Phoenix Suns associate coach Kevin Young has accepted the vacant head-coaching spot of BYU, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Young is the Suns’ lead assistant and will be with the team throughout its 2024 playoffs, according to Wojnarowski.
Here is what the Suns’ president of basketball operations said Here is most of what Phoenix Suns general manager and president of basketball operations James Jones said following Tuesday’s practice at the Verizon 5G Performance Center.
The Suns stars will try to repeat as Olympic gold medalists. Phoenix Suns stars and likely All-NBA selections Devin Booker and Kevin Durant are part of USA’s 12-man squad for this summer’s Paris Olympics, as reported by The Athletic’s Shams Charania.
Last summer, it looked like Suns assistant Kevin Young was about to become an NBA head coach. A year later, he's about to be heading to the college ranks.
The Phoenix Suns have officially signed Grayson Allen to a contract extension, the team announced in a press release. The deal is for four years and $70 million, per NBA insider Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN.
Suns associate head coach Kevin Young is set to sign a long-term contract to become the new men’s basketball head coach at Brigham Young University, reports Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN.
BYU Basketball hires Kevin Young as their new Head Coach after Mark Pope takes the job at Kentucky. Kevin Young was the assistant coach for the Phoenix Suns and the highest paid assistant in the NBA.
Mark Pope left the BYU basketball program to take on the head coaching role at Kentucky. As a result, the Cougars were forced to find his replacement. Surprisingly enough, the program pulled off a brilliant move hiring a highly coveted assistant of the Phoenix Suns.
Phoenix Suns assistant Kevin Young has been a candidate to become a head coach in the NBA on multiple occasions and it’s never once happened. So it appears he is taking his talents to the college game.
Kevin Durant has had tremendous success in the NBA since coming into the league in 2007. Winning two championships and a league MVP, the 14-time All-Star has enjoyed success which many players aspire to.
The Suns have been one of the most perplexing teams in the NBA this season, but with Beal clicking at the right time they just might end up being the team many expected them to be.
Even though the Phoenix Suns didn’t finish the regular season on top of the Western Conference, they’re still a dangerous opponent to face in the playoffs.
The Phoenix Suns avoided the NBA Play-In Tournament by the skin of their teeth. It took until the final day of the 2023-24 regular season for the seeding to be finalized in the Western Conference, where there was a logjam in the middle.
Devin Booker joked about being a Lakers fan for the final day of the NBA regular season, as the Suns needed the Lakers to beat the Pelicans to secure the No.
Phoenix Suns center Jusuf Nurkic responded to notorious NBA insider Bill Simmons after Simmons sent a tweet implying the Suns would blow a 20-point lead to the Wolves because of a scuffle between Bradley Beal and Anthony Edwards.
The Phoenix Suns defeated the Minnesota Timberwolves, 125-106, in their regular-season finale. Devin Booker and the Suns are the No. 6 seed in the West.
Following the Men’s Final Four Tournament in Glendale, Arizona, Charles Barkley once again shared his negative view of the Phoenix Suns’ current season.