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 announced Tuesday afternoon that they have released rookie guard Matt Janning and assigned rookie forward Gani Lawal to the D-League’s Iowa Energy.
With Robin Lopez out “several weeks” with a sprained MCL and PCL, the Suns wanted to make room for free agent 7-foot, 250-pound center Earl Barron, who they are expected to [...]

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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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Here’s a sampling of what went down during Phoenix Suns media day 2010:

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The Phoenix Suns came one step closer to rounding out their 2010-11 roster Sunday as they agreed to terms with second-round draft pick Gani Lawal, according to The Arizona Republic.
The report by The Republic’s Paul Coro said the Suns signed the power forward out of Georgia Tech, taken 46th overall in this year’s draft, to [...]

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