James Jones has it made in the shade: if he can build the Phoenix Suns into a winner, he will be the greatest general manager in the state of Arizona at that time.
If he can make the Phoenix Suns a champion, he will become a legend.
Such is the spoils of being in charge of Arizona’s favorite team.
If he fails, he simply becomes another who was unable to get the job done for over the last half century.
But if he succeeds, the ingrained love and devotion that fans of the franchise have built into their very DNA, will raise him to above all those in all sports who came before him – or are working
He has done a masterful job with the roster as of now, bring about some early-season success that fans have long sought following the failures of his predecessors since 2010.