Montgomery Eli Williams (born October 8, 1971) is an American professional basketball coach and a former player and executive who is the head coach for the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was the head coach for the New Orleans Hornets / Pelicans from 2010 until 2015, and was an assistant coach with the United States national team under Mike Krzyzewski. In May 2019, he was hired to be the next head coach of the Phoenix Suns, following the 76ers' season and the 2019 NBA Playoffs.
Deandre Ayton is set to become a restricted free agent this offseason, which means the Phoenix Suns will have an opportunity to match any contract offer he receives. It does not sound like they are prepared to fight very hard to keep the former first overall pick. Ayton’s agent, Bill...
Deandre Ayton was benched to end the Phoenix Suns' 2021-22 season. The former No. 1 overall pick didn't see the floor at all in the fourth quarter of Phoenix's stunning and historically bad second-round Game 7 loss to the Dallas Mavericks. And after Ayton logged just 17 minutes in the...
The recent Williams dynamic may simply echo consistent word—dating back to the trade deadline—from league sources with knowledge of the situation that Ayton is not particularly a favorite of Phoenix’s head coach. Williams has purportedly griped about Ayton’s waning focus, which some people contacted by B/R said has often been reflected by the ebbs of his playing time.
It is being reported that Deandre Ayton is “not particularly a favorite' of Monty Williams” I give my thoughts on what’s being reported, I rant about some stuff, and MORE Suns news! Has Deandre Ayton played his last game with the Phoenix Suns?
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Patrick Beverley attracted a great deal of attention on Monday for his harsh criticism of Chris Paul, and Phoenix Suns coach Monty Williams had a strong response. During his appearance as a guest analyst on ESPN’s “Get Up,” Beverley unloaded on Paul for being a poor defender. The Minnesota Timberwolves star said Williams should have benched Paul during the Suns’ blowout loss to the Dallas Mavericks on Sunday night.
PHOENIX — The Phoenix Suns season came to a crushing and abrupt end Sunday night with a 123-90 loss to the Dallas Mavericks in Game 7 of the Western Conference Semifinals. The loss means the Suns came up two rounds short of where the Suns, and their fans, hoped to finish, with the franchise's first NBA title.
Patrick Beverley attracted a great deal of attention on Monday for his harsh criticism of Chris Paul, and Phoenix Suns coach Monty Williams had a strong response. During his appearance as a guest analyst on ESPN’s “Get Up,” Beverley unloaded on Paul for being a poor defender . The Minnesota Timberwolves guard said Williams should have benched Paul during the Suns’ blowout loss to the Dallas Mavericks on Sunday night.
The Phoenix Suns’ meltdown in Sunday’s Game 7 loss to the Dallas Mavericks included a sideline confrontation between Monty Williams and Deandre Ayton. With Phoenix down 70-32 early in the third quarter, Williams substituted backup big man Bismack Biyombo for Ayton, who sat for the remainder of the game and finished with five points and four rebounds.
Minnesota Timberwolves guard Patrick Beverley made news on Monday, but not for anything he did on the court. Instead, it’s what he said about Phoenix Suns point guard Chris Paul following the team’s 123-90 defeat to the Dallas Mavericks in Game 7 of the Western Conference semifinals on Sunday.
Suns coach Monty Williams isn’t budging on his initial comments about why Deandre Ayton only played 17 minutes in Sunday’s decisive Game 7, but said the two haven’t talked since the ugly 123-90 loss at Footprint Center. “No, we didn’t,” Williams said during Monday’s Zoom availability when...
The Phoenix Suns’ 2021-22 season came to a crashing end with a 123-90 loss to the Dallas Mavericks in Game 7 at home. Suns center Deandre Ayton played just 17 minutes in the 33-point loss and appeared to argue with head coach Monty Williams early in the third quarter.
Deandre Ayton and the Suns saw their title aspirations come crashing down in Game 7 of the Western Conference Semifinals as they were on the wrong end of a historic rout by the Mavericks. On a night where the Suns trailed by as many as 46 points, Ayton was limited...
The Phoenix Suns were routed on Sunday in Game 7 of the NBA Western Conference Semifinals by a score of 123-90. All-Star guard Chris Paul had an unusually poor showing against the Dallas Mavericks. Still, the biggest breakdown for Phoenix appears to have been between head coach Monty Williams and center Deandre Ayton.
Were the Suns dealing with internal issues amid Sunday’s Game 7 blowout loss to the Mavericks?
Phoenix coach Monty Williams benched big man Deandre Ayton in the second half of the Western Conference semifinals series finale, and played coy about the situation after the game, telling reporters “it’s internal” when asked about Ayton only playing 17 minutes.
Williams subbed in center Bismack Biyombo for Ayton a few minutes into the third quarter. Ayton, who was limited to five points and four rebounds in his final game of the season, did not speak to reporters after the loss.
It’s unclear what happened...
Less than a month ago, the Phoenix Suns were riding high. They were finishing out a historic franchise season, winning 64 games for the first time in the organization’s history. The team was preparing for a long postseason run and had hopes of finally delivering a championship to the city of Phoenix.
In the Phoenix Sun’s season-ending Game 7 loss to the Dallas Mavericks, everything that could’ve gone wrong did. The Suns were simply outclassed from buzzer to buzzer, and their franchise-record 64 wins were all for naught as they exited the playoffs after two rounds. Out of the many...
It's hard to see how things can get worse for the Phoenix Suns beyond their shambolic loss to the Dallas Mavericks on Sunday, but it seems like they can. They were extremely poor in a Game 7 loss at home, going down 30 points at halftime, and have been lambasted for their shocking display. But there was another storyline from the game that might be going slightly under the radar.
Of the many subplots of the Suns disastrous Game 7 performance against the Mavs on Sunday night, the one that has the most bearing on Phoenix’s future is that of Deandre Ayton’s standing with the team. Ayton played just 17 minutes and when Monty Williams was asked why...
