PHOENIX — The Valley Suns, the G League affiliate of the Phoenix Suns, have officially hired Austin Spurs (G League affiliate of the Sun Antonio Spurs) assistant general manager Brendan Sabean as their new general manager.
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— Valley Suns (@GLeagueSuns) July 8, 2024
HoopsHype’s Michael Scotto reported on June 24 that Sabean was “expected to become the (Suns’) new G League general manager, league sources told HoopsHype.”
Sabean has served as assistant GM for the past two years and been with the Austin Spurs since 2018, previously in a player development and basketball operations role with the organization. Before this, Sabean was the director of basketball operations at Grand Canyon University for a short time in 2018 after originally being a graduate assistant with the team in 2015-17 and special assistant to the head coach from 2017-18.
The Valley Suns have not officially named any coach or front office member yet, but did select 14 players in an expansion draft earlier last month. Jahlil Okafor, Emmanuel Mudiay, Denzel Valentine and Theo Maledon highlighted the names from the draft.
Several other players could come into contention for spots on the team with the Suns’ Summer League team that begins play in Las Vegas later this week. Phoenix has signed undrafted Baylor wing Jalen Bridges and former Nuggets guard Collin Gillespie to two-way contracts, so they could see some time with the Valley Suns.
The Valley Suns will be playing their inaugural season at Arizona State University’s Mullett Arena beginning this fall. Fans interested in season tickets can visit thevalleysuns.com for more information.
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Brendan Mau is a senior writer covering the Phoenix Suns and more for Burn City Sports. You can follow him on X via @Brendan_Mau
