Phoenix Suns general manager James Jones was named NBA executive of the year on Sunday.
The Suns posted the league’s second-best regular season record at 51-21. They reached the Western Conference Finals with a six-game series win over the Los Angeles Lakers and a four-game sweep of the Denver Nuggets.
Jones was honored the same day the team he helped construct tipped off the conference finals at home against the Los Angeles Clippers.
Jones, 40, played 14 seasons in the NBA for the Indiana Pacers, Suns, Portland Trail Blazers, Miami Heat and Cleveland Cavaliers before joining the Suns’ front office. He was first the vice president of basketball operations, then given the gen…
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