Two of new GM Ryan McDonough and President Lon Babby's first major moves as a tandem were to hire a coach, Jeff Hornacek, and acquire a point guard, Eric Bledsoe, to become the faces of the rebuilding Phoenix Suns franchise in 2013. Two years later, the Suns uncertain future still rests in their hands.
Neither Hornacek nor Bledsoe had ever done the job full time before, but the Suns brass could afford to take that kind of risk for a franchise coming off its second worst season in 45 years. If either or both failed, they could shrug their shoulders and move in another direction, unfazed.