As I was in the midst of writing my column on why I believed majority owner Robert Sarver would move quickly to hire James Jones as the Phoenix Suns’ new General Manager, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reported that indeed seems to be the plan.
Story soon on ESPN: Phoenix Suns owner Robert Sarver is leaning toward the eventual hiring of interim general manager James Jones as the franchise’s full-time GM, league sources tell ESPN. Jones had been VP of Basketball Operations under former GM Ryan McDonough.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) October 9, 2018
Fifteen months ago, Ryan McDonough was signed to an extension that would run through June 2020 as Sarver also hired James Jones onto their basketball operations staff as Vice President of Basketball Operations.