According to Arizona Sports’ John Gambadoro, the Suns’ head coaching search has been narrowed down to three candidates, including former 76ers coach Doc Rivers.
Rivers, former Lakers coach Frank Vogel, and current Suns lead assistant Kevin Young are reportedly the three finalists for the head coaching vacancy. While the latter has a positive rapport with Suns players, Rivers and Vogel are the ones with prior head coaching experience. Whether or not that will enter into the thinking of team governor Mat Ishbia and GM James Jones remains to be seen, but this is clearly a job where contending for a title immediately is the baseline expectation. Kings assistant Jordi Fernandez and Nick Nurse were also mentioned as possibilities earlier in the process. However, the former has reportedly fallen out of contention, while Nurse accepted the 76ers job earlier this week.