What if you worked for Suns.com? That would be something. To work for the most run and gun team in the league and the most successful NBA.com teamsite to date. That is working for one hell of an organization:

Named the NBA's Web Site of the Year in January 2007, as voted on by NBA teams, Suns.com has become the primary source of information for Suns fans around the world. Fans from more than 200 countries visited the site this past season, which generated more than 46 million page views.

Today, I can’t offer you that chance. Believe me, I wouldn’t be writing this if there was said chance. Never-the-less, although I may not work for the Suns and you may not…but we happen to know someone who does.

By the way, the Suns are really working to revamp their website, so stay tuned!

Here are some highlights of TexSUN’s interview with Dan Hilton(formerly of Brightsideofthesun.com):

BSotS: How was your first day on the job?

Dan: It was quite an experience to drive into downtown Phoenix, drive into the parking garage and let the security guard know that I was there for my first day of work. I actually can’t remember much about that first day. I know I met tons of people, including Dan Majerle (my all-time favorite NBA player) and Al McCoy, and the next day I got a tour of the arena (I guess they figured I should get a tour since I got lost for 10 minutes that morning trying to come into the arena from the parking garage). I was able to go inside the locker room and walk around underneath the stands where they have security, all the locker rooms, the press rooms, etc.

Sounds good to me…

BSotS: What is a typical day on the job like? How is working for a sports team different from other jobs you have had?

Dan: Right now, it’s hard to gauge what a normal day is like on the job. Since we’re in the off-season, it is slower than what it will be during the season. I usually get in a little before 8:00 and start my day looking at the site and the analytics program user interface to make sure everything on the site appears to be running properly. We head to lunch around noon and then I try to put together reports, learn more about the analytics tool, read some analytics blogs to learn the new and upcoming trends in the exciting world of numbers and I usually leave around 5:00. Oh, and we talk sports A LOT! It’s kind of weird to be sitting at a desk and talking about the NBA and realize that this is what we’re expected to do. That’s the main difference from other jobs I have had. I’ve previously worked on web sites that dealt with adoption and the law so to be working in the sports industry where we can talk sports all day long is pretty cool.

And lastly…whats going on with that website?

BSotS: What new and exciting features should fans be looking for on Suns.com in the coming months?

Dan: Watch for a new look on the web site in October and we will be modifying the look and feel of the blog soon after that. Also, later this season we will be launching a social networking portion of the site that should be a great resources to all Suns fans.

Read the entire interview here.

There you have it. A new look and a social networking portion is pretty cool, but we all know this is in response to the Dallas Mavericks Ning.com social network. Will the Suns go with Ning, or build out their own unique offering? I guess we will find out soon.

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