PHOENIX — The past must be an awfully scary place. After all it seems just about everyone these days — from political candidates to the Suns’ front office — is ready to move forward. That was certainly the theme Thursday, when team president of basketball operations Lon Babby and general manager Lance Blanks hosted a [...]

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PHOENIX — Back in 2010 the Phoenix Suns embarked on a franchise-altering offseason without a general manager, instead seemingly making decisions on the fly once Amare Stoudemire fled for the Big Apple. Lon Babby was hired shortly thereafter as the Suns’ president of basketball operations and has now had two years to take inventory of [...]

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PHOENIX — Two years into his NBA career, Wesley Johnson is a certifiable draft bust. Johnson followed up a weak rookie campaign in which he averaged nine points on 39.7 percent shooting by going for 6.0 on 39.8 percent marksmanship. The fourth overall pick in the 2010 draft has put up PERs of 10.20 and [...]

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PHOENIX — The Phoenix Suns entered the summer short on assets and talented young players. After an offseason that saw them say goodbye to franchise legends Steve Nash and Grant Hill, that has completely changed. The Suns have come out of July with three quality players in their early-to-mid 20′s with varying degrees of potential, [...]

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PHOENIX — Issues involving the protection of the Suns’ incoming first-round draft pick delayed the completion of the Robin Lopez-Wes Johnson three-way trade for a few days. “To be candid with you it took a lot of lawyering on all sides and a little creativity to actually get it done,” PBO Lon Babby said on [...]

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PHOENIX — The Phoenix Suns’ offseason has brought about a theme of second chances. Goran Dragic gets his second go-around with the Suns while Michael Beasley comes to Phoenix in hopes of revamping his image. And 2010 fourth overall pick Wes Johnson, traded to the Suns from the Minnesota Timberwolves today, gets his second chance [...]

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