It is very easy to rip Phoenix Suns owner Robert Sarver for the poor performance of the franchise since he purchased the team from Jerry Colangelo 15 years ago.
Sarver has been cheap, he has hired or allowed the hiring of some of the absolute worst basketball minds available at a number of positions, and he has hidden from the public eye during times of turmoil, refusing to take public credit for the team’s failures.
And while it is easy to paint the franchise in a negative light for 15 years of failure, it is unfair to rip the James Jones administration’s execution of their tear down of what Ryan McDonough had built – or failed to build.