[valentine]

 He’s 37, was hired at age 35 I believe, and he’s a former Ainge underling as well as the son of a famous Boston sports columnist.

With Markieff Morris now demanding a trade, it’s got me wondering about McDonough’s competence.

Just 6 months ago it was Goran Dragic demanding to be traded, and complaining about not being dealt with honestly by the front office. And then McDonough felt he had to unload Isaiah Thomas because the locker room had gotten so dysfunctional.

Then McDonough trades Marcus Morris, in the failed attempt to get Aldridge, and now we have Markieff demanding a trade, and the Suns going into the season with a major distraction, and a player/asset with plummetting trade value.

Does McDonough deserve more scrutiny?

 

 

“McDonough is also the son of Boston Globe columnist writer Will McDonough, as well as the brother of ESPN sportscaster and former Boston Red Sox sportscaster Sean McDonough and current Arizona Cardinals vice president of player personnel Terry McDonough.[3] Ryan is also married to Valerie as of July 24, 2015.[4]”

 

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Drafting Tyler Ennis, then unloading Kendall Marshall, doesn’t look like the best combination of first moves for McDonough either

 

“On October 25, 2013, Kendall Marshall was traded, along with Marcin Gortat, Shannon Brown, and Malcolm Lee, to the Washington Wizards in exchange for Emeka Okafor and a 2014 first-round draft pick.[13] Marshall, Brown, and Lee were all waived by the Wizards three days later.”

 

[T Rex]

Drafting Tyler Ennis, then unloading Kendall Marshall, doesn’t look like the best combination of first moves for McDonough either

 

“On October 25, 2013, Kendall Marshall was traded, along with Marcin Gortat, Shannon Brown, and Malcolm Lee, to the Washington Wizards in exchange for Emeka Okafor and a 2014 first-round draft pick.[13] Marshall, Brown, and Lee were all waived by the Wizards three days later.”

 

[DrivingDownTheStreetinmy64]

 Yeah .. I think he does a good Job broadcasting college basketball games… But Sucks as a GM

[DrivingDownTheStreetinmy64]

 Yeah .. I think he does a good Job broadcasting college basketball games… But Sucks as a GM

[IlladelphParticipant]

 He needs time to build.  Be patient.  It takes a while to develop talent, and a system.  Especially if you’re not a major market team in a town like Phoenix.  

I mean, look at the Knicks if you want dysfunctional.  Is Pat Riley over his head?  Or what about Chicago for crying out loud.  Or Los Angeles.  Teams go through ups and downs.  It takes time to build a good team.  

As far as the Morris twins.  Who cares?  No one promised them that they would be able to keep sharing a bedroom for the rest of their lives.  They are getting paid millions to be professionals and play a game.  It’s so annoying to see them compaining about being mistreated.  The sooner the Suns dump the other Morris twin, the better.

[IlladelphParticipant]

 He needs time to build.  Be patient.  It takes a while to develop talent, and a system.  Especially if you’re not a major market team in a town like Phoenix.  

I mean, look at the Knicks if you want dysfunctional.  Is Pat Riley over his head?  Or what about Chicago for crying out loud.  Or Los Angeles.  Teams go through ups and downs.  It takes time to build a good team.  

As far as the Morris twins.  Who cares?  No one promised them that they would be able to keep sharing a bedroom for the rest of their lives.  They are getting paid millions to be professionals and play a game.  It’s so annoying to see them compaining about being mistreated.  The sooner the Suns dump the other Morris twin, the better.

[Robb_CParticipant]

The Suns are slowly in the process of tank and rebuild mode.

[Robb_CParticipant]

The Suns are slowly in the process of tank and rebuild mode.

[mgreener_34Participant]

 No, not at all, I think he’s just in the same boat that Ainge will be in this year with the Celtics, but doesn’t have the history ot plethora of picks to compensate. The Suns surprised everyone by having that winning record a few seasons ago, and that kind of forced his hand in a lot of areas. Add to the fact that Dragic finally got recognized as a great player, and he was forced into this psuedo-win-now mode while really wanting to rebuild. 

I think his drafting screams rebuild, while his signings tell a different story, and why he is so quick to just let playes go. He doesn’t know what he wants to do. He signs guys like Morris and Chandler, yet drafts guys like Len, Goodwin, and Booker who are all second contract players. That’s his biggest detracter, is he has no clear vision. I think once he commits to a plan he will be fine. What we do know is that he’s a good drafter who goes for high potential players, and that he can actually trade/sign good players (Chandler, Bledsoe, Knight). Time will tell if he is or isn’t over his head, but right now that remains to be seen. 

[mgreener_34Participant]

 No, not at all, I think he’s just in the same boat that Ainge will be in this year with the Celtics, but doesn’t have the history ot plethora of picks to compensate. The Suns surprised everyone by having that winning record a few seasons ago, and that kind of forced his hand in a lot of areas. Add to the fact that Dragic finally got recognized as a great player, and he was forced into this psuedo-win-now mode while really wanting to rebuild. 

I think his drafting screams rebuild, while his signings tell a different story, and why he is so quick to just let playes go. He doesn’t know what he wants to do. He signs guys like Morris and Chandler, yet drafts guys like Len, Goodwin, and Booker who are all second contract players. That’s his biggest detracter, is he has no clear vision. I think once he commits to a plan he will be fine. What we do know is that he’s a good drafter who goes for high potential players, and that he can actually trade/sign good players (Chandler, Bledsoe, Knight). Time will tell if he is or isn’t over his head, but right now that remains to be seen. 

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