Seeing the Suns organization play in state will not be limited to Phoenix any longer.
The Suns are taking full control of their D-League operation by placing an affiliate team in Prescott Valley at the 10-year-old Prescott Valley Event Center.
The team will base all operations at the arena and begin play next season, making the Suns one of 19 NBA teams that will have single-affiliation D-League clubs in their metro areas or a drive away next season. The Suns’ D-League affiliates previously have been located in Bakersfield, Calif. (since 2011), Des Moines and Albuquerque. For the past two seasons, the Suns had a hybrid ownership with the Bakersfield Jam in which the Suns financed and controlled basketball operations while the Jam’s pre-existing owners handled business operations.