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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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PHOENIX — After Thursday’s hiring of Lance Blanks, the Phoenix Suns’ unorthodox basketball operations department has been filled out at the top.
We know that Blanks will be the “basketball genius” playing the hunter role of scoping out talent while former player agent Lon Babby will be the skinner who negotiates deals and interprets the collective [...]

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The Phoenix Suns’ search for an ace talent evaluator has concluded as the team announced Thursday it has hired Lance Blanks to fill the vacant general manager position below new president of basketball operations Lon Babby.
The Suns announced the hiring in a Thursday afternoon press release shortly after ESPN’s Chris Broussard first broke the story [...]

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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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