Suns co-interim general manager James Jones has made his M.O. known during his relatively short stint in the front office. He wants to build relationships with players, develop a culture that breeds winning and is in no hurry to overhaul the locker room for the sake of change.
Apparently that, along with the relationship the two fostered over seven seasons as teammates, has put Jones in the sights of Lakers superstar LeBron James as part of LeBron’s quest to one day own an NBA team. A new story over at The Athletic documents the series of moves LeBron has already made to set himself up to one day own a team and even goes so far as to list a couple of candidates for the GM position should LeBron pull it off:
“LeBron has an idea about whom he might hire as his first general manager, mentioning former Miami and Cleveland teammate James Jones, who’s now the interim GM in Phoenix.