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Northern Arizona Suns leaving Prescott Valley for Phoenix? Not so fast

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Posted at 4:23 PM, Jul 27, 2020
and last updated 2020-07-27 19:24:50-04

The Northern Arizona Suns leaving Prescott Valley for Phoenix is not a slam dunk after all.

Despite a Town of Prescott Valley announcement on July 7 that said the team would “be playing at a location, to be determined, in the Phoenix metro area” for the 2020-21 NBA G League season, the organization has not yet made a decision about moving from its current home, said Jacob Withee, the NAZ Suns’ manager of communications.

The team is still exploring its options, he said.

“It’s premature to say anything definitive, but due to the economic realities of the COVID-19 pandemic, we have begun to explore moving the Northern Arizona Suns closer to our parent club in Phoenix,” Withee said in a statement to Cronkite News.

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