{"id":57618,"date":"2025-08-09T19:58:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-09T19:58:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/57618\/"},"modified":"2025-08-09T19:58:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-09T19:58:07","slug":"suns-add-first-time-assistant-coach-11-year-nba-veteran-to-staff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/57618\/","title":{"rendered":"Suns add first-time assistant coach\/11-year NBA veteran to staff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/nba\/phoenix-suns\/news\/suns-add-first-time-assistant-coach-nba-veteran-staff\/7665faa9d65f138c4d068f4a?utm_source=yahoo&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=appeared_on\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Suns add first-time assistant coach\/11-year NBA veteran to staff;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Suns add first-time assistant coach\/11-year NBA veteran to staff<\/a> originally appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us?utm_source=yahoo&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=appeared_on\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:The Sporting News;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">The Sporting News<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Suns have remodeled their roster and staff quite a bit this offseason.<\/p>\n<p>They decided to part ways with former head coach Mike Budenholzer, bringing in Jordan Ott to be the next head coach of the franchise.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>They also made some big changes to the core of their team, buying out the contract of Bradley Beal and trading away superstar player Kevin Durant.<\/p>\n<p>Recently, another move was made, this time on the coaching staff side.<\/p>\n<p>Suns make new addition to coaching staff<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MikeAScotto\/status\/1954217795580739860\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:NBA writer Michael Scotto reported;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">NBA writer Michael Scotto reported<\/a>, &#8220;The Phoenix Suns will add Mike Muscala as an assistant coach, sources told\u00a0@hoopshype.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Muscala will return to the NBA, coaching for the first time at age 34.<\/p>\n<p>His last stint as a player was with the Thunder back in the 2023-24 NBA season, as he retired after that season concluded.<\/p>\n<p>MORE:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/nba\/los-angeles-lakers\/news\/luka-doncic-returns-action-plays-first-game-april\/716913d25b985df83d49d32a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Luka Doncic returns to action, plays first game since April;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Luka Doncic returns to action, plays first game since April<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Scotto mentioned that Muscala worked with new Suns&#8217; head coach Jordan Ott during both of their time with the Hawks, which strengthened their connection and ultimately helped Muscala get his first job on a coaching staff in the NBA.<\/p>\n<p>Muscala played 11 years in the league, playing for the Hawks, 76ers, Lakers, Thunder, Celtics, Wizards and Pistons.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve slowly seen players from Muscala&#8217;s time in the league join coaching staffs in the past few years, such as Jared Dudley, Kemba Walker, Corey Brewer and several others.<\/p>\n<p>Muscala was the 44th overall pick back in the 2013 NBA Draft.<\/p>\n<p>In 548 career games played, he averaged 5.9 points, 3.1 rebounds and 0.5 blocks.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>MORE NBA ARTICLES:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Suns add first-time assistant coach\/11-year NBA veteran to staff originally appeared on The Sporting News The Suns have&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":57619,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[22388,6685,49,48,5939,38135,38138,26008,25358,38136,38134,38137,6695,5407,38133,38132,38131,459,82,6694],"class_list":["post-57618","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-76ers","tag-bradley-beal","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-celtics","tag-coaching-staff","tag-corey-brewer","tag-doncic","tag-head-coach","tag-jared-dudley","tag-jordan-ott","tag-kemba-walker","tag-kevin-durant","tag-lakers","tag-michael-scotto","tag-mike-budenholzer","tag-mike-muscala","tag-nba","tag-sports","tag-suns"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57618","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57618"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57618\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57619"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}