Matt Barnes rips Robert Sarver, calls him ‘worst owner in the NBA’

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Matt Barnes is not a fan of the way Robert Sarver runs the Phoenix Suns.

The former NBA champion and one-time Suns forward took to Twitter on Monday night to voice his displeasure with Sarver following the dismissal of head coach Igor Kokoskov after just one season.

https://twitter.com/Matt_Barnes22/status/1120581215809982464

Kokoskov is the fifth coach to be fired by the Suns since 2013, and the eighth to be let go since Sarver purchased the team in 2004. That amount of turnover isn’t exactly welcoming to future coaching candidates, but ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reports that Phoenix is preparing to challenge the Los Angeles Lakers in pursuit of Philadelphia 76ers assistant Monty Williams.

It will be interesting to see which coaches consider the Suns’ opening with so little job security and an owner who doesn’t have the greatest reputation.

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