Due to his wife, the sun’s captain is suspended because of how he treats his wife, and…
Even in the absence of owner Robert Sarver’s saga, the Phoenix Suns would have had a lot of questions during this training camp.
This past May, the team was coming off a brutal home defeat in Game 7 of a second-round playoff series against the Dallas Mavericks. Star center Deandre Ayton entered training having not spoken to head coach Monty Williams since an altercation during the championship game and following speculation during the offseason about his potential playing position this year.
After a disagreement regarding his own contract and playing time, veteran forward Jae Crowder made the decision to skip camp as the Suns attempted to trade him.
Later on, Sarver made the decision to sell both the team and the Mercury of the WNBA. Sportico announced on Wednesday that he had brought in an investment bank to handle that procedure.
Any of those things could be seen as a diversion as the Suns get ready to play the Mavs in their home opener at Footprint Center on October 19. However, the list above is rather alarming.
The team’s general manager, James Jones, stated, “That’s called life,” at a recent press conference. “Many people deal with far more stressful situations in life than this one. However, for us, it all comes down to focus, professionalism, and the ability to handle these circumstances while maintaining a high standard of performance.
Jones managed the investigation, injuries, and COVID matches involving elite players while building a team that finished the previous season with 64 wins and, at one point, an 18-game winning streak, setting franchise records. However, he also built the team that lost the 2022 NBA Finals to Dallas and the 2022 second-round series to the Milwaukee Bucks, both with 2-0 leads.
The Suns have lost three times in six games—to the Boston Celtics in 1976, the Chicago Bulls in 1993, and the Bucks—and have never won the NBA championship.
Thus, there is a great deal of business to attend to.
“We’re not sure how we’ll handle it. In any case, the NBA season is difficult,” Williams added during a press conference. “I think our guys are
