Cavaliers Lose Jordan Ott To Suns

According to Shams Charania of ESPN, the Phoenix Suns are hiring Cleveland Cavaliers assistant Jordan Ott as their new head coach. 

The Suns fired Mike Budenholzer after one season. 

“A pair of Cavaliers assistants, Ott and Johnnie Bryant, emerged as finalists for Phoenix’s coaching job this week and met with Suns owner Mat Ishbia, CEO Josh Bartelstein and general manager Brian Gregory in Michigan on Tuesday,” Charania wrote.

“Team officials focused in recent weeks on Ott and Bryant, who joined the Cavaliers last summer as Coach of the Year Kenny Atkinson’s first hires, and ownership and the front office aligned on the hiring of Ott on Wednesday. Suns franchise cornerstone Devin Booker was involved in the search process during the final stages and stamped Ott as his top choice as well, sources said.”

Hopefully, Ott doesn’t get fired after one season like Budenholzer and Frank Vogel. 

The Suns were a walking disaster this season despite having Kevin Durant, Devin Booker and Bradley Beal. They were so bad that they didn’t even make the play-in tournament. 

Phoenix is expected to trade Durant this offseason. Durant, 36, has one year left on his contract. The superstar will make $54,708,609 next season. 

The Cavaliers had the best record in the East this year. They swept the Miami Heat in the first round of the playoffs but lost to the Indiana Pacers in the second round in five games.