *July 2, 2015: The Suns traded small forwards Marcus Morris, Danny Granger, and Reggie Bullock to the Detroit Pistons in exchange for the Pistons' 2020 second round selection. *July 8, 2015: Phoenix decided to get CSKA Moscow shooting guard Sonny Weems onto a two-year deal (second year being a team option) worth a complete total of $5.8 million; Phoenix also got point guard Ronnie Price back on a one-year deal worth $1.5 million. *July 9, 2015: Teams can officially sign, trade, extend, and even release players to their own accord, such as signing Tyson Chandler on his official contract; Phoenix also agree to a deal to make sure they got Brooklyn Nets power forward Mirza Teletović from Bosnia & Herzegovina to a one-year deal worth $5.5 million after he was released from the Nets. *July 17, 2015: The Suns officially re-sign point guard Brandon Knight and sign power forward Mirza Teletović and guards Sonny Weems and Ronnie Price; Phoenix also decided to waive point guard Jerel McNeal's contract before it became fully guaranteed, even though the Suns' Summer League isn't over yet.〔http://www.nba.com/suns/press-release/suns-sign-teletovic-weems-price〕 *July 19, 2015: T.J. Warren would earn All-NBA First Team Las Vegas Summer League Honors due to his overall performance during the 2015 NBA Summer League. *July 23, 2015: News gets leaked that the Suns would reveal a new black alternative jersey for road matches only. Further information also reveals that the Suns would have a flexible, updated silhouette of a different alternative jersey as well. *July 30, 2015: The Suns officially announced changes to their coaching staff and front office that includes the recent announcement of Bakersfield Jam general manager Bubba Barrage as the team's newest Director of Player Personnel and Antonio Williams as the newest scout, replacing the initial scouting role held by Ronnie Lester.〔http://www.nba.com/suns/press-release/suns-announce-basketball-operations-staff-changes〕 *August 1, 2015: Lon Babby officially steps down from his old President of Basketball Operations role and instead takes on the team's Senior Adviser role; Ryan McDonough would then take on that role as well. *August 3, 2015: Markieff Morris and his traded brother were scheduled to return to Phoenix to complete their second mandated court appearance with their Erick Hood case. Unfortunately, neither brother showed up and their attorneys asked for their court appearance that day to be waived. As a result, their next pre-trial conference will be held on September 16, 2015 instead. *August 12, 2015: The NBA officially reveals every team's schedules for the 2015-16 season; the Suns would open their season on October 28, 2015 against the Dallas Mavericks, who were Tyson Chandler's former team. *August 24, 2015: It was announced that the Suns would officially put their superstar point guard Steve Nash into the Phoenix Suns Ring of Honor on their October 30, 2015 game against the Portland Trail Blazers, which coincidentally, is also the day rookie Devin Booker turns 19 years old.〔http://www.brightsideofthesun.com/2015/8/24/9198433/steve-nash-to-be-inducted-into-suns-ring-of-honor〕 *September 8, 2015: The Phoenix Suns reveal their newest black alternative jerseys, updated their orange alternative jersey, revealed their updated court design, and unveiled their new Civic Pride "We Are PHX" movement to the media, with the event including Kentucky University alumni Eric Bledsoe, rookie Devin Booker, Archie Goodwin, and Brandon Knight, as well as small forward P.J. Tucker, the newly acquired power forward Jon Leuer, coach Jeff Hornacek, Suns president Jason Rowley, and Phoenix mayor Greg Stanton; the league also fines Markieff Morris $10,000 due to his trade demand comments he's made throughout the past month or two. *September 16, 2015: The Morris twins would officially take part in a request to seek a new grand jury as a new mandated appearance after missing their August meeting. Both sides would have their written arguments for and against a new grand jury to precise over the twins' case. Their next meeting would take place on October 15, 2015, although both of the twins would not make it to the court date due to their respective obligations to the Suns and Pistons. If the request is denied, the earliest court date would be held on November 5, 2015; otherwise, the case could be held back all the way until May 31, 2015.〔http://www.brightsideofthesun.com/2015/9/16/9340601/morris-trial-timeline-aggravated-assault-phoenix-suns-detroit-pistons〕 *September 28, 2015: The deadline for all signed players to report to their teams takes full effect as training camp commences in Flagstaff; Markieff Morris would be the last player to show up for the team when everyone else would be training with each other for at least two weeks, if not a month's time. *October 3, 2015: The Suns conclude their training camp practices before the start of the pre-season by having a friendly match between themselves at the Veterans Memorial Coliseum. Team MacLeod would barely beat out Team Cotton by the final of 67–66. *October 26, 2015: The player options of center Alex Len, shooting guard Archie Goodwin, and small forward T.J. Warren get picked up for the 2016-17 NBA season.〔http://www.brightsideofthesun.com/2015/10/26/9618894/phoenix-suns-pick-up-2016-17-options-on-len-warren-and-Goodwin〕 *October 28, 2015: The Phoenix Suns enter the regular season with a home game against Tyson Chandler's former team, the Dallas Mavericks. *October 30, 2015: Steve Nash becomes the 10th player to enter the Phoenix Suns Ring of Honor during the second home game of the season against the Portland Trail Blazers. *November 25, 2015: The Suns sign Tucson, Arizona native Bryce Cotton on a one-year deal after injuries to back-up point guard Ronnie Price, as well as to starting point guard Eric Bledsoe occured earlier in the season. *December 15, 2015: The starting point for signed free agents (and pretty much everyone for that matter) to be traded to different teams commences. *January 5, 2015: Teams can sign players for 10-day contracts now. *January 15, 2015: Contracts for players signed earlier in free agency are now fully guaranteed for the season. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「2015–16 Phoenix Suns season」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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