2017-18 Preseason Media Guide TABLE OF CONTENTS Training Camp Schedule 2 Preseason Schedule/History 3 Club Directory 4 Robert Sarver Bio 5-6 Jason Rowley Bio 7 Ryan McDonough Bio 8 Earl Watson Bio 9 Assistant Coaches Bios 10-12 Training Camp Roster 13 Player Bios 15-45 2016-17 Regular Season Statistics 46-50 Preseason Opponents 51 2017-18 Suns Schedule 52 Basketball Communications Department Julie Fie Cole Mickelson DC Headley Palmer Black Vice President Sr. Manager Manager Asst. to VP (602) 379-7916 (602) 379-7662 (602) 379-7960 (602) 379-7920 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Training Camp Schedule September 26 - September 29 Training Camp Facility: Northern Arizona University Rolle Activity Center E. Pine Knoll Drive Flagstaff, Arizona 86001 Phone: (928) 523-1733 Scrimmage Site: Prescott Valley Event Center 3201 Main Street Prescott Valley, AZ 86314 Phone: (928) 772-1819 MEDIA AVAILABILITY SCHEDULE: Practices at Rolle Activity Center will be open to media for approximately the final 30 minutes of practice, so media are encouraged to arrive in advance of 30 minutes prior to the listed end time. A workroom will be available to media in the du Bois Center near the Rolle Activity Center. Schedule is subject to change. Tuesday, September 26: 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. @ Rolle Activity Center Wednesday, September 27: 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. @ Rolle Activity Center Thursday, September 28: 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. @ Rolle Activity Center Friday, September 29: 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. @ Rolle Activity Center SCRIMMAGE: 6:30 p.m. @ Prescott Valley Event Center **Scrimmage is open to the public.** PR Contacts: Julie Fie Office: (602) 379-7916 Cell: (602) 549-2824 [email protected] Cole Mickelson Office: (602) 379-7662 Cell: (303) 437-3707 [email protected] PHOENIX SUNS 2 2017-18 PRESEASON MEDIA GUIDE Preseason Schedule/History PHOENIX SUNS 2017 PRESEASON SCHEDULE All times local Phoenix time. Date Opponent Location Time Oct. 3 Portland Trail Blazers Moda Center, Portland 7 p.m. Oct. 6 Utah Jazz Vivint Smart Home Arena, Salt Lake City 6 p.m. Oct. 9 Utah Jazz Talking Stick Resort Arena, Phoenix 7 p.m. Oct. 11 Portland Trail Blazers Talking Stick Resort Arena, Phoenix 7 p.m. Oct. 13 Brisbane Bullets (NBL) Talking Stick Resort Arena, Phoenix 7 p.m. PHOENIX SUNS 2016 PRESEASON SCHEDULE (4-2) Date Opponent Location Result Oct. 3 San Antonio Spurs Talking Stick Resort Arena, Phoenix W, 91-86 Oct. 5 Utah Jazz Talking Stick Resort Arena, Phoenix L, 99-104 Oct. 7 Portland Trail Blazers Moda Center, Portland L, 110-115 Oct. 12 Utah Jazz Vivint Smart Home Arena, Salt Lake City W, 111-110 Oct. 14 Dallas Mavericks Talking Stick Resort Arena, Phoenix W, 112-107 Oct. 21 Los Angeles Lakers Honda Center, Anaheim W, 98-94 PHOENIX SUNS PRESEASON HISTORY Year Record Pct. Year Record Pct. 1968 2-7 .222 1993 5-3 .625 1969 5-6 .456 1994 8-0 1.000 1970 7-5 .583 1995 4-4 .500 1971 8-2 .800 1996 5-3 .625 1972 6-2 .750 1997 5-3 .625 1973 4-4 .500 1998 2-0 1.000 1974 4-3 .671 1999 5-3 .625 1975 5-1 .833 2000 4-4 .500 1976 4-4 .500 2001 5-3 .625 1977 5-3 .625 2002 5-3 .625 1978 3-5 .375 2003 2-6 .250 1979 3-4 .428 2004 7-1 .875 1980 3-5 .375 2005 6-2 .750 1981 4-2 .667 2006 4-4 .500 1982 5-3 .625 2007 5-3 .625 1983 4-4 .500 2008 5-3 .625 1984 3-4 .428 2009 4-4 .500 1985 5-3 .625 2010 2-6 .250 1986 6-2 .750 2011 0-2 .000 1987 3-5 .375 2012 4-3 .571 1988 3-5 .375 2013 5-2 .714 1989 5-3 .625 2014 5-2 .714 1990 7-1 .875 2015 4-2 .667 1991 7-1 .875 2016 4-2 .667 1992 5-3 .625 TOTALS 221-157 .585 PHOENIX SUNS 3 2017-18 PRESEASON MEDIA GUIDE Suns Basketball Club Directory PHOENIX SUNS 201 E. Jefferson St. Phoenix, AZ 85004 Main phone: (602) 379-7900 Ownership Managing Partner: Robert Sarver Vice Chairman: Andrew Kohlberg Vice Chairman: Jahm Najafi Vice Chairman: Sam Garvin Executive Team President: Jason Rowley Executive Vice President, Finance & Administration: Jim Pitman Sr. Vice President, Public Affairs: Maria Baier Sr. Vice President, Chief Sales Officer: Nic Barlage Chief Commercial Officer/Sr. Vice President, Business Innovation: Dan Costello General Manager, Sports & Entertainment Services/Sr. Vice President, Ticket Operations: Ralph Marchetta Sr. Vice President/General Counsel: Melissa Goldenberg Vice President, Marketing Partnerships: Carlissa Henry Vice President, Communications & Content: Casey Taggatz Vice President, Human Resources: Karen Rausch Vice President, Marketing & Brand Strategy: Brooke Campbell Basketball Operations General Manager: Ryan McDonough Head Coach: Earl Watson Associate Head Coach: Jay Triano Vice President, Basketball Operations: James Jones Assistant General Managers: Trevor Bukstein, Pat Connelly Assistant Coaches: Tyrone Corbin, Nate Bjorkgren Assistant Coach/Player Development Coordinator: Marlon Garnett Player Development Coaches: