New Kevin Durant Trade and Contract Rumor Emerges Friday originally appeared on Athlon Sports. According to Shams Charania of ESPN, the Phoenix Suns are hiring Cleveland Cavaliers assistant Jordan Ott as their new head coach. The Suns fired Mike Budenholzer after one season. They also fired Frank Vogel in 2024 after hiring him in 2023.

According to Shams Charania of ESPN, the Suns hired Jordan Ott as their next head coach on Wednesday. Ott will be hoping to fare better than his predecessors Mike Budenholzer and Frank Vogel, both of whom were fired after just one year on the job.

Kevin Durant’s bags are essentially already packed for him to be shipped out of Phoenix — and if New York were to make some inquiring phone calls, it would merely be a revisitation of the idea, at least according to one NBA insider.