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Hawks coach Quin Snyder compliments Suns coach’s progress<\/p>\n
Atlanta Hawks coach Quin Snyder praised the progress of Phoenix Suns first-year head coach Jordan Ott. The two worked together in Atlanta in 2013-14.<\/p>\n
Atlanta Hawks coach Quin Snyder saw Jordan Ott having a future as a head coach way before he became one with the Phoenix Suns<\/a>.<\/p>\n The two worked together in Atlanta under Mike Budenholzer for one season in 2013-14. Snyder was an assistant while Ott worked as a video coordinator for his first NBA job.<\/p>\n \u201cA lot of it was tactical stuff, had to do with how to guard something,\u201d said Snyder, in recalling conversations he and Ott had in Atlanta. \u201cHow to attack something. Just remember him with DeMarre Carroll and the work that they did together.\u201d<\/p>\n Carroll played for the Hawks when Ott was there. Carroll is now an assistant under him.<\/p>\n \u201cYou can tell a guy has the respect of the players,\u201d Snyder continued. \u201cHis intellectual ability to analyze the game tactically. Over the course of the years, those are discussions that we continue to have periodically. I have tremendous respect for him, excited for him and have been for a long time.\u201d<\/p>\n Ott has led the Suns to a winning start in his first year as an NBA head coach. He is Phoenix’s fourth head coach in four seasons.<\/p>\n \u201cDoesn\u2019t surprise me with the success that he\u2019s having,\u201d said Houston Rockets head coach Ime Udoka, who worked with Ott for one season with the Brooklyn Nets in 2020-21 under Steve Nash.<\/p>\n \u201cHas (Phoenix) on the right path. Doing a lot of different things versatility wise on both ends. Has really high-level players, but you have to come in and implement structure and a system and those things, and that\u2019s not always the easiest thing to do, but you can see that they\u2019ve already bought into that defensively.\u201d<\/p>\n “He came and visited me in Toronto. We had dinner. He’s a player’s coach. He’s always asking us for our feedback. He got the locker room real quick.”<\/p>\n Dillon Brooks on the team buy-in with first-year Suns coach Jordan Ott. #Suns<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/M0abkPYmTq<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Duane Rankin (@DuaneRankin) November 24, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Players appear to have bought into Ott’s approach.<\/p>\n \u201cHe’s a player’s coach,\u201d Suns forward Dillon Brooks said. \u201cHe’s always asking us for our feedback. He got the locker room really quick.\u201d<\/p>\n Phoenix continued its first season under Ott on Nov. 29 against the Denver Nuggets at Mortgage Matchup Center in the second of a back-to-back. The Nuggets blitzed the Suns in their first matchup, 133-111, Oct. 25 in Denver.<\/p>\n The Suns then begin a three-game road trip starting Dec. 1 versus the Los Angeles Lakers.<\/p>\n They continue this stretch Dec. 5 against the Houston Rockets and conclude it Dec. 8 against the Minnesota Timberwolves.<\/p>\n Phoenix lost to the Rockets, 114-92, Nov. 24 at home, but stunned the T-Wolves in comeback fashion, 114-113, Nov. 21, at home.<\/p>\n Have opinions about the current state of the\u00a0Suns? Reach Suns Insider Duane Rankin at\u00a0dmrankin@gannett.com<\/a>\u00a0or contact him at 480-810-5518. Follow him on X, formerly Twitter, at\u00a0@DuaneRankin<\/a>.<\/p>\n Support local journalism: Subscribe to\u00a0azcentral.com<\/a>\u00a0today.<\/p>\n\n