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Michael Porter Jr: Really, what I started doing though—earlier this summer, I went to Costa Rica, put my phone up, didn’t touch it for four days, and spent time thinking about just the next year. Let’s plan the next year. See if I even want to play basketball this next year. Let’s go deep and see: What do I want to focus on? What am I really thinking, right? I put my phone up, started doing journaling, started doing reading. First time in my life I’ve done that, right? And I came to real clarity. I decided: all I’m going to do is take it a year at a time. So I’m committed to basketball and putting my all into it for the next year. And then after that, I’m gonna reevaluate. I’m gonna take a trip somewhere else, put my phone up for four or five days, and reevaluate for the next year. So that’s kind of how I want to do it moving forward. I don’t want to plan too far in the future. I just want to take it a year at a time. You feel me?

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Coach Quin Snyder, lured from a Costa Rican beach vacation to take over in early 2023, still has significant say (and the salary to prove it). The front office has other voices — such as Saleh, assistant GM Kyle Korver, adviser and former Cavs GM Chris Grant and agent-turned-adviser Chris Emens. And in addition to those I already named, seven other people in basketball operations have VP titles.

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Scott Bordow: Some breaking Suns' news from Costa Rica. League source said Phoenix talked to Toronto assistant Nick Nurse and Pelicans associate head coach Chris Finch this week.

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