FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 6, 2009

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SUNS RELEASE DEE BROWN

PHOENIX – The have released guard Daniel “ Dee” Brown , the club announced today.

The 6-0, 181-pound guard appeared in two games for Phoenix in a reserve role, averaging 2.5 points and 1.5 assists in 14.0 minutes. Brown hit a three-pointer in his first action with Phoenix on Dec. 29 at Oklahoma City and also finished with one in 13 minutes. A night later in Memphis, the Illinois product scored two points, dished two assists and grabbed a in 15 minutes. The two-year NBA performer was signed by the Suns on Dec. 24 after appearing in 17 games (11 starts) with the Washington Wizards to begin 2008-09.

The Suns roster now stands at 12. An updated roster is attached.

A season-high seven games above .500, the Suns return to action tomorrow night, Wed., Jan. 7, hosting the at 7 p.m. at US Airways .

– Suns.com –

2008-09 PHOENIX SUNS ROSTER

No. Player Pos. Ht. Wt. Birthdate From Yrs Played 17 Louis Amundson F 6-9 238 12/07/82 UNLV 2 10 Leandro Barbosa G 6-3 202 11/28/82 Baura Tilibra (Brazil) 5 22 Matt Barnes F 6-7 226 03/09/80 UCLA 5 2 Goran Dragic G 6-3 190 05/06/86 Union Olimpija (Slovenia) R 3 F 6-7 225 07/10/85 Boston College 1 33 Grant Hill F 6-8 225 10/05/72 Duke 14 15 Robin Lopez C 7-0 255 04/01/88 Stanford R 13 G 6-3 178 02/07/74 Santa Clara 12 32 Shaquille O’Neal C 7-1 325 03/06/72 Louisiana State 16 23 G 6-6 225 01/20/81 Michigan State 7 1 Amar’e Stoudemire F/C 6-10 249 11/16/82 Cypress Creek H.S. (Fla.) 6 29 Alando Tucker F 6-6 205 02/11/84 Wisconsin 1

HEAD COACH: (Wisconsin-Stevens ) ASSISTANT COACHES: (Appalachian State), Bill Cartwright (San Francisco), Dan Majerle (Central Michigan), Igor Kokoskov (Belgrade) HEAD ATHLETIC TRAINER: Aaron Nelson (Iowa State)

NUMERICAL ROSTER

1 Amar’e Stoudemire 2 Goran Dragic 3 Jared Dudley 10 Leandro Barbosa

13 Steve Nash 15 Robin Lopez 17 Louis Amundson 22 Matt Barnes

23 Jason Richardson 29 Alando Tucker 32 Shaquille O’Neal 33 Grant Hill