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The most exciting part of a Suns shootaround, the free throw-swishing contest, continued today with even more flavor. Grant Hill joined the usual participants – Jared Dudley, Hakim Warrick, Ronnie Price and Dan Majerle. It was the same rules – first to swish five wins – but with a new price. Saturday’s new champion, Warrick, arrived with a boxing champion belt and a towel draped over his head. The belt was borrowed from one that Suns game operations uses in a skit. Warrick noticed it a month ago and had been waiting for his chance to wear it. It was short-lived. Dudley won today’s contest, grabbed the belt and then went to his knees yelling, “It feels so good.” “Anybody but him,” Warrick lamented. Arizona Republic

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What do you think of Bones Warrick (the skeleton that strength and conditioning coach Mike Elliott dressed up as in the locker room)? Hakim Warrick: I saw him doing it the whole time. I saw him putting the jersey over it. I didn't have to see the number. I knew it was my jersey. At first, it was just a jersey. Then people started adding things. Next thing, it has a headband. I come in and see it has an arm sleeve. Then they put the shoes on it and changed it to my shoes. Arizona Republic

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Has it always been hard for you to add weight? Hakim Warrick: I tried to. It seems like the worse I eat, the more I can't gain weight. I can eat anything -- Wendy's or whatever. It just doesn't stick to me. Arizona Republic

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Iverson is working with the Justice Entertainment Group on the four-team Las Vegas Superstar Challenge slated for Nov. 12-13 at the Thomas and Mack Center. Iverson, who signed a contract with the Griz for the 2009-10 season, will announce the event Wednesday in Las Vegas. Confirmed players include: Amare Stoudemire (New York Knicks), Kevin Durant (Oklahoma City Thunder), Paul Pierce (Boston Celtics), Tyreke Evans (Sacramento Kings), Lou Williams (Philadelphia 76ers), Hakim Warrick (Phoenix Suns), Chauncey Billups (New York Knicks), Al Harrington (Denver Nuggets), Stephen Jackson (Golden State Warriors), Monte Ellis (Golden State Warriors), Corey Maggette (Charlotte Bobcats), Matt Barnes (Los Angeles Lakers), David Lee (Golden State Warriors), James Harden (Oklahoma City Thunder), Ryan Hollins (Cleveland Cavaliers), Kyrie Irving (Cleveland Cavaliers), Kemba Walker (Charlotte Bobcats), Derrick Williams (Minnesota Timberwolves) and Marcus Morris (Houston Rockets). Memphis Commercial Appeal

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The game raised $25,000 for "Building a Better Basketball Camp" in both the Philadelphia and Baltimore areas. To a player, that was more important than what the scoreboard said at the end of the game. "I'm glad it's over," said Warrick with a laugh. "It got a little bigger than I thought. I really appreciate the guys coming out on both sides and the city loved it. I knew the guys I had would go out and give 100 percent. Me and Carmelo have been talking about doing this for a long time. I'm glad we did. "And we won." Philadelphia Inquirer

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Now a forward with the Phoenix Suns, Warrick said he had no trouble finding players to take part in the game, as he quickly assembled a Team Philly roster of Marcus and Markieff Morris, John Salmons and Wayne Ellington among others. The Philadelphia roster is set, Warrick said, but the team has yet to appoint a coach. “I didn’t have to sell it at all, it came to a point where I was hoping that some people would turn me down because we we’re getting too many people,” said Warrick. “It wasn’t a tough sell to go out there and play for your city. For a lot of these guys that grew up in the Philadelphia-area, basketball is a big thing, and you don’t want to get embarrassed.” Philadelphia Inquirer

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Suns forward Hakim Warrick is also playing general manager this summer, trying to organize a team of fellow Philadelphians to play Carmelo Anthony's Baltimore crew. Following the buzz of last week's game between Washington, D.C.-based Goodman League and Baltimore-based Melo League, Warrick tweeted, "I got my team ready to go #teamphilly . . . we got now we dont care who got next . . . lets make it happen." Arizona Republic

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Warrick told ESPN.com that he and Anthony, former college teammates at Syracuse, spoke Wednesday and have tentatively arranged to stage an exhibition game in Philadelphia before the end of September. "I was trying to do a Philly and Baltimore game awhile ago," Warrick said. "Then when I saw Drew League vs. Goodman League and Team Melo vs. Goodman [on Tuesday night], I was like, 'Man, let me go ahead and set this up.' "I told [Anthony] that we want to play them next and they have to come up to Philly. And he said he's with it." ESPN.com

