Yep. If you simply take Sarver at his word, he did not think McD is the guy he wants taking us the next step.
OK. Fine. I would not have fired McD because I have no confidence in Sarver's ability to make a good hire to replace him. But it is what it is.
This is how I felt during the "Should McD be fired" thread, but with Ayton on the roster and Booker extended, it's clearly a more attractive job even despite Sarver. My speculation is that Sarver was willing to give McD another offseason because he had the luxury of wanting Ayton and knowing he would get him. And hopefully because he likes Igor.
I'm intrigued by a lot of the players drafted and pieces acquired individually, but even I can admit that the bird's-eye view of the last few years is downright silly, and that McD's transaction history has been inefficient. The kicker for me really was trading the remaining Heat pick to move up for Bridges, who was selected with the Lakers pick used to get Knight, who was moved with another player for whom we traded up (Chriss) to get an equally bad contract and a player (Melton) we will hopefully like--but could have drafted. <<<I hope I even have that right.
After all the talk about stockpiling assets for the game-changing moves, the Suns really are just straight-up their last two lottery picks plus another that really panned out in Booker. I hope Bridges is really good. I hope Okobo is our PGOF, and sooner rather than later. I like Warren. I hope Bender develops. But yeah, the cost of doing business to get here has been high.
