In this pandemic era of group zoom interviews qualifying as media availability, the opportunities for one-on-one exclusive interviews and in-depth features are rare. While someone like me — a blogger who’s always done the media scrums for quotes — has only lightly suffered in this new world, the true full-time professionals have had a difficult time doing their thing. They have always gotten their exclusive feature stories by walking the halls of the arenas, pulling players and front office personnel aside, gathering content no one else was around to hear.
So when I come across a Ringer article that contains a mountain of fresh quotes from Phoenix Suns players, GM James Jones and coach Monty Williams that I’ve never heard before, I applaud Kevin O’Connor for getting it done.