Phoenix Suns president of basketball operations and general manager James Jones is reportedly leading the team’s search for its next head coach as front office changes loom.
According to Jake Fischer of The People’s Insider and NBA insider Marc Stein, Jones “has to this point been operating as the point guard for the Phoenix coaching search.”
Interesting rumble out of the desert as we await the Suns’ expected restructuring of their front office:
Word is that James Jones, whose contract as the Suns’ lead decision-maker expires in June, has to this point been operating as the point guard for the Phoenix coaching search.
Suns owner Mat Ishbia is on record as saying that the search will be slow-moving, but the fact that Jones is at its forefront to this point would seem to support suggestions that he could be asked to stay with the franchise in a reconfigured role in the event that a new lead decision-maker is hired.
League sources say Phoenix would ideally settle upon its new front office structure before hiring a head coach to replace the one-and-done Mike Budenholzer.
Changes are coming for the Phoenix Suns
The report comes after Phoenix turned in 36-46 season that came to a close without a playoff or play-in berth.
Immediately following the season, Phoenix fired Budenholzer after just one season on the job. He’s the second one-and-done head coach in as many seasons for the franchise.
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Even more changes are expected to come down the pipeline from a front office and player standpoint.
As Ishbia said in his end-of-season press conference, “everything is going to be evaluated.”
“We’ve got to set it up front first with the leadership, and that starts with me, and we will do that,” Ishbia said. “Then we will get the right front office structure with scouts and what to look for in the draft, and then we’re going to find the right coach and it will be a process.”
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