Last year Lance Blanks’ NBA Draft duties were simple: select the best available power forward.
With Steve Nash at point, Marcin Gortat and Robin Lopez anchoring the five spot, and more wing options than a menu at Zipps Sports Grill, it wasn’t difficult to pinpoint Phoenix’s biggest area of need.
Blanks, Lon Babby, Alvin Gentry and the [...]

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For the second year in a row, the NBA Draft Lottery ping pong balls relegated the Phoenix Suns to select at the 13th overall position in the NBA Draft.
With a 0.6 percent chance to win the Anthony Davis sweepstakes via the No. 1 pick, the Suns missed out on the first three picks that were [...]

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For one night Suns fans can forget the apparent doom and gloom of their favorite team’s future and hope that the odds are ever in their favor in a way that could change the direction of the franchise.
Wednesday night is draft lottery night in New York (5 p.m. MST on ESPN), so with one incredibly [...]

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PHOENIX — Shannon Brown signed a one-year, $3.5 million contract with the Phoenix Suns last winter in large part to earn a bigger, long-term deal this offseason.
The thinking for Brown, 26, was that he could really show off his skills playing next to Steve Nash in the Suns’ open offense after putting himself on the [...]

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PHOENIX — Ronnie Price has played seven NBA seasons, yet he’s still searching for a defined role in the league.
As John Hollinger wrote in his player profile before the season, Price is an “athletic guard who lacks a position,” which is why he was relegated to the bench once Sebastian Telfair found a level of [...]

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PHOENIX — Robin Lopez followed up his disaster 2010-11 season in which he averaged 6.4 points and 3.2 boards with a 2011-12 campaign in which he produced 5.4 and 3.3.
He played only 14 minutes a game, didn’t start a single contest, shot a career-low 46.1 percent the field and corralled 13.2 percent of the available [...]

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