May 28: In addition to confirming Quinn, Bryant, Ott, and Sweeney as finalists, Michael Scotto of HoopsHype (Twitter link) reports that Bliss is moving to the next round of interviews as well.
Gambadoro confirms that the Suns are advancing five candidates to the final round of the search process, with Bliss still in the mix (Twitter links).
May 27: The Suns have whittled their list of candidates for their head coaching job.
According to Phoenix radio reporter John Gambadoro (Twitter link), there are four finalists for the position, with Heat assistant Chris Quinn and Cavaliers assistants Johnnie Bryant and Jordan Ott among that group.
The Arizona Republic’s Duane Rankin, citing multiple league sources, also hears that Quinn and Ott are among the likely finalists along with Mavericks assistant Sean Sweeney, with Timberwolves assistant Micah Nori also a possibility.
Sweeney is headed to Phoenix for an in-person interview on Wednesday, Gambadoro confirms (via Twitter).
The Suns are looking to replace Mike Budenholzer, who only lasted one disappointing season on the job. Budenholzer was hired after Frank Vogel, another coach with a championship on his resume, was let go after one season.
The Suns are the only team in search of a head coach. Gambadoro reported on Sunday that Phoenix’s brass had already conducted second interviews with nine candidates for the position, mainly via Zoom. Suns assistant David Fizdale, Pelicans assistant James Borrego, Nets assistant Steve Hetzel and Thunder assistant Dave Bliss were the other reported candidates.
I know Book would rather stay & keep his earning potential at it’s peak but it’s clearly time for Phoenix to rebuild. Which of these deals makes the most sense for the Suns?
Book to Cha for Miles, Josh Green & #4 pick..
Book to Det for Ivey, Beef Stew, Holland, Fontecchio & a future 1st
Book to Orl for the Wagner bros & Jett Howard
Book to SAS for Castle, HBarnes, Sochan, Branham & a future 1st…
Or to HOU for Jalen Green, Cam Whitmire, and #10.
He makes more sense for the 4 I named. Jalen is basically a younger, cheaper, more athletic version of Book. Obv Book is better now but Jalen is alr their best scorer & 1 of the best young guards in the game. They’d be smart to keep that guy. Feel free to pick from 1 of the offers on the table tho
@Sankara
Green was the Rockets’ 4th best scorer in the playoffs and completely disappeared against the Warriors – 13.3 ppg on 37%/30% shooting.
Rockets have said they still believe in him but it won’t be a surprise if he gets traded.
That said, the Suns won’t trade Booker, so all of this speculation is a waste of time.
Lol bro I asked the question already knowing y’all wouldn’t be able to answer. Dont even worry about it
Jalen Green has the same playoff output as Kevin Huerter, but with a higher vertical
And Payton Pritchard got the same playoff output as Haywoode Workman with less athleticism but how is that relevant to the original question?
Jalen Green is not a younger, more athletic version of Devin Booker. That would be Anthony Edwards
Payton Pritchard isn’t paid $33M with a player option to score 9 points a game when it counts
Booker is a top 8-12 player in his prime. None of those deals come close to his market value.
The KD-to-Phoenix trade is an example of the return: Mikal Bridges, Cam Johnson, 3 firsts, pick swaps, and more.
Seems like you wanted to say he’s a top10 player but realized how false that would be. Book clearly a great player but he’s also clearly no KD. They’ll get a lot for him but not quite as much as Brooklyn got for KD. The offers I presented are roughly Book being traded for equal value. By pitting these teams against each other Phoenix could (& should) extract extra value but I can’t see them getting 2 young impact players plus 3 1st plus extra draft capital for Book.
But like I said before, I ask these questions already knowing that y’all won’t be able to competently answer. That’s sorta the point.
Sankara said –
> I ask these questions already knowing that y’all
> won’t be able to competently answer. That’s sorta
> the point.
That may not be the flex you think it is.
KD is the one leaving next year. They can wait on Booker. Unless someone blows them away with an offer. Imo you can get good value for Booker.
I’m really interested to see what they get for KD. He could be moved during draft …..
Suns should be after Nuggets ex coach .
Wrt the Suns’ search for a rookie coach, the phrase that comes to mind:
“Rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic”
Is it paring down if they are adding coaches? Lol I thought the list was down to 3. What a fascinating saga…
Doesn’t matter which coach they pick he’s still gonna be fired in a year.
Quinn, Bliss and Bryant should be the finalists for this exercise.