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Suns guard Ronnie Price transitioning to future as a coach

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By ADONIS DEES
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PHOENIX – For the third time in his 11-year NBA career, guard Ronnie Price is wearing a Phoenix Suns uniform — at least for now.

He may soon be trading the jersey and shorts of a player for the coat and tie of a coach.

Price, 33, was surprisingly released by the Oklahoma City in October not long after he signed a two-year contract with the Thunder. However, he has not given up on extending his days as a player. He signed a 10-day contract with the Suns on Jan. 27.

“When I get that sign, then I’ll gladly walk away from the game and look for a different avenue,” Price said. “But right now, I’m physically in better condition than I was when I was younger.”

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Phoenix Suns building organically through NBA Draft

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By  SAMANTHA PELL
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PHOENIX — As a player, Earl Watson experienced the baby steps of building a championship contender in the NBA. Now as coach of the Suns, he is hoping his team can follow those same steps to return to prominence.

Watson was playing for Seattle in 2008 when the SuperSonics relocated to Oklahoma City and became the Thunder. That team included two young stars, Kevin Durant and Jeff Green. The Thunder drafted guard Russell Westbrook the next season, then James Harden in 2009.

That’s when the Thunder took off.

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Veteran P.J. Tucker is the Suns ‘X Factor’

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By MATT FAYE

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PHOENIX — Suns forward P.J. Tucker doesn’t always know what role he’ll play for the team from game to game, and that’s just the way he likes it.

The 31-year-old NBA veteran does a little bit of everything for a Suns squad that often needs just that.

“Each game is specific. Every night is different,” Tucker said. “Whatever I can do to help this team get a win, that’s what I’ll do. That’s what it’s about.”

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Phoenix Suns coach Earl Watson, center Tyson Chandler have long history together

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By SAMANTHA PELL

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PHOENIX — When Tyson Chandler was just a teenager, Earl Watson was there for him, picking him up in his car to take him to lunch at an In-N-Out Burger from time to time.  

Back then, Watson was an incoming freshman at UCLA. Chandler was a Hanford, California native about to be a ninth grader at Manuel Dominguez High School in Compton, California.

Now it is Chandler’s turn to play the part of mentor for a young Phoenix Suns team.

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