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

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

Post#1 » by UcanUwill » Thu Jun 5, 2025 6:18 pm

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.”
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Post#3 » by DusterBuster » Thu Jun 5, 2025 6:25 pm

Onlytimewilltel wrote:That organization has become a joke


Has become? Must have already forgot the Sarver days eh?
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Post#5 » by Maxthirty » Thu Jun 5, 2025 6:44 pm

lol I hate that Mat went to MSU. He’s a joke.
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Post#6 » by Domejandro » Thu Jun 5, 2025 6:55 pm

Trading for Kevin Durant is probably going to be a nightmare, barring him having an obsession with some random player or prospect.

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Post#7 » by Capn'O » Thu Jun 5, 2025 6:57 pm

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA WHAT AN IDIOT!
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Post#8 » by YogurtProducer » Thu Jun 5, 2025 6:58 pm

This guy is an idiot

But if i owned an NBA franchise there is a 0% chance I would not be the GM lol
What an absolute failure and disaster this franchise is, ran by one of the most incompetent front offices in the league.
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Post#9 » by Ckay » Thu Jun 5, 2025 7:02 pm

GO SUNS GO!
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Post#11 » by SkyBill40 » Thu Jun 5, 2025 7:48 pm

Dude is killing us, man. Suns fans don't deserve this kind of behavior. Hasn't he directly inflicted ENOUGH damage?
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Post#12 » by Bornstellar » Thu Jun 5, 2025 7:52 pm

This man is delusional. It's crazy to go from Sarver to this guy
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Post#13 » by Chuck Everett » Thu Jun 5, 2025 7:59 pm

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Post#14 » by Woodsanity » Thu Jun 5, 2025 8:04 pm

Feel bad for Suns fans. :nonono:
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Post#15 » by tsherkin » Thu Jun 5, 2025 8:22 pm

That is unfortunate for Phoenix fans.
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Post#16 » by schnakenpopanz » Thu Jun 5, 2025 8:25 pm

This is the kind of person you would despise being your boss.
Can't wait until he's gone. You'll never know when.
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Post#17 » by Karate Diop » Thu Jun 5, 2025 8:28 pm

Bad owners tank teams... Sucks for Suns fans.
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Post#18 » by benson13 » Thu Jun 5, 2025 8:28 pm

Any time an owner says they'll be deeply involved with their team it's bad news, unless it's Jerry Jones.
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Post#19 » by og15 » Thu Jun 5, 2025 9:12 pm

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
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Post#20 » by Mamba Mentality » Thu Jun 5, 2025 9:17 pm

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

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