Phoenix Suns To Hire Former Washington Coach Mike Hopkins As An Assistant Coach

Phoenix Suns To Hire Former Washington Coach Mike Hopkins As An Assistant Coach

so the next news that I wanted to talk about this is a little more interesting in a way now look I do not know college basketball at all so take this with a grain of salt y’all especially when I talk about the draft stuff later please take it with a grain of salt I am far from a college basketball expert I am far from a draft NBA draft expert but I feel like this is worth discussing and I’ve seen some feedback on Twitter and it looks positive appreciate you uh so says Jay for being here shout out to Fanning the Flames podcast appreciate you man thanks for being here bro and thank you to everybody that’s here I see my guy Super Mario Hoops is in here Daniel Chris top five live Kevin thank you guys for all being here I appreciate it at least where I live this news came out really early in the morning and I am not a morning person I’m a night owl but I happen to be awake around the time this tweet and and Report came out so earlier this morning the Phoenix Suns and WJ was confirming this with Pete Hamill I hope I pronounced that right ESPN sources with Pete Hamill former University of Washington head coach Mike Hopkins a two-time Pack 12 coach of the year has agreed on a deal to become an assistant for the Phoenix Suns Hopkins joins Mike boer’s new staff after three decades in college basketball now look even though I don’t really know college basketball that well I have heard this name before but like I I knew like very little to nothing about him but I’ve I’ve heard that name before and I mean I know it’s a small tweet we’re going to dive into the story in a minute but two time Pack 12 Coach of the Year and has had has had three decad ades not three years three decades in college basketball so pretty much the amount of time that I have been on this Earth this guy has been coaching in college basketball so Mike H Hopkins joins the Phoenix Suns and if we go to the ESPN article let me just scroll down a little bit here this is from Adrien wowski of ESPN one minute later uh Casey says hm Suns geek is live must have to do with the Phoenix Suns I hope we’re still live I got like a little notification saying that my browser was doing something but appreciate you being here Casey all right cool hopefully we’re still Al anyways thank you uh the waters appreciate you thank you all right cool so yeah this is from the ESPN article and it’s it’s a short article it’s just kind of sweet and straight to the point but after seven seasons with the husk and 30 plus overall I I don’t know if he meant to say years and 30 plus overall in college basketball Hopkins joins Mike buen hoser new coaching staff that will include David fizdale and Chad forier I don’t know how to pronounce that last name Hopkins had a 122 to 110 record uh with Washington including a 2019 conference title and an NCAA tournament bid and it says that he played uh for Jim boheim at Syracuse spent 22 years as an assistant on his coaching staff so he was an assistant for 22 years with one of the greatest coaches in college basketball so that has to count for something and quote I’m gonna let I don’t know if y’all will be able to see this but I’m going to kind of hover over it Hopkins also has experience coaching NBA players during his time on the coaching staff for USA Basketball so y’all like I don’t want to like overhype this hiring or anything but first off he’s a two-time you know Pack 12 Coach of the Year 30 or 30 years plus of coaching experience was an assistant coach for 22 years for one of the greatest coaches ever and has coach coaching experience with NBA players not just like NB well I mean yeah NBA players but Superstars Rising Stars young NBA players because of us coaching in USA Basketball that is awesome that is a hell of a hire so even though I was just criticizing James Jones great job James Jones and whoever else signed off on this I think this is an excellent hire that should get Suns fans excited now not included in the article here because I don’t know if it’s been made official that’s why I haven’t really talked about it yet um the Suns also hired first off David fizdale stayed on the staff because there was a report saying like David fizdale may not come back as a coach but he’s going to join the front office because he you know was part of the Jazz front office for a couple years um EV every other coach from the Suns and Frank Vogal staff got let go but I believe there was a report about Vince larza lerza however you pronounce that that he was hired although I don’t know if it’s actually been made official because wge didn’t put that in his report but he did put in the report uh Chason Allen if that’s how you pronounce it who most recently served as the head coach of the Wisconsin herd in the NBA G League affiliate you know the bucks but we’ll see I’m sure there’s probably like three or four other coaching spots and assistant coaches that will have to be announced I’m sure sometime before the season the Suns will put out a big article saying 2024 25 coaching staff Phoenix Suns and they’ll have a breakdown of all the coaches and resumes and all that so we will have to see on that um but hey I mean you know with Mike Hopkins definitely seems like a slam dunk and uh I am excited so great job Phoenix Suns that’s the kind of stuff I want to see from James Jones who I criticize from time to time all right so let’s keep moving on here you [Music] guys see if you guys can see that okay let me lower this graphic here here we go uhoh your browser has lost connection what’s going on we still live y’all I think we’re still live I don’t know what’s going on let me know if we’re still live y’all uh Casey says hm Suns geek is live must have to do with the Phoenix Suns I hope we’re still live I got like a little notification saying that my browser was doing something but appreciate you being here Casey uh let me zoom in here so you guys can see J appreciate you being here man let’s zoom in a little bit can you see that okay let me take some my water real quick and we will talk about this coaching sounds good appreciate [Music] what’s up son [Music] oh

Per Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN and Pete Thamel, The Phoenix Suns are set to hire former Washington Coach Mike Hopkins. Here are my thoughts

Sources: https://x.com/wojespn/status/1800494548491317268
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/40325830/sources-suns-hire-mike-hopkins-assistant-coach

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