Editing Phoenix Suns (section)

====2012: The departure of Steve Nash====
During the 2012 free agency period, the Suns traded [[Steve Nash]] to the [[Los Angeles Lakers]] in exchange for first-round picks in 2013 and 2015, as well as second-round picks in 2013 and 2014. After the trade, the Suns then re-acquired point guard [[Goran Dragić]] from Houston, signed [[Minnesota Timberwolves]] forward [[Michael Beasley]], and claimed Houston forward [[Luis Scola]] off amnesty waivers while also using the same [[amnesty clause]] (as codified in the [[2011 NBA lockout|2011 collective bargaining agreement]]) to waive [[Josh Childress]]. They also did a three-way trade with the [[New Orleans Hornets]] and the Timberwolves by trading [[Robin Lopez]] and [[Hakim Warrick]] to the Hornets and a 2014 second-rounder to the Timberwolves in exchange for [[Wesley Johnson (basketball)|Wesley Johnson]], a top 14-protected future first-rounder and the rights to [[Brad Miller (basketball)|Brad Miller]] and [[Jerome Dyson]]. The latter two players' rights were later waived and the Suns then signed [[Jermaine O'Neal]] for one year. The Suns also signed [[P. J. Tucker]] based on his performance with the Suns' Summer League team. On September 20, it was announced that [[Channing Frye]] had [[dilated cardiomyopathy]] and as a result, he missed the entire [[2012–13 NBA season|2012–13 season]], although he sometimes made special appearances to do the pre-game show for local Suns games with Tom Leander and [[Tom Chambers (basketball)|Tom Chambers]]. On January 12, 2013, the Suns became the fourth-fastest NBA team to win 2,000 games with a 97–81 road victory against the [[Chicago Bulls]], which also marked the last victory for Alvin Gentry as head coach for the Suns. On January 18, 2013, the day after a loss that broke a 24-home-game winning streak against the [[Milwaukee Bucks]], Gentry agreed to leave the Phoenix Suns organization.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/8857447/the-phoenix-suns-parted-ways-coach-alvin-gentry|title=Suns, coach Alvin Gentry part ways|publisher=ESPN|date=January 18, 2013|access-date=January 18, 2013|archive-date=January 18, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130118184913/http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/8857447/the-phoenix-suns-parted-ways-coach-alvin-gentry|url-status=live}}</ref> Two days later, player development coach [[Lindsey Hunter]] was named interim head coach role for the remainder of the season. A few days later, assistant head coaches [[Dan Majerle]] and [[Elston Turner]] had also resigned from their positions. On February 21, 2013, the Suns had traded their 2013 second-round pick to the [[Houston Rockets]] in exchange for [[Marcus Morris (basketball)|Marcus Morris]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nba.com/news/transactions/2012_13/|title=Transactions: 2012-13 season|date=July 1, 2013|work=NBA.com|access-date=June 30, 2015|archive-date=July 23, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120723072230/http://www.nba.com/news/transactions/2012_13/|url-status=live}}</ref> The next day, the Suns traded point guard [[Sebastian Telfair]] to the [[Toronto Raptors]] in exchange for [[Iran]]ian center [[Hamed Haddadi]] and a 2014 second-round pick. The Suns ended their first post-Steve Nash season with a 25–57 win–loss record, their second-worst record in franchise history behind only their inaugural season.