The Suns have added Vince Legarza as an assistant coach, Duane Rankin of the Arizona Republic reports.
Legarza has a history with new head coach Mike Budenholzer. He was an assistant in Milwaukee in Budenholzer’s final season there in 2022/23 but wasn’t retained when the Bucks hired Adrian Griffin as their new head coach going into this past season.
Legarza was an assistant with the Jazz for four seasons (2018-22) and a player development coach with the Timberwolves for three seasons (2015-18).
The Suns didn’t retain any assistants from Frank Vogel’s staff and are having a tough time filling out a new coaching staff, Rankin adds.
We have more from the Pacific Division:
- With severe cap limitations, Jusuf Nurkic may be the Suns’ most likely trade candidate, according to Gerald Bourguet of GoPhnx.com. Nurkic has two years left on his four-year, $70MM contract. By attaching draft assets, Bourguet writes, the Suns might be able to find an upgrade at his position. Bourguet explores 20 potential trade ideas involving Nurkic.
- In his first mailbag since the beginning of the season, The Athletic’s Law Murray answers a number of questions involving the Clippers. Among the topics are free agency, Kawhi Leonard‘s health, James Harden‘s free agency, whether Joshua Primo could return, and the usage of the team’s younger players going forward.
- In case you missed it, J.J. Redick has some prominent assistants in mind if he gets the Lakers’ head coaching job.
Prominent assistants such as Manny, Moe and Jack.
I didn’t realise the Clippers and Lakers were part of the Pheonix Suns…
The article was titled “pacific notes”.
It was originally labeled as Suns Notes, but it should’ve been Pacific and has since been changed.