James Jones

James Andrew Jones (JJ)

Born: October 4, 1980 in Miami, Florida

High School: American in Miami, Florida

As Player: 709 G, 5.2 PPG, 1.8 RPG, 0.5 APG (Full Record)

Franchises

Phoenix Suns: October 8, 2018 to present (Appointed Interim GM when Ryan McDonough was fired; Shared responsibilities with Trevor Bukstein for 2018-19 season; Named GM 4/11/19)

Awards

2020-21 NBA Executive of the Year

Draft Picks, Trades, and Free Agent Signings

In some cases the starting date and/or ending date for an executive could not be found, so conservative estimates are used in their place.
Therefore, transactions from the beginning and/or end of an executive's tenure with a particular franchise may be missing from the register below.

Phoenix Suns Franchise (October 8, 2018 - Present)

October 16, 2018: Signed Jamal Crawford.

December 7, 2018: Signed Jawun Evans to a two-way contract.

December 10, 2018: Signed Eric Moreland.

December 17, 2018: Traded Trevor Ariza to the Washington Wizards for Kelly Oubre Jr. and Austin Rivers.

January 7, 2019: Signed Quincy Acy to a 10-day contract.

January 27, 2019: Signed Emanuel Terry to a 10-day contract.

February 6, 2019: Traded Ryan Anderson to the Miami Heat for Wayne Ellington, Tyler Johnson and cash.

February 21, 2019: Signed Ray Spalding to a 10-day contract.

March 3, 2019: Signed Ray Spalding.

March 22, 2019: Signed Jimmer Fredette.

April 22, 2019: Fired Igor Kokoskov as Head Coach.

May 3, 2019: Hired Monty Williams as Head Coach.

June 20, 2019: Selected Jarrett Culver (1st round, 6th pick) and KZ Okpala (2nd round, 32nd pick) in the 2019 NBA Draft.

July 6, 2019: As part of a 3-team trade, the Phoenix Suns traded KZ Okpala to the Miami Heat; the Phoenix Suns traded T.J. Warren to the Indiana Pacers; the Indiana Pacers traded cash to the Phoenix Suns; and the Miami Heat traded a 2022 2nd round draft pick (Luke Travers was later selected), a 2025 2nd round draft pick and a 2026 2nd round draft pick to the Indiana Pacers. $1.1MM

July 6, 2019: Traded Jarrett Culver to the Minnesota Timberwolves for Cameron Johnson and Dario Šarić.

July 6, 2019: Traded a 2020 1st round draft pick (Desmond Bane was later selected) to the Boston Celtics for Aron Baynes and Ty Jerome. (top-7 protected)

July 6, 2019: Signed Cameron Johnson to a multi-year contract.

July 6, 2019: Signed Ty Jerome to a multi-year contract.

July 6, 2019: Signed Jalen Lecque to a multi-year contract.

July 7, 2019: Traded Josh Jackson, De'Anthony Melton, a 2020 2nd round draft pick (Robert Woodard was later selected) and a 2021 2nd round draft pick to the Memphis Grizzlies for Jevon Carter and Kyle Korver. Conditional 2021 2nd-rd pick did not convey

July 8, 2019: Signed Ricky Rubio as a free agent.

July 16, 2019: Signed Kelly Oubre Jr. as a free agent.

July 17, 2019: Signed Frank Kaminsky as a free agent.

July 18, 2019: Signed Jared Harper to a two-way contract.

July 22, 2019: Signed Cheick Diallo as a free agent.

September 25, 2019: Signed Norense Odiase.

October 20, 2019: Signed Aaron Epps.

October 20, 2019: Signed Troy Williams.

January 15, 2020: Signed Tariq Owens to a two-way contract.

February 12, 2020: Signed Jonah Bolden to a 10-day contract.

June 30, 2020: Signed Cameron Payne to a multi-year contract.

November 16, 2020: Traded Ty Jerome, Jalen Lecque, Kelly Oubre Jr., Ricky Rubio and a 2022 1st round draft pick (Peyton Watson was later selected) to the Oklahoma City Thunder for Abdel Nader and Chris Paul. 2022 1st-rd pick is PHO own

November 18, 2020: Selected Jalen Smith (1st round, 10th pick) in the 2020 NBA Draft.

November 23, 2020: Signed Jevon Carter to a multi-year contract.

November 23, 2020: Signed Ty-Shon Alexander to a two-way contract.

November 24, 2020: Signed Jalen Smith to a multi-year contract.

November 28, 2020: Signed Jae Crowder as a free agent.

November 28, 2020: Signed Langston Galloway as a free agent.

November 28, 2020: Signed Damian Jones as a free agent.

November 28, 2020: Signed E'Twaun Moore as a free agent.

November 28, 2020: Signed Dario Saric to a multi-year contract.

March 18, 2021: Traded cash to the Milwaukee Bucks for Torrey Craig. Milwaukee also received a trade exception

July 29, 2021: Selected Day'Ron Sharpe (1st round, 29th pick) in the 2021 NBA Draft.

August 6, 2021: Traded Jevon Carter and Day'Ron Sharpe to the Brooklyn Nets for Landry Shamet. Brooklyn also received a trade exception

August 6, 2021: Signed Chris Paul to a multi-year contract.

August 6, 2021: Signed Cameron Payne to a multi-year contract.

August 6, 2021: Signed Abdel Nader to a multi-year contract.

August 9, 2021: Signed Frank Kaminsky.

August 10, 2021: Signed Elfrid Payton.

August 16, 2021: Signed JaVale McGee.

September 7, 2021: Signed Chandler Hutchison to a two-way contract.

September 22, 2021: Signed Chasson Randle.

October 21, 2021: Signed Ishmail Wainright to a two-way contract.

December 27, 2021: Signed Emanuel Terry to a 10-day contract.

December 30, 2021: Signed M.J. Walker to a 10-day contract.

December 31, 2021: Signed Paris Bass to a 10-day contract.

January 1, 2022: Signed Bismack Biyombo to a 10-day contract.

January 4, 2022: Signed Justin Jackson to a 10-day contract.

January 11, 2022: Signed Bismack Biyombo.

February 10, 2022: Traded Jalen Smith and a 2022 2nd round draft pick (Hugo Besson was later selected) to the Indiana Pacers for Torrey Craig. 2022 2nd-rd pick is PHO own

February 10, 2022: Traded cash to the Washington Wizards for Aaron Holiday. Washington also received a trade exception

March 11, 2022: Signed Gabriel Lundberg to a two-way contract.