Ryan McDonough

Former Phoenix Suns general manager made an appearance on ESPN’s The Jump Monday afternoon, during which time he discussed the end of his tenure with the team. Apparently, the organization fired McDonough over the phone, a move that caught him by surprise. Here’s an excerpt from his interview in which he describes thinking he had more [...]

Expect the Phoenix Suns to be busy bees this summer. During a Facebook live session on Monday, general manager Ryan McDonough tipped his hand on some of the team’s offseason plans. Scott Bordow of AZCentral.com relayed the most juicy takeaways, including this gem about the forthcoming coaching search—which interim head coach Jay Triano will indeed [...]

Are you ready for Eric Bledsoe to be traded already? Join the club. Unfortunately, though, the Phoenix Suns don’t appear to be in any rush. For one, they would have moved him by now if they were worried about footing the bill for a player they weren’t using—or refusing to even have around the club. [...]

And the Eric Bledsoe saga continues. The latest: Another theory behind his (apparent) trade request from Phoenix Suns general manager Ryan McDonough. Here’s what he said on the matter, per Kevin Zimmerman of Arizona Sports 98.7 FM: “Eric (was) eligible for a renegotiation and extension of his contract … with two years left on his contract, we did [...]

Welcome to Day 5 of Eric Bledsoe trade watch. If you weren’t paying attention during Day 4, don’t worry about it. Nothing really happened—though the Denver Nuggets certainly have more of an incentive to go all-in on a potential deal following their loss to the Detroit Pistons. Oh, and actually, the “nothing really happened” message [...]

Certain teams feel pressured to make a deal at the trade deadline. They’re usually teams with GMs that probably feel as if they are on the hot seat. We’re not sure if that’s exactly the case with Phoenix a year ago, but GM Ryan McDonough admits that trading Isaiah Thomas was a mistake. Thomas has [...]

The final 20 minutes of the 2015 NBA Trade deadline were pure unadulterated insanity, a mixture of euphoria for NBA fanatics who obsess over trade rumors and player movement (me) and paranoia and panic for NBA GM’s and players. What seemed a few days prior to be a snoozer of trade deadline with what was [...]

This is kind of awesome. P.J. Tucker of the continuously surprising Phoenix Suns was fined $5,000 by the NBA for his second flopping offense, the league announced on Wednesday. Video of his flop can be seen below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNOwlxIi2kI Funny thing about Wednesday, though: It was also the day before the NBA’s Feb. 20 trade deadline, [...]