Lon Scott Babby (born February 21, 1951) is an American lawyer and NBA player agent who was named the Phoenix Suns President of Basketball Operations on Tuesday July 20, 2010.
Additionally, he has also represented Major League Baseball clients, and has worked as an attorney for the NFL's Washington Redskins (1977–80) and MLB's Baltimore Orioles (1979–94).
[5] He is also the father of businessman Ken Babby, who is the current owner of the Akron RubberDucks and Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp minor league baseball teams.
On July 20, 2010, Babby was named the Phoenix Suns President of Basketball Operations under team owner Robert Sarver after Steve Kerr left his role as general manager in June 2010 and Sarver made the lambasted decision to make sign-and-trades to acquire Josh Childress, Hakim Warrick, and Hedo Türkoğlu as the intended replacements for star power forward Amar'e Stoudemire.
Despite being named the President of Basketball Operations, he still had to respond to the actual general manager of the team throughout his tenure, which originally was Lance Blanks before Ryan McDonough took over in 2013.