News, speculations, and updates regarding the Phoenix Suns coach: Who will take Monty Williams’ place?
After coach Monty Williams was dismissed by the Phoenix Suns over the weekend, rumors started to circulate about who may take over as the team’s next leader.
For the most recent information on the Phoenix Suns’ unfilled head coach position—Tyronn Lue, Nick Nurse, and Mike Budenholzer are among the suspected candidates—follow the updates below.
“Kevin Young is someone who will one day run his own team, in addition to being an excellent assistant for the Suns,” says Luke Duffy. The company would be better off looking for an experienced voice—as long as their name is not Doc Rivers—since there is a ton of evidence that this is not the right scenario for him. The Suns must succeed, and the risk of selecting Young as head coach is too high to take.”
In his ranking of potential Suns head coach possibilities, Matt Escobar said of Vogel, “His recent success as a coach and the fact that the Lakers’ post-2020 title run was marred by bad roster decisions and injuries play heavily in his favor.” He would extract every ounce of defensive excellence from the Suns, which is crucial when facing the formidable clubs in the Western Conference.”
“Three of them have won NBA titles as head coaches,” says Duane Rankin. The other two were G League head coaches. Sources told The Republic on Tuesday night that the Phoenix Suns had five candidates vying for the position of head coach: Frank Vogel, Doc Rivers, Nick Nurse, Jordi Fernandez of the Sacramento Kings, and Kevin Young, the associate head coach of the Suns.”
Chris Haynes said on Twitter: “Phoenix has yet to reach final stage of interviewing candidates for its head coaching vacancy and are expected to meet with Milwaukee associate head coach Charles Lee and Golden State assistant Kenny Atkinson, sources tell @NBAonTNT, @BleacherReport.”
“From the producers of I told you Bronny (James) was going to USC six weeks ago, it’s gonna be Kevin Young,” the NBA writer stated in his most recent podcast.
