This article on Ishbia's brother and current situation w/ the Suns (new coaching hire/decision tree) sounds eerily similar to JR

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https://arizonasports.com/nba/phoenix-suns/jordan-ott-suns-coach/3584285/

VERY LONG ARTICLE.

But lots of good information here on the similarities with how JR and the Ishbia's operate.

 

The Phoenix Suns have a new head coach and it is former Michigan State video coord– I mean, Cleveland Cavaliers assistant Jordan Ott, Arizona Sports’ John Gambadoro confirmed on Wednesday.

Subtle and not so subtle prods and digs like that one are a barrier Ott will have to break down over time. It is not fair to him. It is fair to owner Mat Ishbia.

Ishbia hired and severely promoted general manager Brian Gregory despite Gregory’s dramatic lack of experience working in not only the NBA but a front office in general. Their personal connection and roots going back to Michigan State played a vital role in Gregory getting the job. He admitted as much himself.

This already got the ball rolling on, “What’s next, Tom Izzo as head coach? A trade for Draymond Green?”

It is logical for Ishbia or any owner to naturally hire people he knows from his past, people he can trust that hold similar ideologies. It is troublesome for the like-mindedness, or in this case, alignment, to follow what is a clear response to tremendously disappointing seasons by shifting the way they do things.

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We should mention that both of these finalists came from the franchise owned by Dan Gilbert, a fellow mortgage business owner from Michigan who developed into Ishbia’s rival. The label “mortal enemy” feels quite extreme in any unscripted, real-life scenario but these two dudes genuinely do not like each other.

On top of all the history they had coming into this new NBA chapter, Gilbert was the only owner to abstain from voting in the league’s board of governors approval for Ishbia’s ownership of the Suns, a hilariously petty maneuver. Rocket Mortgage, Gilbert’s company, had a sponsorship deal with the Suns at that time before it was ended ahead of schedule by Phoenix, per ESPN. Just as hilarious and petty.

Gilbert doesn’t even refer to Ishbia by name, instead as the “guy in Phoenix.” That’s the type of honestly childish level this reaches, so you would hope there was not even any slim iota of this being related to Ishbia getting one up on the guy in Cleveland. Of all organizations, the Suns are not in a position to being passengers to that type of nonsense.

 

 

 

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Edited June 5 by caulfield12