In the early morning of June 21, Beijing time, the NBA officially announced another award of the season, that is, the winner of the best general manager, The Suns General Manager James Jones won this award. A good general manager can create a perfect championship team, and every transaction and signing is inseparable from the network he has accumulated over the years in the league, so this award is also the highest recognition of the general manager.
James, who immediately updated his social media after learning the news, congratulated Jones: "Congratulations to my brother James Jones , champion of the year — for being elected General Manager of the Year. After the first round out, James maintained intense web surfing, and he appeared in almost every hot spot. The relationship between these two is obvious to all, they are very good brothers in the Heat, and after James returned to the Cavaliers, Jones also followed James to Cleveland to conscientiously assist the little emperor. Two years ago, when the Lakers lacked an inside line, Jones also bought Tyson Chandler's contract in the snow, also to help James, so James will be the first to tweet congratulations to Jones on his election as the best general manager.
This season, the Suns have been soaring, ranking second in the West in the regular season the best in recent years, eliminating the defending champion Lakers in the first round, sweeping the Nuggets with the new MVP Jokic in the second round, and the Western Conference Finals also won the opening red, which is likely to launch an impact on the championship, and this achievement is inseparable from a series of operations by James Jones.
Since James Jones took office in the 18/19 season, the Suns have been very trusting of him, and the team's multiple trades and signings have been for the long-term benefit of the future, so although the Suns have a poor record, the management has maintained an optimistic attitude. In his first season he first disposed of Ryan Anderson's junk contract in exchange for Taylor Johnson and Ellington to fill the guard line, and then traded the aging Ariza for Oubre, which also made the team younger. Hiring Monty Williams in the 19-year offseason was the beginning of the rise of the sun, and a good coach brought a qualitative leap to the team. But the second round of white delivery of Tj Warren was criticized at the time, as Warren then played his career best with the Pacers. But now it seems that the time to clean up Warren was to sign Rubio, because the team really lacked point guards, and the small forward already had four players, Warren was offensively strong and weak and the potential was gone, and it was a reasonable choice to trade out, but there was a little loss in the second round.
But it was Rubio's signing that gave the Suns the capital to trade Paul, and his contract, plus The Oubre that was previously traded, was just enough to match Paul's contract. This year Jones exchanged Paul, the team really has the core of the organization, coupled with the growth of People Like Booker and Ayton, the Suns have finally become the top team in the league, and this series of operations James Jones is indispensable.
Now that the Suns have a bright future, the team's age structure is reasonable, the inside and outside lines are balanced, and there are three starters who are child labor contracts, which also gives them enough room to reinforce, and Jones's cards are still very good to play.
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