https://www.si.com/nba/suns/news/phoenix-suns-owner-makes-bold-proclamation-letter-sent-staff
According 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.”
