The Suns are hiring former NBA forward James Posey as an assistant coach, sources tell ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski (Twitter link).
A native of Cleveland who also played college ball in Ohio at Xavier, the 47-year-old Posey will be joining Mike Budenholzer‘s new coaching staff in Phoenix.
According to Duane Rankin of The Arizona Republic, who was first to report the Suns’ interest in Posey, Phoenix now has seven assistant coaches: David Fizdale, Vince Legarza, Mike Hopkins, Chad Forcier, Chaisson Allen, Brent Barry and Posey. The news of former NBA sharpshooter Barry joining the Suns was reported by Wojnarowski on Tuesday.
Posey played in the NBA from 1999-2011, winning titles in 2006 with the Heat and 2008 with the Celtics. Following his retirement, he joined the coaching staff of Cleveland’s G League team in Canton, then became an assistant on the Cavaliers’ staff from 2014-19. He won another championship with the Cavs in 2016.
Posey, who was an assistant coach in 2021/22 for the women’s basketball program at the University of Virginia, was an assistant with the Wizards for the past two seasons. He was let go in April when Washington overhauled its staff.