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PHOENIX (AP) — Things are looking up for the Phoenix Suns on the basketball court these days. The same can’t be said for Jusuf Nurkic. The struggling Nurkic has gone from the starting center ...

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“We don’t have the pure basketball kid,” Maxwell said. “Where ‘Basketball is my life. I play basketball before school. I play basketball in school during gym. I play basketball after school.

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