In just four years since James Jones was first named general manager (had the interim title the first year of that period) and three off-seasons to rebuild the roster, the Phoenix Suns just finished their best regular season of all time.
Approach to the off-season
Coming off a 2020-21 season where Jones earned the league’s award for Executive of the Year, he elected to mostly keep the status quo going into the following season.
He completely opted out of the 2021 NBA Draft after trading away #29 (and Jevon Carter) for Landry Shamet and #59 (and Jared Dudley) for Darrell Arthur back in 2018, the ladder being a salary relief move by previous GM Ryan McDonough that saved Phoenix $2.