Four-year contract! The strongest relationship owner in the NBA! The Suns boss finalizes the new coach

On June 6, Phoenix Suns officially announced that it had officially hired Jordan Ultra as the team's new head coach. Jordan Ultra was previously an assistant coach of the Cavaliers, and this was his first time as an NBA head coach. Since entering the league in 2015, Booker has experienced 8 head coaches in his 10-year NBA career, and this record is quite embarrassing. The Suns are also outrageous. They have fired three head coaches in the past two years: Monty Williams was dismissed on May 14, 2023; Vogel was dismissed on May 9, 2024; Budenholzer was dismissed on April 15, 2025. These three are all NBA coaches, who have led the team to win the NBA championship or reached the NBA Finals.

Jordan Otter was born on May 20, 1985 and served as video coordinator for the Hawks in 2013. The coach of the Hawks was Budenholzer! Buden would never have thought that a young man under his command had now replaced his position as head coach. From 2016 to 2022, Autte worked as an assistant coach at the Nets for 6 years. In the 2022-23 season, Jordan Otter served as an assistant coach for the Lakers and assisted Darwin Hamm. In the summer of 2024, Ultra became the Cavaliers' assistant coach and assisted Atkinson. This is his second collaboration with Atkinson, the first time with the Nets. The Cavaliers' excellent regular season record attracted the attention of the Suns boss.

This year's offseason, the Suns' head coach candidates had as many as 15 people, and Johnny Bryant and Jordan Ott entered the final "finals". It is worth mentioning that both of them are Cavaliers assistant coaches. The Suns boss, management and Booker participated in the coach selection work and finally finalized Jordan Ultra. Then why did the Sun choose Ultra?

At first, everyone didn't know what his relationship with Sun Boss was. As a result, Draftstack reporter Ary reported that Suns owner Matt Ishbiya, general manager Brian Gregory and Suns coach Jordan Ott are Michigan State alumni. Ary wrote that Jordan Ultra was not the boss of the Suns because of nepotism.

Isn't this a place without silver? Before this report came out, no one said that Jordan Ultra was promoted by relationships. Suns general manager Gregory is quite frank. On May 8 this year, he replaced James Jones and became the Suns general manager. Gregory publicly admitted at the press conference that he was promoted based on his relationship with his boss.

The Suns boss, general manager and head coach are all alumni, and I don’t know what Suns fans are feeling now. After the team finalized the new coach, Suns boss Ishbiya sent an email to the team staff: "I used to let go and just be responsible for signing checks. The Suns failed to build a good culture. This is my responsibility!"

4 years ago, the Suns reached the finals, but now they can't even enter the playoffs! Ishbiya stated that he will deeply intervene in the team's management and major decisions in the future. According to Ishbiya, the Sun's big deal in the past two years seems to have nothing to do with him. If the boss doesn't nod, will James Jones dare to make the decision and exchange it for Bill?

The next step for the sun is to send Durant away. Do you think the sun still has hope?