James Jones SPEAKS OUT on Suns Depth... | Phoenix Suns News

One of the main issues with this roster was the construction of it and GM James Jones spoke out yesterday and we got an article from Wayne Rankin breaking down James Jones' thoughts about some of the depth positions especially a point guard with this rotation. Does he want one? Does he expect one? What are some of the changes that James Jones would like to see throughout the offseason? We're going to be breaking that all down on this episode of Suns Digest. I'm Bruce Les But before we dive in on all of this Phoenix Suns news, 96% of our viewers are not subscribed. So we'd greatly appreciate it if you guys hit that subscribe button, as this is the place for daily Suns news with all the rumors, all the speculation will be here throughout the offseason with daily uploads. So this is the home for you. Without further ado, though, let's dive into this topic and make sure to have a snack, because it's going to be a jam-packed episode. And like I mentioned in the introduction, James Jones, the Phoenix Suns GM, speaks out on this roster. And that was one of the main things that I kind of wanted to dive into because going into the start of the season, I was very, very perplexed with how the Phoenix Suns handled their offseason last year. Obviously, trying to move off of Chris Paul's contract, DeAndre Ayton wasn't really working. There were some changes that needed to be made with this roster. and to be honest I don't believe that they were put in the right direction obviously they went out and got Bradley Beal who's a nice scorer but having no point guard on this roster clearly limited how this offense was going to get ready and set up so as we dive into this article from Wayne Rankin he said did the Phoenix Suns need a guard GM James Jones isn't so sure as he is confident that the Phoenix Suns do not need one so we want to look at some quotes here from this article the first one we can look at is talking about Matt Ishbia where he was asked about do they need a point guard and he said it was up to James Jones to create the roster's construction you should ask him so they asked James Jones that question this was his response i think the team could benefit from having a point guard i believe this team could benefit from having backup forwards backup centers i still always go back to try your best players on the floor that's a narrative we hear a lot point guard point guard sure that's great who do you want who is available given the way we're built who can we fit with this group whose game seamlessly fits with the group and when you put that player on the floor and you take the ball out of someone's hands whose hands are you putting it out and who are you putting in that position so james jones kind of you know giving a little weird backhanded comment for the backup point guard saying basically we brought in a backup point guard who would you want kind of asking that question who would you guys like to see and saying if they even came out on the court were they able to give up to the ball to the scores would they hog the ball would they do all these things and james jones to answer your question sir i have something to say here because i truly believe that if you got that point guard we would have been a okay you have someone to set up this offense you have somebody to get this offense identity set every single game it's going to be a okay you go after a point guard that's not going to be a true score go after a guy like mike conley go after a guy like cj and i brought up in a past video in TJ McConnell a guy who's going to give the ball to those stars even a guy in Tyus Jones I know his contract is a little up there but he could have been even a guy that you could have went after and got in utilized for this team there are an abundance of play first point guards that go to set and set up the offense and that's what you need to be looking for with this Phoenix Suns core I keep stressing it enough but you need that identity center you need that person to get this offense going because then you run into games where we saw in the playoffs where Booker and Beal are bringing up the ball and just shot chucking three three three three miss miss miss no one's going to the rack no one's setting up no pick and roll no one's getting any rotations in no one's doing anything like that and you could blame that on Frank Vogel you can blame it on the Frank on the head coach but I'm blaming it on James Jones you built this roster you put this team together thinking that it was going to succeed and really did you think that Devin Booker and Bradley Beal were able to be working as a one two guard duo i personally did not think so yes they both can play make but Devin Booker is known for his shooting first catching a fire ability same thing as Bradley Beal so having these one one of them as the point guard as the playmaker did not make sense having them be the two three running KD at the four yeah sure that makes sense having another shooter on the wing to help out with scoring but you already have that in Grayson Allen so again you need that point guard and extending Grayson Allen as well and wanting to keep him in the starting lineup and keep him with this team for the foreseeable future desperately desperately need a point guard if we want to keep diving in looking at some more stuff you can see that the Suns like i mentioned traded starting point guard CP3 to acquire Bradley Beal from Washington last offseason and they also dealt Paul's backup Cameron Payne to San Antonio the Suns saved 26 million point four in taxes with the Payne trade and Bull Bull signing would end up going