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A sort of going-away luncheon is set for the Suns today. Only its a little like saying goodbye to the franchise itself. The Suns are honoring Jerry Colangelo, who is set to close out his ownership groups $401 million sale to a group headed by Robert Sarver when Sarver posts the final payment on Friday.

And that will make Sarver the sole operator of the team.

Colangelo and his longtime assistant Ruth Dryjanski the teams first two employees when the franchise was born in 1968 will be moving out of the Suns offices.

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Amadou Gallo Fall didn't even have the cliche "cup of coffee" in

the NBA as a player.

That was fine with him because becoming a professional basketball

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While the search for the next Seattle SuperSonics coach enters its Just Name Somebody Soon Phase, please allow me to introduce a new candidate for consideration.

David Blatt.

David who?

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Just because Sam Mitchell and the Toronto Raptors don't have a pick in this week's NBA draft doesn't mean the team is taking an extended vacation.

The summer, in fact, has been quite busy as Mitchell and the Raptors try to build on the franchise's first Atlantic Division title. In just his third season as Toronto's head coach, Mitchell led the team to a franchise-record-tying 47 wins. Despite holding home-court advantage for the first time in the franchise's history, the Raptors lost to New Jersey in the first round of the Eastern Conference playoffs.

And that left Mitchell and his team with plenty of work to do.

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As Portland Trail Blazers scout John Gabriel viewed a cross-section of prospects at the Orlando pre-draft camp, he was looking for a single answer.

"Can he shoot?" Gabriel said. "We want them all to shoot."

FLUIDITY: Forward Kevin Durant works out with the Blazers some 48 hours after Greg Oden, as both players try to sell themselves to the team with the top draft pick.

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