The Suns have started the interview process to find a new general manager and plan to make changes in their basketball operations department before the draft, according to John Gambadoro of Arizona Sports.
James Jones and Trevor Bukstein, who are currently serving as co-GMs, may remain with the team even if neither gets the permanent job, Gambadoro adds. They have been sharing the role since former GM Ryan McDonough was fired in October, a week before the season began.
Sporting the league’s worst record at 12-50, Phoenix has been in turmoil for most of the season. Gambadoro notes that ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski provided a critical review of the organization on Tuesday, citing uneasiness in the league office about how the Suns are being managed.
“This is an organization that is in a spiral in almost every way,” Wojnarowski said. “It is a concern for the NBA. Owner Robert Sarver has not seemed to learn a lot of lessons throughout the years about his management style, his hands-on nature and his ability to put an infrastructure in place and allow it to build an organization.”
After firing McDonough, Sarver said it was time for the Suns to move beyond the rebuilding process and become competitive. Gambadoro points out that four evaluation specialists were dismissed at the same time as the GM, and the team has only hired ex-Sun Ronnie Price to take their place.
This is something that should have happened in October. I’m not saying they should have hired a permanent GM then, but the search for a new one should have been launched then.
I open to moving to Phoenix and will have this organization turned around in no time.
You can do any worst then what they had
I’ll do it
I’m available.
Why doesn’t LeBron James retire and take this job instead of trying to run/ruin the Lakers.
Well said!!
Trade for Lonzo, sign Gelo, draft Melo and hire Lavar as coach/GM.
Why even take a job with the Sun’s, unstable ownership will have you heading out the door within a year. Dumpster fire franchise at its finest.
Sarver is ruining the Suns. Look at past champions and you will see at least one former Sun player and/or staff member on roster with the team. Griffin would be perfect (previously worked for the Suns) but Sarver won’t give him full control of moves which he needs, he got Lebron’s pieces to win the championship. Don’t care it was a fluke, the cavs team were well built. As long as Sarver is in charge there won’t be a winning season.
Dionis for Suns GM