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Brittney Griner’s arrival has Diana Taurasi buying hype, for once

2013-05-17T16:38:17Z

Brittney Griner’s arrival has Diana Taurasi buying hype, for once

Diana Taurasi can be salty and cynical. She’s allergic to hype. Her candor is uncompromised.

These traits make her original, lovable, a Valley favorite and occasional marketing headache for the WNBA.

Brittney Griner’s arrival has Diana Taurasi buying hype, for once

2013-05-17T16:34:02Z

Brittney Griner’s arrival has Diana Taurasi buying hype, for once

Nice story about the old guard and new guard.

NBA Draft Lottery: Lon Babby to be Suns lucky charm

2013-05-16T19:19:40Z

Is Lon Babby the guy to bring some much-needed luck to a Phoenix Suns organization that's historically had little in that department? We'll find out on ~~Thursday~~ Tuesday, June 21 when Babby is up on that weird stage waiting for the results of the NBA Draft Lottery to be announced.

The Suns have a 11.9-percent chance of winning the first-overall pick in a draft lacking a clear choice at the top of prospect pack.

I'm talking to a few people and working on a story asking the question: Do you even want to win the lottery this year?

Regardless, Lon will be the man on the stage who in every practical sense will have no influence over the result but will be credited for being filled with magical powers should the Suns win and will receive absolutely zero fault should the odds play out as expected.

Stealing the Phoenix Suns training staff would be the next evolution of big market muscle for the Lakers - Silver Screen and Roll

2013-05-16T17:04:35Z

Stealing the Phoenix Suns training staff would be the next evolution of big market muscle for the Lakers - Silver Screen and Roll

BACK OFF!!!

Suns leading the way!

2013-05-14T20:22:46Z

Gillespie pulled out his Samsung Galaxy tablet and called up a video clip from the first quarter. He was able to immediately show his players what their opponents were doing so they could make quicker adjustments during the game. [...]The Suns became the first NBA team this season to outfit both players and coaches with tablet computers for use on and off the court.

Samsung and Apple's Next 'Court' Battle: Tablets in the NBA - Bloomberg

Ryan McDonough tapped as new Suns GM

2013-05-07T17:48:59Z

Here's what Lon Babby had to say about the decision to hire Ryan McDonough as the new Phoenix Suns GM.

SUNS NAME MCDONOUGH GENERAL MANAGER | THE OFFICIAL SITE OF THE PHOENIX SUNS
"Ryan distinguished himself among an impressive group of candidates for our GM position," said Suns President of Basketball Operations Lon Babby. "His natural leadership and communication skills will serve the Suns well. And, his prodigious work ethic and ability to identify talent will enable us to take full advantage of the 10 draft choices, including six in the first round, that we have over the next three years. We welcome his championship pedigree to our organization."

There will be a press conference on Thursday to introduce McDonough to the Suns fans and media.

Here's an EXTENSIVE profile of McDonough that ran on SB Nation a few weeks ago:

The next generation GM: Ryan McDonough and the Celtics are helping usher in a new age of player evaluation - SBNation.com
McDonough can call up reports on his ever-present iPad of players he’s seen live and broken down on video. As he sifts through his information, he’s cautious against being too high or too low on a player. Scouting isn’t linear. His evaluations are a constant process.

What do you think?

Poll

Do you like the hiring of Ryan McDonough as the new Suns GM?

McDonough new GM today, Gambo tweets

2013-05-07T17:28:06Z

McDonough new GM today, Gambo tweets

Suns waiting on Grant Hill for GM job, Stein Reports

2013-05-07T13:38:27Z

Take it for what it is: another piece of information in the GM search saga.

Rumblings persist Suns haven't hired GM yet because they remain hopeful Clips' Grant Hill, out of playoffs now, returns to PHX to take job
— Marc Stein (@ESPNSteinLine) May 7, 2013

We talked about Hill possibly filling the role a few times before. Talk again.