New Suns coach Jordan Ott had his introductory press convention on Tuesday, sharing how every coach in his journey helped him get to the place he’s, Arizona Republic’s Duane Rankin writes. Rankin compiled feedback from a number of coaches Ott labored with
“Jordan Ott is an impressive rent,” former Nets head coach Jacque Vaughn stated. “His work ethic, demeanor, ardour, and deep information of the sport will resonate with each younger and veteran gamers. Jordan will go away no stone unturned in pursuit of discovering options and will probably be dedicated to constructing a sustainable and profitable model of basketball.”
Ott coached with the Nets for six seasons as an assistant, which instantly overlapped with Vaughn’s time there. Ott additionally served as a video coordinator and graduate assistant underneath Michigan State head coach Tom Izzo earlier than making it to the league.
“He’s nice, a extremely sensible child. Works his ass off,” Izzo stated. “He’s a man that has loved the method. He’s actually a radical man. He labored underneath some good folks. I feel [Cavaliers coach Kenny Atkinson] is without doubt one of the finest coaches within the league. That will probably be an enormous plus with him.”
Ott additionally labored as a video coordinator with the Hawks and most lately was an assistant underneath Atkinson in Cleveland. He labored underneath former Lakers coach Darvin Ham from 2022-24.
“He has an ideal really feel, which is an intangible, I feel, that’s simply as invaluable,” Ham stated. “You’ve received to know your Xs and Os, you’ve received to be nicely geared up with participant improvement, applications and understanding each side of the ball, however I simply assume the texture for folks these days with a lot occurring. The world is shifting so quick between social media and the ever-changing panorama of our league from taking part in types to taking part in tendencies, he’s abreast to all of that. He stays on prime of all of that.”
We have now extra from the Suns:
- After hiring Ott, a commerce involving Kevin Durant looks as if the subsequent order of enterprise, Rankin writes in one other piece. Past that, Phoenix at present holds the Nos. 29 and 52 total picks within the 2025 draft. They’ve beforehand hosted Michigan huge man Danny Wolf and Alabama ahead Grant Nelson on pre-draft exercises. Filling out Ott’s teaching employees is one other prime precedence.
- Along with Wolf and Nelson, the Suns hosted Missouri guard Caleb Grill on a pre-draft exercise, per Rankin. Grill is ESPN’s 74th best-available participant within the 2025 class. He averaged 13.7 factors whereas capturing 39.6% from three on 6.8 makes an attempt per sport in his ultimate collegiate season en path to successful SEC Sixth Man of the Yr.
- The Suns finalized an settlement so as to add NBA veteran DeMarre Carroll to their teaching employees, in keeping with HoopsHype’s Michael Scotto (Twitter hyperlink). This has lengthy been the plan, and an official announcement is probably going imminent.
