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Lon Babby to Become Suns Senior Advisor

PHOENIX – The Phoenix Suns have announced today that President of Basketball
Operations Lon Babby will be transitioning to the position of Senior Advisor
as of August 1, 2015. At that time Ryan McDonough will lead the Basketball
Operations Department from his position as General Manager with continued
support from Assistant General Managers Pat Connelly and Trevor Bukstein. All
three individuals will take on increasing responsibilities within the
organization and are signed to multiyear contracts.

As Senior Advisor, Babby will provide strategic counsel and input to the
Basketball Operations Department as well as to the entire Suns organization.
He will continue to play an active role in contract negotiations and salary
cap management. Babby will continue to be based in Phoenix and as part of his
new role will spend at least 50 percent of his time working on Suns matters.

“I am grateful that Robert has accommodated my wish to reduce my work load,
while remaining a vital part of the Suns organization. At this stage of my
career, I welcome the flexibility that comes with this new role, a
flexibility that will enable me to do other things that are important to me
both personally and in the community. I feel particularly confident in making
this transition because of the quality of leadership in place within the
organization,” said Babby.

Managing Partner Robert Sarver on the transition: “Lon has served the Suns
well for the last five years. I am pleased that he will remain with the Suns
and continue to bring his expertise and value to the organization.”

Babby joined the Suns organization in August of 2010 after a storied 35-year
career as a practicing attorney with DC-based Williams & Connolly, LLP. Named
one of “Washington’s Top Lawyers” for sports and media law by
Washingtonian magazine, one of the “20 Most Influential Agents” in the
nation by Sports Business Journal and one of the 100 Most Powerful People in
Sports by The Sporting News, the well-regarded player agent entered player
representation in 1994. At that time, he had long been involved in sports
representation on the team side, first with the NFL’s Washington Redskins
(1977-84) and then MLB’s Baltimore Orioles (1979-94.)

Babby hired McDonough in May 2013 and the two, along with Head Coach Jeff
Hornacek, orchestrated the biggest turnaround in the NBA in 2013-14 (from 25
to 48 wins). Following that season, McDonough was runner-up for the NBA
Executive of the Year Award and Hornacek was runner-up for the NBA Coach of
the Year Award.

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