Suns Managing General Partner Robert Sarver told azcentral sports Thursday that he has "zero interest" in selling the team.

Sarver's comment came in response to a note item in the Washington Post in which an NBA writer said, "There are already rumblings around the league that Robert Sarver, who bought the team from Jerry Colangelo for $401 million in 2004, is looking to cash out."

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"There's zero accuracy to that story," Sarver said. "Zero. I have zero interest in selling."

Forbes recently valued the Suns' franchise at $1.1 billion.

Sarver's stewardship of Phoenix's original pro sports franchise came under increased scrutiny early in this season, after the Suns got off to an 0-3 start, fired coach Earl Watson and sent point guard Eric Bledsoe away from the team pending a trade.

NBA pundits and fans alike seized on the Suns missteps as evidence that Sarver was not intent on improving the team's performance.

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Former Suns front-office member and current ESPN analyst Amin Elhassan reflected the perspective of many pundits when he broke down the state of the Suns on the network.

"I think quite frankly we're just talking about a team that doesn't have much direction and it's not the head coach's fault, it's not the GM's fault, it's the owner's fault," Elhassan said. "He is injecting all this dysfunction throughout the organization."

Sarver has not commented on the state of the Suns since before the season began, when he stated that he thought fans should expect a "big step forward this season."

After defeating the Washington Wizards on Wednesday night, the Suns are 4-1 under interim head coach Jay Triano.

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