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At least, Mat Ishbia Do not revolve around the pot. “It was an embarrassing season. Disappointing. Horrible. I watched every match, like you, and no one is proud, nobody is happy. Whether it is me, the leaders, the coaches, the players, the people who work in the marketing department or the security agents. »»
For some, given the expectations around this group, it was even the worst season of the history of the club.
Devin Booker, the untouchable
The billionaire recognizes in any case that it was a “Full failure”. First consequence: Mike Budenholzer took the door after only one season, especially because the current did not spend with Devin Bookerthe only current certainty in Phoenix. Mat Ishbia has indeed repeated that the rear was untouchable.
“He is the Player franchise and he has achieved incredible things. I spoke to him and we are on the same wavelength. Its mission and my mission are very similar, namely bringing back a title to Phoenix. »»
The Suns were not far away when he bought the team in 2022, since the team had played the finals the previous year, before signing the best regular season in the history of the club in stride.
Find heart and joy
But Mat Ishbia may have had the “new owner syndrome”, which wants to impose its paw as quickly as possible, even if it means breaking something that works. Today, he admits that he has validated exchanges as if he was building a team in a “fantasy league”, instead of thinking about the reality on the ground.
Former student of Michigan State, who had a minor role in the team of Spartans who won the title NCAA in 2000, he now intends to apply the lessons of his mentor, Tom Izzo.
“I want to set up a team that everyone is proud of. She must have an identity, which sticks with that of Phoenix. Of the heart, determination, ethics of work and joy. We didn't have that. »»
It remains to be seen how to assemble such a team when the Suns dilapidated their draft choices to mount this “big three” which did not work, that the rating of Bradley Beal is at the lowest (and that he still has his no-trade clause) and that alone Kevin Durant could make it possible to recover interesting elements …
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