The Suns understand that the timeline for their championship contention is still a few years away. The youth movement in Phoenix doesn’t end at the players’ lockers, either. It extends to the coaching staff and front office.
Suns GM Ryan McDonough is freshly 36, and first time Head Coach Earl Watson is only 37. No matter where you look, the Suns are trying to leverage youth, inexperience, and the smaller contracts that come along with it, into long-term, championship growth.
Watson was raised in Kansas City, Kansas and averaged 23 points, 14 rebounds, and 8.