Phoenix Suns to hire Jeff Bower as senior VP of basketball operations
Phoenix Suns to hire Jeff Bower as senior VP of basketball operations
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Re: Phoenix Suns to hire Jeff Bower as senior VP of basketball operations
At least he’s got experience. I’ll be interested to see his impact on next year’s roster.
"Too little, too late, too unbothered."
- Phoenix Suns 2023-2024 season motto.
"Be Legendary."
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Re: Phoenix Suns to hire Jeff Bower as senior VP of basketball operations
Highlights:
Drafted Chris Paul
Traded for Tobias Harris
Traded for Blake Griffin
Drafted Spencer Dinwiddie
Lowlights:
Traded Dinwiddie for Cameron Bairstow
Gave Jon Leuer 40 mil
Traded for Marcus Morris
I think he's really hit and miss
*unrelated note: every time i saw him on the sidelines in N.O. I thought he was going to keel over. Not a very healthy looking dude.
Drafted Chris Paul
Traded for Tobias Harris
Traded for Blake Griffin
Drafted Spencer Dinwiddie
Lowlights:
Traded Dinwiddie for Cameron Bairstow
Gave Jon Leuer 40 mil
Traded for Marcus Morris
I think he's really hit and miss
*unrelated note: every time i saw him on the sidelines in N.O. I thought he was going to keel over. Not a very healthy looking dude.
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Re: Phoenix Suns to hire Jeff Bower as senior VP of basketball operations
Can't be any worse than McDonough.
Re: Phoenix Suns to hire Jeff Bower as senior VP of basketball operations
I'll be interested to see how long James Jones and him remained employed by Sarver. I give this marriage 5 years max.
Re: Phoenix Suns to hire Jeff Bower as senior VP of basketball operations
That’s quite generous in NBA years.
"Too little, too late, too unbothered."
- Phoenix Suns 2023-2024 season motto.
"Be Legendary."
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Re: Phoenix Suns to hire Jeff Bower as senior VP of basketball operations
Yeah, I would be curious how many current GMs have a 5 year tenure.
Re: Phoenix Suns to hire Jeff Bower as senior VP of basketball operations
Everyone was perplexed when he gave Peja that big deal in 2006. It was a 5 year deal and he steadily declined the minute he stepped on the floor and was never healthy.
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Re: Phoenix Suns to hire Jeff Bower as senior VP of basketball operations
I'm OK with this from the standpoint that we have an experienced front office person with contacts around the league and with agents. We'll see how he does this offseason, working with Jones and working under Sarver.
Re: Phoenix Suns to hire Jeff Bower as senior VP of basketball operations
I'm not sure any good is going to come from this, but it's better than going with McHale or Paxson.
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C: Mo Bamba, Andre Drummond, James Wiseman, Goga Bitadze, Jay Huff
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C: Mo Bamba, Andre Drummond, James Wiseman, Goga Bitadze, Jay Huff
Re: Phoenix Suns to hire Jeff Bower as senior VP of basketball operations
The Suns have conditioned me to have low expectations. I was worried they were going to hire somebody with zero experience or somebody who was a total train wreck. So by contrast to that, I guess this is good news? But I don't think 10 teams were lined up to hire this guy. Feels like a low ceiling high floor move to me.
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Re: Phoenix Suns to hire Jeff Bower as senior VP of basketball operations
Marty [Mori Chu] wrote: ↑Thu Apr 11, 2019 12:05 amThe Suns have conditioned me to have low expectations. I was worried they were going to hire somebody with zero experience or somebody who was a total train wreck. So by contrast to that, I guess this is good news? But I don't think 10 teams were lined up to hire this guy. Feels like a low ceiling high floor move to me.
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Re: Phoenix Suns to hire Jeff Bower as senior VP of basketball operations
Actually, more than I would have guessed -
R.C. Buford, SAS, 2002-19
Donn Nelson, DAL, 2002-19
Daryl Morey, HOU, 2007-19
Sam Presti, OKC, 2007-19
Pat Riley, MIA, 2008-19
Danny Ainge, BOS, 2009-19
Gar Forman, CHI, 2009-19
Bob Myers, GSW, 2012-19
Neil Olshey, POR, 2012-19
Tim Connelly, DEN, 2013-19
Dennis Lindsey, UTH, 2013-19
Masai Ujiri, TOR, 2013-19
Chris Wallace, MEM, 2014-19
That's almost half the league.
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Re: Phoenix Suns to hire Jeff Bower as senior VP of basketball operations
The list of coaches is shorter, but interestingly, 5 of these 8 teams have had both their GM and coach in place for over 5 years -
Gregg Popovich, SAS, 1996-19
Rick Carlisle, DAL, 2008-19
Terry Stotts, POR, 2012-19
Brett Brown, PHI, 2013-19
Doc Rivers, LAC, 2013-19
Brad Stevens, BOS, 2013-19
Quin Snyder, UTH, 2014-19
Gregg Popovich, SAS, 1996-19
Rick Carlisle, DAL, 2008-19
Terry Stotts, POR, 2012-19
Brett Brown, PHI, 2013-19
Doc Rivers, LAC, 2013-19
Brad Stevens, BOS, 2013-19
Quin Snyder, UTH, 2014-19
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Re: Phoenix Suns to hire Jeff Bower as senior VP of basketball operations
Thanks Bob. That is very surprising. Any idea on what the average tenure of a GM is over the last 25 years?
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Nope!
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Re: Phoenix Suns to hire Jeff Bower as senior VP of basketball operations
Here’s a twist for you:
"Too little, too late, too unbothered."
- Phoenix Suns 2023-2024 season motto.
"Be Legendary."
- Phoenix Suns 2023-2024 season motto.
"Be Legendary."
Re: Phoenix Suns to hire Jeff Bower as senior VP of basketball operations
SVG's analysis outside of what actually happens on the court is pretty much worthless. And the fact that Babby was leveraged to make this hire is far from encouraging. But whatever; let us proceed.
Free Agency
DeMar Derozan for the minimum!
PG: Jordan McLaughlin, Killian Hayes, Kris Dunn, Spencer Dinwiddie, Monte Morris
C: Mo Bamba, Andre Drummond, James Wiseman, Goga Bitadze, Jay Huff
DeMar Derozan for the minimum!
PG: Jordan McLaughlin, Killian Hayes, Kris Dunn, Spencer Dinwiddie, Monte Morris
C: Mo Bamba, Andre Drummond, James Wiseman, Goga Bitadze, Jay Huff