Igor Kokoskov was set up to be the fall man for the 2018-19 Phoenix Suns once the person who hired him, Ryan McDonough, was fired nine days before the regular season opener from his GM position. And maybe “fall man” is being too generous on my end.
The Suns did Kokoskov dirty.
With one of the youngest rosters in the league, which only increased as the season waned, what was he supposed to do to keep his job? The more I think about it, the more I believe he simply wasn’t James Jones’ guy from the beginning as a dead coach walking of sorts.