Following the end of a dismal 23-59 season, the Suns did not make the playoffs for the sixth consecutive season. The streak officially broke the franchises former record of seasons without a playoff appearance of five set from 1971 to 1975.
For Suns fans, there was a little nugget of good news that was announced on May 5 when it was news broke that Lon Babby would be stepping away from his role as Vice President of basketball operations with the Phoenix Suns. Brought on in 2010, Babby became the face of futility and mismanagement as it was his decisions and oversight of the hiring of Lance Blanks as General Manager, the mishandling of the Alvin Gentry/Dan Majerle/Lindsey Hunter head coaching change, and the misreading of the Morris twins by giving them contract extensions, that turned fans’ scorn towards him.