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The Phoenix Suns are hiring Cleveland Cavaliers assistant coach Jordan Ott as the franchise's next head coach, sources told ESPN on Wednesday.
A pair of Cavaliers assistants, Ott and Johnnie Bryant, emerged as finalists for Phoenix's coaching job this week and met with Suns owner Mat Ishbia, CEO Josh Bartelstein and general manager Brian Gregory in Michigan on Tuesday. Team officials focused in recent weeks on Ott and Bryant, who joined the Cavaliers last summer as Coach of the Year Kenny Atkinson's first hires, and ownership and the front office aligned on the hiring of Ott on Wednesday. Suns franchise cornerstone Devin Booker was involved in the search process during the…
