Jones, who took over as the team’s head of basketball operations in 2018, was part of the brain trust that built the foundation of this Phoenix team, which broke through after missing the playoffs for the entire past decade.
Then Jones beat several teams to the punch to sign free agent Jae Crowder, giving Phoenix the rugged two-way forward it needed alongside young stars Mikal Bridges and Deandre Ayton in the frontcourt.