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News or satire comedy? Mat Ishbia was hands off according to Mat. But NOW he will be ''deeply involved''.
Posted: Thu Jun 5, 2025 6:18 pm
by UcanUwill
This is my second thread on Ishbia, but I thought this was something Mel Brooks would come up with.
https://www.si.com/nba/suns/news/phoenix-suns-owner-makes-bold-proclamation-letter-sent-staffAccording to Arizona Sports, Ishbia sent an email internally to basketball operations members about how he is going to change his way of doing things within the organization.
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“While I won’t be reviewing film, designing offenses, or running the draft room, I will be deeply involved in ensuring that basketball operations, like every other area of our organization, is performing at the highest level.''
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I’ve tried running the typical NBA owner playbook – hiring the experts, signing the checks, and getting out of the way – and none of us were happy with the outcome.''
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Additionally, Arizona Sports' Kevin Zimmerman wrote: “In the letter, he praised (new general manager Brian) Gregory’s early days as general manager and Ott’s abilities as coach. Ishbia also expressed an awareness that his decisions would be met with ‘hot takes’ and criticism, but that is not a concern of his.”
Re: News or satire comedy? Mat Ishbia was hands off according to Mat. But NOW he will be ''deeply involved''.
Posted: Thu Jun 5, 2025 6:20 pm
by Onlytimewilltel
That organization has become a joke
Re: News or satire comedy? Mat Ishbia was hands off according to Mat. But NOW he will be ''deeply involved''.
Posted: Thu Jun 5, 2025 6:25 pm
by DusterBuster
Onlytimewilltel wrote:That organization has become a joke
Has become? Must have already forgot the Sarver days eh?
Re: News or satire comedy? Mat Ishbia was hands off according to Mat. But NOW he will be ''deeply involved''.
Posted: Thu Jun 5, 2025 6:30 pm
by MoreyWins
never trade Phoenix picks
Re: News or satire comedy? Mat Ishbia was hands off according to Mat. But NOW he will be ''deeply involved''.
Posted: Thu Jun 5, 2025 6:44 pm
by Maxthirty
lol I hate that Mat went to MSU. He’s a joke.
Re: News or satire comedy? Mat Ishbia was hands off according to Mat. But NOW he will be ''deeply involved''.
Posted: Thu Jun 5, 2025 6:55 pm
by Domejandro
Trading for Kevin Durant is probably going to be a nightmare, barring him having an obsession with some random player or prospect.
Jase Richardson, you are heading to Phoenix!
Re: News or satire comedy? Mat Ishbia was hands off according to Mat. But NOW he will be ''deeply involved''.
Posted: Thu Jun 5, 2025 6:57 pm
by Capn'O
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA WHAT AN IDIOT!
Re: News or satire comedy? Mat Ishbia was hands off according to Mat. But NOW he will be ''deeply involved''.
Posted: Thu Jun 5, 2025 6:58 pm
by YogurtProducer
This guy is an idiot
But if i owned an NBA franchise there is a 0% chance I would not be the GM lol
Re: News or satire comedy? Mat Ishbia was hands off according to Mat. But NOW he will be ''deeply involved''.
Posted: Thu Jun 5, 2025 7:02 pm
by Ckay
GO SUNS GO!
Re: News or satire comedy? Mat Ishbia was hands off according to Mat. But NOW he will be ''deeply involved''.
Posted: Thu Jun 5, 2025 7:21 pm
by CumberlandPosey
lets gooooo.hyped....!!!
Re: News or satire comedy? Mat Ishbia was hands off according to Mat. But NOW he will be ''deeply involved''.
Posted: Thu Jun 5, 2025 7:48 pm
by SkyBill40
Dude is killing us, man. Suns fans don't deserve this kind of behavior. Hasn't he directly inflicted ENOUGH damage?
Re: News or satire comedy? Mat Ishbia was hands off according to Mat. But NOW he will be ''deeply involved''.
Posted: Thu Jun 5, 2025 7:52 pm
by Bornstellar
This man is delusional. It's crazy to go from Sarver to this guy
Re: News or satire comedy? Mat Ishbia was hands off according to Mat. But NOW he will be ''deeply involved''.
Posted: Thu Jun 5, 2025 7:59 pm
by Chuck Everett
The living embodiment of "be careful what you wish for."
Re: News or satire comedy? Mat Ishbia was hands off according to Mat. But NOW he will be ''deeply involved''.
Posted: Thu Jun 5, 2025 8:04 pm
by Woodsanity
Feel bad for Suns fans.
Re: News or satire comedy? Mat Ishbia was hands off according to Mat. But NOW he will be ''deeply involved''.
Posted: Thu Jun 5, 2025 8:22 pm
by tsherkin
That is unfortunate for Phoenix fans.
Re: News or satire comedy? Mat Ishbia was hands off according to Mat. But NOW he will be ''deeply involved''.
Posted: Thu Jun 5, 2025 8:25 pm
by schnakenpopanz
This is the kind of person you would despise being your boss.
Can't wait until he's gone. You'll never know when.
Re: News or satire comedy? Mat Ishbia was hands off according to Mat. But NOW he will be ''deeply involved''.
Posted: Thu Jun 5, 2025 8:28 pm
by Karate Diop
Bad owners tank teams... Sucks for Suns fans.
Re: News or satire comedy? Mat Ishbia was hands off according to Mat. But NOW he will be ''deeply involved''.
Posted: Thu Jun 5, 2025 8:28 pm
by benson13
Any time an owner says they'll be deeply involved with their team it's bad news, unless it's Jerry Jones.
Re: News or satire comedy? Mat Ishbia was hands off according to Mat. But NOW he will be ''deeply involved''.
Posted: Thu Jun 5, 2025 9:12 pm
by og15
YogurtProducer wrote:This guy is an idiot
But if i owned an NBA franchise there is a 0% chance I would not be the GM lol
Haha, this is probably true for the majority of RealGM, in that most would not be hands off owners
Re: News or satire comedy? Mat Ishbia was hands off according to Mat. But NOW he will be ''deeply involved''.
Posted: Thu Jun 5, 2025 9:17 pm
by Mamba Mentality
Kudos to Booker for showing restraint. Most guys in his situation would have demanded a trade a long time ago.