When news broke on Monday about the Suns firing of Ryan McDonough, it certainly caught me by surprise. Why now, nine days days before your regular season opener?
You can point to McDonough’s draft record being spotty at best, hitting only on Devin Booker and T.J. Warren prior to this past summer’s haul featuring Deandre Ayton, but the easy speculative answer would be the current point guard situation. Once Brandon Knight, who was in line to be their starter, was shipped alongside Marquese Chriss to Houston for Ryan Anderson and De’Anthony Melton, we all knew a coinciding move was soon on the horizon.