New Owner - Mat Ishbia

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Yeah, but Simmons never said this. It was from a Ringer article. I heard an AZ Sports snippet the other day where Simmons responded and said as much. But then he goes on to say his only Suns prediction is the under on winning 31.5 games. So, he didn't say they were going to have the worst defense just that they're not going to win many games.

Ishbia said it was "Simmons and his crew" that spoke negatively about the Suns. I can't blame him for trying to drum up some positivity. Obviously going straight at Simmons is smarter than a Simmons employee also.

Here is Dan Bickley on Arizona Sports doing his thing, stirring the pot, so to speak.

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I don't have any problem with Ish wearing his heart on his sleeve. He's not worried about being embarrassed nor should he.
 

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Mat Ishbia responds to Bill Simmons in regard to the Suns having the worst defense in the NBA.

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Someone has to have the worst defense…

Ishbia has said some pretty dumb things in the past so I’m numb to it. I think if Brooks & Dunn weren’t one of the best perimeter D combos we’d be bottom-3. Mark Williams has sub par rim protection numbers and nobody in the backcourt has a strong defensive reputation. Maybe we hit the jackpot with Ott and they all commit to it.
 

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Looks like Mat is fired up and ready to go.

It may not translate into wins right away, but I hope the energy and effort shows up on the court.

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just hush yourself Mat and let the coaches and players do the talking

As long as he shuts up after today then I'll live with his yammering. I'll cut him slack for eating Beal's salary and moving KD out of here. No moves to be made to earn him more good will like those those he'll need to shut up or hope there is a real reason to celebrate
 

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I just hope he doesn't start waving a giant foam finger from the sidelines and doing chicken dances.

Whatever works. The idea of him being an uninvolved owner has passed. Eventually Sarver learned, but I see no sign of this yet happening with Ishbia.
 

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It is true, just now checking, Joshua Zeke Thomas is scout for us now.
 

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I don't, heard from a friend then looked up, sources say he was hired by us.

Maybe so, but I couldn't find anything about it. If you find a link, let me know.

Thanks.
 

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It is true, just now checking, Joshua Zeke Thomas is scout for us now.
My first reaction was highly negative but I think it clearly was an overreaction. Without more details, I see nothing wrong with this kind of favoritism.
 

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