James Jones Needs To Be Fired From The Phoenix Suns

The Phoenix Suns have been in rebuild mode forever, it feels like, with them tanking every year to stockpile young assets to become a team of the future.  They fired their last GM, Ryan McDonough, 9 days before the season began, they let Ryan go through the entire offseason with them just to fire him. The last time the Suns made the playoffs was in 2010, with them on the brink of leaving Phoenix if a new stadium isn't built, the Suns need a new plan of attack now. James Jones has taken over as the GM and he did one of the dumbest moves in the NBA this season.

The first overall pick this year was DeAndre Ayton who presumably had the most upside in the 2018 draft. The 7'1 center out of Arizona was compared to the likes of Karl-Anthony Towns and DeMarcus Cousins. He's a very promising player to align with the rising superstar, Devin Booker. The biggest question with Ayton was his defense, which is normal for a big man at 20 year old to have.

To begin the season, the backup center on the roster was Tyson Chandler. Chandler is known for being the anchor of the championship Dallas Mavericks team, 2 time 2nd all defense NBA first team, 1 time all NBA defensive first team, and the defense player of the year in 2012 with the Knicks. Chandler would be the most ideal mentor for a young player who struggles on defense to learn from. Instead of this idea working out for the Suns and having Chandler teach Ayton, James Jones bought out Chandler.

Jones did this move as a "solid" for LeBron, a league source told ESPN. If this is true Jones needs to be fired from the Suns organization immediately. He isn't acting in the best interest of the team, but rather as the best interest of a friend. The Phoenix Suns have the players for future in Ayton and Booker, now they need to learn how to start winning and Chandler would've been a perfect teacher for Ayton to learn how to win.