Scott Duncan, Jason Fraser, Mehmet Okur Head Video Coordinator/Player Development Assistant: Chris Darnell Assistant Video Coordinators: Julian Mills, Jason Tilton Sr. Vice President, Athlete Health & Performance/Head Athletic Trainer: Aaron Nelson Director, Performance/Head Strength & Conditioning Coach: Jeff Fish Assistant Athletic Trainer/Rehabilitation Coordinator: Tom Maystadt Assistant Athletic Trainer/Sports Science Coordinator: Quinton Sawyer Assistant Athletic Trainer/Movement Edge: Stanford Williams Equipment Manager: Jay Gaspar Assistant Equipment Manager: Denise Romero Vice President, Player Relations: Mark West Director, Player Personnel: Bubba Burrage Director, Team Security: Charles Bayfield Assistant Director, Team Security: Max Cayard, Anthony Neely Team Services Manager: Ali Mitchell Basketball Operations Manager: Louis Lehman Basketball Operations Assistant: Yale Kim Operations Staff Assistant: Dylan DeBusk Director, Scouting: Courtney Witte Advance Scout: Jason Hervey Scouts: John Shumate, Antonio Williams International Scout: Emilio Kovacic Basketball Communications Vice President, Basketball Communications: Julie Fie Sr. Manager, Basketball Communications: Cole Mickelson Manager, Basketball Communications: DC Headley Administrative Assistant to Vice President, Basketball Communications: Palmer Black Broadcast Information Radio: Arizona Sports 98.7 FM - Al McCoy, Tim Kempton Television: FOX Sports Arizona - Kevin Ray, Eddie Johnson, Ann Meyers Drysdale Spanish Radio: KSUN 1400 AM - Arturo Ochoa, Jorge Moreno PHOENIX SUNS 4 2017-18 PRESEASON MEDIA GUIDE Robert Sarver MANAGING PARTNER Robert Sarver is the managing partner THE BUSINESSMAN of Arizona’s original sports franchise. In Sarver is the Chairman and CEO of Western Alliance addition, the Arizona native and Valley Bancorporation (NYSE: WAL), one of the country’s top- resident is a successful businessman performing banking companies and ranked No. 4 on the Forbes and a committed philanthropist, husband 2017 “Best Banks in America” list. Alliance Bank of Arizona, and father with a lifelong passion for a division of Western Alliance Bank, is the largest locally- basketball, the Suns, the state of Arizona, headquartered bank in Arizona and is ranked No. 4 in deposits and—above all—winning. in the state. The bank continues to be one of the most active business lenders in Arizona and, in 2017, Sarver was voted THE OWNER Banking CEO of the Year by International Banker magazine, a As an 8-year-old boy, Robert Sarver attended his first Phoenix noted resource for analysis on global banking. Sarver is also Suns basketball game after receiving tickets as a birthday gift the co-founder of Southwest Value Partners, a 26-year-old real from Donald Diamond, one of the franchise’s original owners. estate investment fund. Thirty-five years later in 2004, Sarver became the majority On January 1, 2017, Sarver began his first one-year term owner of one of the NBA’s model franchises, assembling representing the 12th District on the Federal Advisory Council, a group of investors that purchased the Suns, the WNBA’s meeting multiple times a year with the Board of Governors of Phoenix Mercury, and the operating rights to US Airways Center, the Federal Reserve System in Washington, D.C., to discuss since renamed Talking Stick Resort Arena. In 2016, the Suns economic and banking matters. Members of the FAC customarily purchased their NBA G League affiliate and relocated the team serve three one-year terms. to Prescott Valley to operate as the Northern Arizona Suns. In 13 years under Sarver’s leadership, the Suns have THE PHILANTHROPIST enjoyed great success on the court. His tenure includes three Sarver’s philanthropic efforts focus not simply on worthy appearances in the Western Conference Finals and two of the causes but also giving back to Arizona and its local communities, three 60-win seasons in the franchise’s 49-year history. Phoenix both through Phoenix Suns Charities and his and his wife’s own owns the 11th-best record in the NBA since the start of the personal contributions. In 2016, Sarver was presented with 2004-05 season (564-486, .537). the Greater Phoenix Economic Council Distinguished Service Sarver’s passion for winning extends beyond the men’s Award for his economic and philanthropic leadership and game. His commitment to the WNBA in Phoenix has resulted contributions to the Phoenix area. in the Mercury winning three league championships, in 2007, Under Sarver’s leadership, Phoenix Suns Charities has 2009 and 2014, with the team winning a WNBA-record 29 granted more than $19 million to Arizona non-profits. Phoenix games in the 2014 regular season. Regular contenders for the Suns Charities focuses on enhancing the lives of Arizona children title, the Mercury have made nine appearances in the league and families in need, specifically in the areas of education, semifinals in the past 11 seasons.