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Warrick says he'll try to recruit Philadelphia-reared stalwarts such as Sacramento's Tyreke Evans, Orlando's Jameer Nelson and Detroit's Richard Hamilton to play on the Philly squad. Other players Warrick expects to play include Houston's Kyle Lowry, Sacramento's John Salmons, Minnesota's Wayne Ellington, Charlotte's Gerald Henderson, veteran NBA guard Ronald Murray (who finished last season in Turkey) and recent draftees Markieff and Marcus Morris, who were selected in the first round in June by Phoenix and Houston, respectively. ESPN.com

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With the NFL lockout officially over, the NBA is the only league in limbo. And unsurprisingly, players have been keeping up with the progress that the NFL made over the last few weeks, culminating with the end of the lockout. Phoenix Suns forward and former Friends Central standout Hakim Warrick is one of those players. Warrick, who is in the area playing in the Delco Pro-Am Summer League, said he hopes the NBA owners are taking notes from the NBA on how to compromise. ”I hope so,” Warrick said on Wednesday after wrapping up a league game playing with the Friends’ Central Alumni team. “We just got to take it one step at a time, realize that they [the NFL] went through it a little longer than we actually did. We’re just really getting started and really didn’t get back into negotiations. … We’re supposed to be doing that soon.” CSNPhilly.com

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Hakim Warrick: Just wanna wish @Jason Richardson @Earl Clark and Turk the best of luck n Orlando Twitter

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Griz owner Michael Heisley, who attended Monday's game, was counting on Darrell Arthur to fill Warrick's shoes. Heisley later admitted regret over the decision, and it's apparent that Warrick is missed. "He brings a lot of juice to practice every day," Hollins said. "He loves to play. He loves to compete. No matter how down everybody is when practice starts, Hakim is ready to go. He loves to talk trash. If he blocks a shot or scores on you, you're going to hear about it the rest of practice. If he beats you in a shooting game, you're going to hear about it. Those kinds of guys are great to have around." Memphis Commercial Appeal

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Jared Dudley: Great W tonight.@Hakim Warrick played big and @Steve Nash was his MVP self.Great team Win.JMZ is coming up. Now who's ready for the laker Game Twitter

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Before Babby arrived, Sarver signed Hakim Warrick, Josh Childress and Channing Frye to long-term contracts and took on another in trading for Hedo Turkoglu. Previously, the Suns did not have a player whose deal went beyond 2011-12. "That's the only thing hurting me," Richardson said of the lockout threat. "I had a decent season. I had a great playoff run. I thought that was enough to get me an extension. Everybody's planning on the lockout." Arizona Republic

Phoenix Suns, Hakim Warrick 

“I didn’t want him coming in and thinking he needed to be Amare,” Gentry told Sporting News. “Amare is a unique player and no one guy is going to fill his shoes. I wanted Hakim to understand that we just want him to do what he does and not worry about trying to be someone else.” For Warrick, the message was well-received. “That is something I know coming in,” Warrick told Sporting News. “I know just because the way it happened, because I signed right after Amare left that there are some people who might make that comparison. But I know I am not coming here to replace Amare. He is an All-NBA, All-Star player, but it is going to be a team effort in terms of making up for his loss.” Sporting News

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All of your basketball guys wanted you to resign Hakim Warrick. Heisley: That's not true at all. … We tried to sign Hakim Warrick and he wouldn't sign the contract. If we hadn't have withdrawn the offer, he could have held us to it until December, the trade deadline. I hated to get rid of Hakim Warrick. We didn't try to get rid of Hakim Warrick. We tried to keep Hakim Warrick. Memphis Flyer

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Chris Herrington: When Heisley says none of his basketball people were bothered by losing Warrick either he's lying or he was lied to. Twitter

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Hakim Warrick: Just woke up 2 some horrible news... Thoughts and prayers go out 2 Lorenzen Wright's family. Twitter

Phoenix had already signed free agent forward Hakim Warrick to a four-year, $18 million contract this summer, but ''we didn't want to fall off the earth with Amar'e leaving," a Suns source said. NBA.com

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