Such a contrast to the start of the Saver era, when they brought him Joe Johnson's proposed new contract and Saver immediately wanted to cut $5m/yr off it, leading to Joe eventually needing to be shipped out. What a fuckhead. Good riddance.
Yea…. That one still stings and thought bob would have learned his lesson with that, but nope.
Such a contrast to the start of the Saver era, when they brought him Joe Johnson's proposed new contract and Saver immediately wanted to cut $5m/yr off it, leading to Joe eventually needing to be shipped out. What a fuckhead. Good riddance.
Yea…. That one still stings and thought bob would have learned his lesson with that, but nope.
Yep, cost us at least one championship. Bu-bye.
I don't know about that. Having Boris in 05-06 was invaluable.
Such a contrast to the start of the Saver era, when they brought him Joe Johnson's proposed new contract and Saver immediately wanted to cut $5m/yr off it, leading to Joe eventually needing to be shipped out. What a fuckhead. Good riddance.
Yea…. That one still stings and thought bob would have learned his lesson with that, but nope.
Yep, cost us at least one championship. Bu-bye.
I don't know about that. Having Boris in 05-06 was invaluable.
IIRC, the Hawks were ready to give up Boris for a 2nd at the time. They were tired of him.
Re: Suns bought by Mat Ishbia…Sarver is Gone!!!
Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2023 12:26 am
by Superbone
Re: Suns bought by Mat Ishbia…Sarver is Gone!!!
Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2023 1:15 pm
by Superbone
Suns owner Mat Ishbia on Kevin Durant trade: ‘I don’t look at it like a risk’
“Listen, so I’m not a big championship-or-bust guy,” Ishbia said. “We want to win short-term, we want to win long-term, we want to win all the time. With that being said, the reality is this: There’s not going to be a year where we’re not trying to win.
Love it!
Re: Suns bought by Mat Ishbia…Sarver is Gone!!!
Posted: Mon Apr 10, 2023 6:17 pm
by Superbone
We really didn't celebrate this enough. This was one of the biggest days in franchise history.
You know how they say if you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all? Well, here's the nicest thing I can say about Sarver:
He found a better replacement owner than Colangelo did.
We really didn't celebrate this enough. This was one of the biggest days in franchise history.
You know how they say if you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all? Well, here's the nicest thing I can say about Sarver:
He found a better replacement owner than Colangelo did.
That brings up something I've been wondering. Why hasn't anyone asked Jerry about selling the team to Sarver? In recent interviews with him, the media doesn't even ask him about what he thinks of Sarver's behavior or Sarver having to sell the team, much less about Sarver buying the team, or how thoroughly Jerry and/or the league vetted him.
Re: Suns bought by Mat Ishbia…Sarver is Gone!!!
Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2023 8:28 am
by Mori Chu
Hmm. Just saw this pop up on Twitter.
Re: Suns bought by Mat Ishbia…Sarver is Gone!!!
Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2023 11:54 am
by JeremyG
Some quotes I found interesting...
None of the current and former UWM workers said Ishbia himself used racial slurs or sexually harassed employees.
In January 2019, he hired one of them, Mateen Cleaves, as a leadership development coach. Cleaves, an All-American who went on to play in the NBA, was awaiting trial in a sexual-assault case at the time.
In 2021, the company added Isiah Thomas, who’d played for the Detroit Pistons, as an independent director to its nine-member board, which includes Ishbia, his father, his brother and three company executives.
One account executive said she was pushed out of her position last year after a manager told her she was not emotionally intelligent. The former employee sent a letter to Ishbia, seen by Bloomberg, detailing allegations of gender discrimination on the sales team, which she described as humiliating. In one instance, she wrote, a male colleague questioned if she was having her period. The company’s lawyers said UWM could not locate the email, but Ishbia sent a response, reviewed by Bloomberg, thanking the woman for reaching out, promising to dig into the matter and wishing her luck in the future.
In some ways, the former salesman said, he has to give Ishbia credit. “The greatest finesse in the world is convincing people you care without having to care,” he said. “That high-level manipulation is very profitable.”
Re: Suns bought by Mat Ishbia…Sarver is Gone!!!
Posted: Sat Apr 15, 2023 5:03 am
by Superbone
Re: Suns bought by Mat Ishbia…Sarver is Gone!!!
Posted: Sat Sep 23, 2023 10:58 am
by Superbone
Let's not forget our miraculous good fortune in change of ownership. I am so grateful.
Let's not forget our miraculous good fortune in change of ownership. I am so grateful.
Points out how there are billionaires, and then there are guys with more money than God. Ballmer's listed at 78 billion - the next nine owners (if you include Ishbia at the number this tweet suggests) are at a total of 79 billion.
Re: Suns bought by Mat Ishbia…Sarver is Gone!!!
Posted: Sat Sep 23, 2023 1:16 pm
by ShelC
That list is also a year old. Ballmer is over $100bil now I think.
Re: Suns bought by Mat Ishbia…Sarver is Gone!!!
Posted: Sat Sep 23, 2023 2:02 pm
by Split T
And Bezos could join the group sometime…heard he has interest in the Seattle team
Let's not forget our miraculous good fortune in change of ownership. I am so grateful.
I spent all my life savings into NFTs, my wife left me, I don’t see my kids anymore, I live out my car but once this NFT market rebounds from this dip, ooooooo boy…don’t be surprised if I’m on this list soon.
Re: Suns bought by Mat Ishbia…Sarver is Gone!!!
Posted: Sat Sep 23, 2023 8:00 pm
by Kryptonic
I’m pulling for you Wally…. Then you can buy the suns in 2032 when we start drafting again.