over the league's second salary tax apron which limits roster flexibility so obviously moving off campaign was the smart decision getting him out and getting him traded obviously we saw him get bought out then move around place to place and stuff like that went to Milwaukee then went over to Philly to finish off the end of the season but ultimately in my eyes you need a point guard trading away CP3 trading away campaign should have put that boat in motion should have put that deer in headlights screaming at you point guard point guard point guard facilitator facilitator facilitator someone to get the offense going but no that is not the case and as James Jones keeps speaking he says it's more than just a position like a point guard or a small forward it's the actual player that you can go and get or do what you have if you had the point guard that would be the best fit for this group would find him if available he added i don't run away from saying we can benefit from having a point guard but he does not agree that that is the solution or the answer to a ton of their problems so James Jones basically saying yes the point guard could help out yes it could be a piece of need but it's not the piece that we're looking for like he mentioned a little bit earlier in this article here he's talking about he believes this team could benefit from having backup forwards backup center so ultimately James Jones knows that this team needs depth it needs some other pieces alongside Kevin Durant Bradley Beal and Devin Booker because guys like Eric Gordon had some shining moments but had some fading moments guys like Royce O'Neale same exact thing and even with Nurkic and Eubanks you need that rebounding beast of a paint center especially going in this tough Western Conference with teams like Minnesota who have great big men Denver who have great big men even Oklahoma City Thunder building up Chet Holmgren to be their star stacked big man all the top teams across the Western Conference have their solidified big men and the Suns desperately desperately need that in a video previously on the channel you guys can go check it out CJ and I kind of broke down some pieces that we would like the Suns to get, we mentioned TJ McConnell, we mentioned Andre Drummond, those are some pieces that I think James Jones does agree with and could go after and with Andre Drummond being a free agent I do think that's a possibility but him speaking about the point guard is absolutely ridiculous we want to look at this stat here ladies and gentlemen this is the assist to turnover ratio across the entire NBA if you look and see the Phoenix Suns are ranked 25th across the entire NBA going to show you that no playmaker is here no one is setting up this offense no one is getting these key players in their spots like we mentioned Kevin Durant came out and said that Frank Vogel was using was a spot-up shooter in the corner he was frustrated with that offense and you can bring it back all to the coach you can blame Frank Vogel you can say he didn't have the right sets he didn't have the right adjustments this team wasn't built around him and that is sure you can 100% bank on that but in my opinion it all starts with James Jones going for that Bradley Beal trade because in my honest opinion you know we had that no trade clause but there were other teams that he was interested in joining besides the Phoenix Suns it's not like he said oh I don't want to go to 29 other teams I just want to go to Phoenix so in my opinion I believe it is all it is James Jones's fault for trading for Bradley Beal because now they are locked into his big deal 50 million dollars have no way of trading because he has no trade clause and with his injury history last season and from the year prior no team is going to want to trade for a star if they're not trading for Zach Levine making 40 million they're not trading for Bradley Beal who's making 50 million and has a player option so the Suns have a bunch of questions and a bunch of answers that need to be solidified by the end and the start of the end of the offseason and by the start of the regular season so if we want to look at it is James Jones right do you guys agree let me know what you guys think down below do you guys think that the Suns don't need a backup point guard do you think that with Booker and Beal the A-OK are you in the boat with me running Book and Beal with those two three position might be better and bringing in that facilitator to help out would be solid having Grayson Allen and come off the bench as a six man would be a key score for this bench unit to be that Eric Gordon replacement and like we mentioned going after some big men going after some three and D wings i know they are limited being in the second apron they're going to have to sign vet and minimum contract it is going to be tough for this Phoenix Suns team to really build unless they trade one of their three peak stars from that nucleus but it does not look like Kevin Durant, Bradley Beal, Devin Booker are going to be available or Mikal Bridges does not want to trade them so I do expect some rough things around the edges to really get this team to its greener pastures but let me know what you guys think down below in the comment section do you guys think that James Jones is correct that they do not need a point guard or do you guys on the side where they do need a point guard to set up their offense like myself thank you guys so much for tuning into this episode here on Suns Digest I'm Bruce if you guys enjoyed the content as we push for 1 000 subscribers here check out the videos linked at the top hit the 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