Question about Monty Williams and D'Angello Russell

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Yesterday Bickley wrote a piece regarding Time For The Suns To Spend On The Roster Is Now.

https://arizonasports.com/story/1979010/bickley-time-suns-spend-money-roster-now/

I don't always listen to Bickley. However, it has been a known notion that Booker would like to play basketball with D'Angello Russell. Evan Sidery has been beating the drums for months now that Broklyn may be renouncing Russell's rights in order to attract two bigger name free agents, and thus the Suns could have a shot at Russell. Evan Sidery has also been posting on how we could afford to do this. There has also been speculation by several basketball pundits that bringing in Russell would keep Booker happy.

Then the pronouncement by Jon Gambadoro that his sources inside the Suns say it's not going to happen.

I am looking at three unrelated player incidents and wondering if there is a pattern. D'Angello Russell had an off season incident with marijuana, and the prementioned sourced story Suns are not interested in a young talent, who fits the timeline, and was one of the bright stories of the NBA this season. Richaun Holmes, one of the Suns feel good stories this season, gets into an incident with marijuana, and Jon Gambadoro's sources say he isn't being brought back. This on a roster with only DeAndre Ayton under contract as a big man. Josh Jackson gets caught in a bonehead bad decision incident this off season, and the rumor again is he is being shopped.

Is this a product of Monty Williams' Christian beliefs? Or is this just a sudden notion that has been floated by James Johnson that they want players of a certain mentality and professionalism?

Maybe there is no smoke, or fire here. Just something I think bears notice moving forward. Perhaps these are all unrelated coincedences.
 

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