Phoenix Suns Coach Monty Williams Replacement Odds & Top Candidates
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With Monty Williams relieved of his coaching duties in Phoenix, the focus has shifted to who will lead the talent-laden Suns next season.
Williams, 51, was the 2022-23 NBA Coach of the Year but was fired Saturday, two days after the Suns were eliminated in six games by the Denver Nuggets of their best-of-seven Western Conference semifinals series.
“Embarrassing,” star Kevin Durant said of the team’s blowout loss to the Nuggets, ending the Suns' season. "It was a bad feeling.”
The new coach will inherit a team with top-flight players Durant and Devin Booker under contract and NBA betting sites will no doubt have the Suns as one of the favorites next season.
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Below are odds on some top coaching candidates, compiled by Gambling.com NBA reporters.
Candidate
Title/Current Job
Odds
Ty Lue
Los Angeles Clippers Coach
+150
Mike Budenholzer
Former Milwaukee Bucks Coach
+250
Nick Nurse
Former Toronto Raptors Coach
+500
Frank Vogel
Former Los Angeles Lakers Coach
+750
Kevin Young
Phoenix Suns Assistant Coach
+850
Tom Izzo
Michigan State Coach
+1000
Charles Barkley
TNT Basketball Analyst
+15000
Dan Marjerle
“Thunder Dan”
+25000
Shaq
TNT Basketball Analyst
+50000
Kevin Johnson
Former Sacramento Mayor
+2000000
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Larry Henry is a veteran print and broadcast reporter and editor who has been a political editor at the Las Vegas Sun and managing editor at KFSM-TV, the CBS affiliate in Northwest Arkansas. Larry also has experience with media outlets in other states with gaming, including Tennessee and Louisiana.
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