About a year ago at this time Suns owner Robert Sarver laid out a plan to change the structure of the Phoenix Suns’ front office to put specialists in a position of strength.
Sarver sees four main duties for a basketball operations department: evaluation, contract negotiation, understanding the collective bargaining agreement and communicating with players.
Instead of [...]

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The Phoenix Suns desperately need to hit a home run with the 13th pick in the 2011 NBA Draft, not just for the team’s slowly dwindling future, but for its oft-criticized front office as well.
Ever since Lon Babby and Lance Blanks joined forces to replace Steve Kerr, there have been very few victories in terms of personnel.
Yes, [...]

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PHOENIX — Lance Blanks did not give away many secrets in his first media availability in advance of the June 23 NBA Draft.
As Blanks put it, would Alvin Gentry publicly discuss his last play call to finish a game?
But the Suns’ general manager did reiterate two of the Suns’ biggest needs that may be areas [...]

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PHOENIX — Excuse Lance Blanks if he thinks he’s going to wake up any second now.
It doesn’t seem possible that he is now officially the general manager of the Phoenix Suns, taking over for a friend from his San Antonio days in Steve Kerr.
“The whole thing is weird,” Blanks said. “I’m going to wake up [...]

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PHOENIX — When the Phoenix Suns hired Lon Babby to head their basketball operations department, he immediately set out to find a “basketball genius” talent evaluator to complement his front office talents.
He also sought out a candidate who would be a great cultural fit, an executive who had been around winning organizations and somebody with [...]

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Watch the Lance Blanks introductory press conference in it’s entirety below. President of basketball operations Long Babby and head coach Alvin Gentry also answer questions.

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