No coach outside of the Phoenix Suns organization has dealt with the players at the end of the Suns bench more than Iowa Energy head coach Nick Nurse.
He’s in his fourth year as head coach of the Phoenix Suns D-League affiliate and coached recently acquired Sun Earl Barron and second-year Sun Earl Clark at times [...]

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PHOENIX — Last season the Phoenix Suns won 54 regular season games and head coach Alvin Gentry estimated superb bench play was directly related to winning 20 of them.
But at the moment Gentry does not appear to have the same kind of confidence in his reserves as he has gone with a quick hook this [...]

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The Phoenix Suns made the obvious decision Thursday to pick up the fourth-year option on center Robin Lopez, keeping him under contract with the team through the 2011-12 season.
The Suns announced the move in a release Thursday afternoon, and the fact that the team didn’t exercise its 2011-12 option on forward Earl Clark has led [...]

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PHOENIX — If you could combine Earl Clark’s raw ability with Gani Lawal’s heart and toughness, you’d have a player worthy of a spot in the Phoenix Suns’ rotation.
As things stand now, Clark and Lawal appear to be player Nos. 11 and 12 in a 10-man rotation, and both face an uphill struggle for meaningful [...]

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PHOENIX — There’s no hiding that there are a ton of questions surrounding the 2010-11 Phoenix Suns, but depth is not one of them.
Head coach Alvin Gentry has 12 players that could play on any given night, which every NBA coach yearns for.
But now comes the tough part for Gentry: figuring out who to play [...]

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