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Suns Extend Contracts Of Barbosa, Diaw; Waive Rookie Guard
The team exercised the fourth-year options on the rookie-scale contracts of Barbosa and Diaw. Both players will be under contract through at least the 2006-07 season with the Suns holding the right of first refusal when the two become restricted free agents in summer 2007. The 22-year-old Barbosa has averaged 7.5 points, 1.9 rebounds and 2.2 assists in 133 games over two seasons with the Suns, including 52 starts. Diaw was acquired from Atlanta in an Aug. 19 sign-and-trade deal that sent Joe Johnson to the Hawks. Diaw averaged 4.6 points, 3.6 rebounds and 2.3 assists in 142 games (62 starts) in his first two seasons with Atlanta. Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback Buy Tickets Heat Owner Arison Elected Board Of Governors ChairMiami Heat owner Micky Arison was elected chairman of the NBA's Board of Governors on Wednesday, replacing Phoenix Suns CEO Jerry Colangelo. "I'm looking forward to an interesting period," Arison said. "We have a lot of opportunities obviously for the league and a lot of challenges, and I look forward to working with the league office to help in any way I can." Colangelo, who served two two-year terms as chairman, will continue to serve as the Suns' representative on the board and as a member of committees for finance, long-range planning, collective bargaining and player relations. He voluntarily stepped down as chairman to give someone else a chance at the job. Arison is the chairman and CEO of Carnival Corporation, the cruise ship company. He took control of the Heat in 1995 and has overseen moves such as the hiring of Pat Riley and the acquisition of Shaquille O'Neal, helping Miami grow into a team considered one of the favorites to win the Eastern Conference this season. "It's great when you have somebody like Micky as a sounding board for the decisions, the directions and the processes," commissioner David Stern said. "There's television negotiations that will be coming up, there's global expansion, there are technology decisions that need to be addressed. "These ultimately will be decisions for the most part for the whole board, but as you get them ready it's great to have a chairman who both is available as a sounding board and brings the business acumen that Micky brings." Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback Buy Tickets Suns Claim Reiner Off WaiversThe Phoenix Suns announced today that they have claimed center Jared Reiner off waivers. Originally signed by the Los Angeles Clippers on Oct. 3, 2005, Reiner averaged 2.7 points over 6.7 minutes in three preseason games before he was released on Oct. 20. The 6-11, 255-pound center played in 19 games as a rookie in 2004-05, including two starts, after going undrafted and joining the Chicago Bulls as a free agent. The 23-year-old averaged 1.1 points, 2.0 rebounds and 6.9 minutes with the Bulls and logged seven minutes in three postseason games. Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback Buy Tickets Suns Oct 2005 Archive
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The Phoenix Suns extended the contracts of guards Leandro Barbosa and Boris Diaw on Thursday and lowered their preseason roster to 15 players by waiving rookie guard Anthony Lever-Pedroza.