News or satire comedy? Mat Ishbia was hands off according to Mat. But NOW he will be ''deeply involved''.

[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-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.”

[Onlytimewilltel]

That organization has become a joke

[DusterBuster]

That organization has become a joke

Has become? Must have already forgot the Sarver days eh?

[MoreyWins]

never trade Phoenix picks

[Maxthirty]

lol I hate that Mat went to MSU. He’s a joke.

[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!

[Capn'O]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA WHAT AN IDIOT!

[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

[Ckay]

GO SUNS GO!

[CumberlandPosey]

lets gooooo.hyped....!!!

[SkyBill40]

Dude is killing us, man. Suns fans don't deserve this kind of behavior. Hasn't he directly inflicted ENOUGH damage?

[Bornstellar]

This man is delusional. It's crazy to go from Sarver to this guy

[Chuck Everett]

The living embodiment of "be careful what you wish for."

[Woodsanity]

Feel bad for Suns fans.

[tsherkin]

That is unfortunate for Phoenix fans.

[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.

[Karate Diop]

Bad owners tank teams... Sucks for Suns fans.

[benson13]

Any time an owner says they'll be deeply involved with their team it's bad news, unless it's Jerry Jones.

[og15]

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

[Mamba Mentality]

Kudos to Booker for showing restraint. Most guys in his situation would have demanded a trade a long time ago.