The Phoenix Suns ended off the season with another disappointing year, finishing off 10th in the Western Conference, which was actually worse than last years result. They traded a main center piece in Goran Dragic, got another young talent in Brandon Knight, but he got injured late. The Morris brothers are in legal trouble, and the once young and exciting Suns team is just the Suns. Head coach Jeff Hornacek is looking to change that, by changing up the coaching staff.
According to Paul Coro of the Arizona Republic:
The Suns are tweaking coach Jeff Hornacek’s staff in hopes of making improvements beyond what they will do to the roster in the next two months.
Assistant coach Kenny Gattison’s two-year tenure on the Suns staff ended as he was informed that his contract, set to expire June 30, would not be renewed. The Suns also will reassign assistant coach Mark West to the front office, promote player development coach Corey Gaines to assistant coach and hire D-League affiliate head coach Nate Bjorkgren as a player-development coach.
Director of Player Personnel John Treloar, who ran most of the basketball operation for former Suns General Manager Lance Blanks, also will leave after the June 25 NBA draft to become the associate head coach at Louisiana State, where he was an assistant coach from 2004-08. Treloar has scouted prospects and organized draft workouts for the Suns since Ryan McDonough became general manager in 2013, the same time assistant GM Pat Connelly was hired.
The Suns still have a long way to go from being training camp ready. They have a lottery pick, which they should choose wisely. They have free agents, and they have some cap space, they need a free agent. Can Brook Lopez be a possible candidate?
