James Jones
Currently the general manager of the Phoenix Suns, he was successfully elected as the 2020-2021 NBA General Manager of the Year on Father's Day on June 20, 2021.
Indiana Walker period
James Jones was only selected with the 49th pick in the second round of the draft and had several highlights in his career when he had to choose to play for multiple teams.
Phoenix Suns period
Portland Trail Blazers era
Miami Heat era
Cleveland Cavaliers period
James Jones was selected by the Indiana Pacers with the 49th pick in the second round at the 2003 draft and played for several teams in his career, including the Indiana Pacers, Phoenix Suns, Portland Trail Blazers, Miami Heat and Cleveland Cavaliers.
The highlight of his career was winning the All-Star Three-Point Contest in 2011, winning the O'Brien Cup for two consecutive seasons with the Heat Big Three, and winning the O'Brien Cup with the team after moving to the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 2015-2016 season.
On July 20, 2017, James Jones joined the Phoenix Suns as vice president of basketball operations while retiring.
On April 12, 2019, James Jones officially took up the role of Phoenix Suns.
Team General Manager
Cameron Johnson
At the draft that officially started as team general manager, he selected Cameron Johnson (the no. 11 pick in the first round), and the now-trusted outside shooter recalls how he felt when he first came to the Phoenix Suns:
"Oh my God, this team sucks, it feels so bad to be chosen by them, this team is doomed to fail. But today, we're playing the Western Conference Finals. That's interesting. It's enough to show what we've always believed and trusted in each other. ”
Cameron Johnson broke through
As the team's main rotation player this season, Cameron Johnson contributed 9.5 points and 3.3 rebounds to the team in the regular season, and it was a highlight in the two games of the Western Conference Finals, Cameron Johnson contributed 12 points, 4 rebounds and 2 steals in the first game against the Clippers, and the second game today was 5 of 5 shooting, with 11 points, 3 rebounds and 1 steal.
Little Kelly Oubre
In addition to selecting Cameron Johnson, he traded veteran Ariza from the Washington Wizards for Oubre, Ryan Anderson from the Heat for Taylor Johnson, and hired the current Suns coach Monty Williams as the team's head coach.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="68" > know that this team has only won 19 games in the 2018-2019 season! </h1>
Ricky Rubio
He made several trades in the first few months of taking over the team, and immediately before the start of the 2019-2020 season, James Jones made a drastic overhaul of the team in the offseason. First sent off T.J Warren, cleared the salary space, renewed Oubre, and signed Ricky Rubio on a three-year, $51 million contract, in fact, Rubio contributed a lot to the team in the 2019-2020 season, the team won 34 games in the 2019-20 season, and Rubio became the main chip that could later be traded with Chris Paul.
Paul Thunder period
Paul's sun period
On November 17, 2020, the Suns completed an important deal by sending Rubio and Oubre and Lechu to exchange 11 All-Star players from the Thunder, and Chris Paul, one of the best point guards in NBA history, followed by the signing of Hard guy 3D striker Jackraude who had just finished the Finals on a three-year, $3 million contract, while the Suns also pocketed Dario Saric, Jevon Carter and Frank Kaminsky.
They also offered Cameron Payne a short-term contract and then extended his contract until the end of the 2020-21 season.
Cameron Payne
Cameron Payne has joined the Shanxi men's basketball team
2020-2021 regular season shooting percentage distribution
The 2020-2021 Phoenix Suns have revamped their record and are back in the playoffs after an 11-year hiatus, and the Phoenix Suns have made it all the way to the Western Conference Finals by beating last year's championship team, the Los Angeles Lakers, and the Denver Nuggets led by regular season MVce Jokic, who have won nine consecutive games in this year's playoffs and led the Los Angeles Clippers by a 2-0 lead, just two wins from reaching the Finals again.
Cameron Johnson said: "I really, very, very much like our team. I love this team and I love playing with these teammates. ”
In fact, when James Jones became a member of the management of the Phoenix Suns, everyone was full of doubts about this, although there were 3 championship rings, but Jones was just a role player in the team, but James Jones only spent two years to make the Phoenix Suns reborn, in the 2020-2021 regular season they won 51 games, jumping to become a championship team!
Phoenix Suns head coach Monty Williams
Phoenix Suns coach Monty Williams said: "Jones is a very important reason for our success, it is he who made us build such a talented team. I'm really happy for him.) In such a short period of time, he has changed the team dramatically, and jones must be thrilled to be named general manager of the year. Of course he wouldn't admit it, but I'm sure he must have been crying the moment he heard the news."
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