Before a new set of Phoenix Suns draft workouts took place Wednesday morning, the team announced that president of basketball operations Lon Babby would be stepping down and taking a reduced role as a “senior advisor” starting Aug. 1. According to the release, general manager Ryan McDonough will lead the basketball operations department at that time.
“I am extremely grateful to Robert for accommodating my wish to reduce my workload a little bit,” Babby said. “I was looking at a picture the other day of myself at my first press conference and the only president that’s aged more than me in the last five years is Barack Obama.