Selling the boss, with an annual salary of 75 million yuan, and changing the general manager and coach! The craziest boss shows his operations

After cutting off three prestigious meritorious coaches in the league in three years, the Suns used a four-year contract to hire Jordan Ultra, who was only 40 years old.

Before becoming the head coach of the Suns, Jordan Ott was the Cavaliers' assistant coach. Since entering the industry in 2013, he has served as Budenholzer's video coordinator, Steve Nash's assistant coach, Darwin Hamm's assistant coach and Atkinson's assistant coach.

The 12-year career as an assistant coach did not allow Jordan Ultra to gain enough recognition in the circle. Being able to take over as Budenholzer as the new head coach of the Suns was mainly due to his own master's degree.

Yes, after four years at Penn State, Jordan Otter went to the Navy to serve and then went to Michigan State for a Master of Athletic Management. Coincidentally, Brian Gregory, who replaced James Jones as the new general manager of the Suns, also served in the Navy after graduating from college, and also entered Michigan State University to study for a master's degree in sports management after retiring from the army.

Of course, having the same experience as the general manager is not the entire reason why Jordan Otter can become the Suns coach. There is a basis behind this logical chain, that is, Matt Ishbiya, the Suns boss who also comes from Michigan State.

Ishbia also attended Michigan State University and was also a member of the school's basketball team.

Ishbiya, who is 1.78 meters tall, does not have any high basketball talent and does not receive a basketball scholarship. However, with his father who works as a mortgage loan company, he still plays as a substitute in the school basketball team for three years.

In 2000, Ishbiya won the NCAA championship with Michigan State University. Brian Gregory was the team's assistant coach at the time, and the two formed a deep friendship.

Brian Gregory made a 37-minute personal speech at the press conference to replace James Jones as General Manager of the Suns.

He quickly showed Suns fans his different things, and he could turn any topic into the word "coordination". He spoke 27 times in 37 minutes of speech.

He admitted without hesitation that his friendship with the Sun boss was the reason why he was able to sit in this position, and emphasized the word "coordination" four times in one minute in his speech referring to the boss.

"Matt and I are team partners," Gregory said. "We are in a coordinated manner. As general manager, my job is to fully supervise the team's daily basketball operations. I report to Matt Ishbiya. Matt is a deeply involved boss and I appreciate this. But he also gives me the power to build the team, build culture, and achieve key coordination. I am highly coordinated with Matt. I must state that I never hide being able to sit here, partly because of my friendship with Matt. But this relationship is based on coordination. "

After the formal announcement of the hiring of Jordan Ott as the team's head coach, Suns owner Matt Ishbiya sent an open letter to the team.

In the letter, Ishbiya praised Gregory's ability to be general manager in the early days and recognized Jordan Ultra's ability to be the team's head coach.

In addition, Ishbiya also emphasized in his letter that he will participate very actively in the team's decision-making and management in the future, whether on or off the court.

"While I won't review game videos, design offensive tactics or manage draft rooms, I will be deeply involved to ensure that the basketball operations department, like the rest of our team, maintain the highest level of performance. I know this approach is different from most other NBA teams. I'm not a traditional NBA boss, nor do I want to be that person. I've tried the typical NBA boss model - hire experts, sign checks, and let go - but none of us are satisfied with the results. Going to the playoffs twice in three years and winning only one playoff series isn't good enough for this team and the city," Ishbiya wrote in an open letter.

First of all, Ishbiya seems to be picking himself out of the failures in the first three years before taking over the Suns. It seems that the failures in these three years have nothing to do with him. He just spends money, and all the failed operations are from James Jones.

But obviously, James Jones did not make his own decisions and would directly send almost all future assets for Durant within two days of taking office by the new boss, nor would he be stupid enough to exchange Chris Paul for the worst contract in NBA history, and would not spend more than 200 million yuan in a completely useless lineup without the permission of his boss.

The Suns' operations over the past three years are completely in line with all the stereotypes of a new boss who entered the market with hot money in his hand when he just became an NBA boss.

Ishbiya wanted to draw a line between the failure of the Sun in recent years and herself, but she was afraid she was just deceiving herself.

Now, Ishbiya publicly stated that he would completely take over the team's power, and replaced both the general manager and the head coach with his confidants, and would start real micro-working and try to save his reputation.

His first operation was to make up for the mistake he made when he took office and sent Kevin Durant away.

Durant's breakup with the Suns has been a foregone conclusion. The two sides were attracted to each other and thought they could achieve something great, but it turned out to be a huge joke. Breakup was imminent.

However, judging from the recent trading rumors about Durant, Ishbiya's method is still too immature. The Suns contacted the Rockets many times to lower the asking price and wanted to exchange Durant for his first round pick. This means that the Suns will become passive in the negotiations. Compared with Stone who is good at using the media, Ishbiya is obviously still too immature..

Others, such as the Sun intends to reach an early renewal with Devin Booker, and on the basis of a four-year, $220 million contract, add a two-year, $150 million early renewal.

The Sun will rebuild around Booker again, and for this, it will be hesitant to offer him the first contract in history with an average salary of $75 million.

This is Ishbiya, the inhumane Ishbiya, no matter what he is worth or not, he is not short of money.

As for Bill, he has the right to veto the transaction, became a trouble that the Sun cannot get rid of.

The Suns previously targeted Bill and persuaded Bill to give up the trade veto power to join the Suns because Suns CEO Josh Batelstein's father is Bill's agent.

has the right to veto the transaction, and the team's CEO is his own person. Bill is likely to enjoy his last career in Phoenix.

It seems that spending money to buy a championship will not work, and Ishbiya plans to try the rebuilding method by himself.

However, history has repeatedly proved to us that when a team's boss intervenes too much in the team, it often brings chaos rather than success.

Ishbiya's direct appointing confidants and making a one-man show in the team has shifted the Sun from modernization to isolationism and even slavery.

Ishbiya, who has achieved great success in the business world, may think he is a genius in all directions, but his success is based on the foundation laid for him by his father's early years and his resource advantages as a Jew in the business world.

In the NBA, he does not have these original capital and network resources. To win the championship, he needs years of hard work, his eyes-like selection vision, and a large part of his luck.

Can Ishbiya bring the first championship trophy in team history to the Suns with his own extreme micro-job?

At least, I don't believe it.