By Marc Stein Are the Suns inching closer to a trade with Philadelphia headlined by Amare Stoudemire and Andre Iguodala? Separate sources close to both teams caution that it’s too soon to answer that question affirmatively

Just when I thought I was out…they pull me back to being slightly less out. Yes, Pennsylvania, your Philadelphia 76ers have won as many games in a row as there are members of Boyz II Men (not counting forgotten original member Marc Nelson, the Pete Best of 90s R&B) after defeating the Houston Rockets 102-95 at the Toyota Center last night

During that heady three-year stretch in between the Charles Barkley and Allen Iverson eras in Philadelphia, the closest thing we had to a legitimate franchise player among the Liberty Ballers might have been Clarence Weatherspoon. The #9 pick out of Southern Mississippi in the '92 draft, Spoon was nicknamed "Baby Barkley" for his Chuck-esque height (6'6") and numbers (18 and 10 in the '93-'94 season)–not to mention that if that picture to the right was a coupl…