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By  SAMANTHA PELL
Cronkite News

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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