The Phoenix Suns received the No. 1 pick for the first time in franchise history and used that privilege to select Deandre Ayton.
That’s a huge investment (literally), so you can bet Suns management did plenty of background research before deciding on the Bahamian big man.
That included a 90-minute phone call with Arizona Wildcats head coach Sean Miller, who gave the Suns insight on what it’s like to coach Ayton and how Ayton handled the well-documented controversy that surrounded the UA program during his freshman season.
McDonough said Miller was “honest about everything good and bad” in their conversation, though acknowledged “there wasn’t much to criticize.