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Lon Babby addresses the state of the Suns

With so many questions regarding the direction the Phoenix Suns are going in this offseason, Lon Babby met with the media Wednesday to address the state of the franchise.

Suns whip Blazers, move into final playoff spot

There’s no place like home. You don’t have to tell the Phoenix Suns, whose happy homecoming included a 125-107 pasting of the short-handed Portland Trail Blazers Monday night at U.S. Airways Center. Portland was without the services of LaMarcus Aldridge, Raymond Felton and Nicolas Batum who did not play due to injuries.

Two players to leave Arizona basketball

These days when you think about players leaving a program, Arizona State is the first to come to mind. While Arizona has a long way to go to catch up to the number of players who have left Tempe, they too have quietly lost three players now since the beginning of the 2011-12 season.