John Voita is the Managing Editor of Bright Side of the Sun, co-host of the Suns JAM Session Podcast, and has been a credentialed member of the Phoenix media since 2023.
The Phoenix Suns are pivoting. Not with a screeching, tire-smoking U-turn, but with a quiet veer, a subtle lean into something that feels familiar. Comfortably institutional. Even if that institution just stumbled to a 36-46 finish and left fans blinking in disbelief.
Rather than fish outside the organizational pond, Mat Ishbia cast his line inward. Deep inward. Past the war room, past the coaching staff, past the layers of front-office insulation and down into his own nostalgic core.