In Phoenix, Lon Babby Blurs the Lines
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by Tom ZillerFiled under: Hawks, Raptors, Suns, NBA Free AgentsNews broke early Sunday that noted agent Lon Babby had become a top candidate for the vacant Suns general managership previously held by Steve Kerr, who left Phoenix due to a contract dispute with owner Robert Sarver. An agent slipping into a team role isn't unprecedented in sports or in the NBA, but it's rare enough to be surprising when it does happen.
But there's a particularly interesting wrinkle in Babby's Phoenix candidacy. On Sunday, the Suns reportedly agreed to trade away Leandro Barbosa and Dwayne Jones for the obscene contract of ...