Where do the Suns turn?
For the Suns’ first offseason coaching search in two decades, it’s much easier to rule out potential candidates to replace D’Antoni than to identify them. Kerr has said repeatedly that he won’t even entertain the thought of trying coaching until his kids are in college. Sources with knowledge of the team’s thinking have maintained for days that Avery Johnson won’t be considered. And Phoenix-area resident Doug Collins told ESPN.com earlier this week that not even the Suns’ opening could get the 56-year-old to reconsider his stance about going back to head coaching. “The work that has to be done and the headaches you have to put up with today, I’m not willing to pay that price,” Collins said. Suns assistant Alvin Gentry, who has coached three NBA teams (Heat, Pistons and Clippers) and has close ties to several Suns players, is unlikely to be considered after such a messy end to the D’Antoni Era and his tight relationship with the outgoing coach. Even the best available veteran coach is n
