As inexplicable as it may be, the Phoenix Suns not hiring anyone else to fill their scouting department seems like foreshadowing for what’s coming next. All of the following people were fired nine days before the regular season opener against Dallas: GM Ryan McDonough, Assistant GM Pat Connelly, G-League GM Louis Lehman, director of scouting Courtney Witte, and director of international scouting Emilio Kovacic.
In their place, interim tags were slapped on James Jones, Trevor Bukstein, and Dylan DeBusk. However, Witte’s spot wasn’t filled to our knowledge. And trying to poach scouts from other staffs during preseason is a daunting task.