Six coaching candidates who should be on the Suns’ shortlist

It’s no secret that the Suns seemed to have learned their lesson after quickly hiring Earl Watson after his interim period two seasons ago. This time around after canning Watson following a historically bad three-game initial stretch, Jay Triano was tasked to put together a resume to keep his job through a 79-game rigor.

So far, Triano has done well after being thrown into the fire.

He has slowly innovated Phoenix’s system towards a blistering pace with even more ball movement. The addition of Elfrid Payton has seen the offense continue to blossom — including Josh Jackson seeing significant growth under Triano’s tutelage — but the defense seems systematically broken.

Since 2018 began, Phoenix…