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Suns Hire Former Mavs, Jason Kidd Assistant Greg St. Jean; Details

As Jason Kidd struggles to fill the vacancies on his coaching staff, a former Mavs assistant has found a new home.

Michael Mulford

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With the NBA offseason now upon us, it's not just changes to the Dallas Mavericks' roster that we'll be witnessing; it's their coaching staff as well. 

As of now, the Mavericks have three open spots on Jason Kidd's coaching staff, including the vacancy left behind by former assistant Greg St. Jean, who was dismissed following the end of the regular season. However, it didn't take long for St. Jean to land on his feet with a familiar face.

On Thursday, NBA Insider Marc Stein reported that St. Jean is expected to join the Phoenix Suns as an assistant on new head coach Frank Vogel's staff. St. Jean spent two years with Vogel in Los Angeles during the Lakers' championship run between 2019-21 as a player development coach before following Kidd to Dallas.

Outside of the vacancy left behind by St. Jean's departure, the other two openings are made up by Quinton Crawford's exit, who also opted to rejoin Vogel in Phoenix, and shooting coach Peter Patton, who left Dallas after a five-year stint to become the director of player development for the Chicago Bulls. 

Despite rumors of having interest in former head coaches like Jeff Hornacek and Jeff Van Gundy, Kidd has yet to make a hire since the end of the season. With most coaching staff openings starting to fill up throughout the league, Kidd and company look to be running behind in their search to fill up open spots on the bench.

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MICHAEL MULFORD

Michael Mulford is a writer/editor for Dallas Basketball, where he extensively covers the Dallas Mavericks. He also covers the Chicago Bulls as the Managing Editor for Bulls Wire of USA Today Sports Media Group. Mulford grew up in the Dallas-Fort Worth area and graduated from the University of North Texas in 2016 with a bachelor’s degree in Recreation, Event, and Sports Management. He began his pursuit of sports writing in 2017 with Dallas Sports Fanatic, where he covered the Mavericks’ G League affiliate, Texas Legends. He then became the Managing Editor of Dallas Sports Fanatic just one year later and has covered the Mavericks as a credentialed media member since 2018, including covering numerous playoff games between 2021-22 and covering the team at NBA Summer League in Las Vegas in 2019. In his time covering the Mavericks, Mulford has conducted numerous interviews for exclusive stories including with Mavericks owner Mark Cuban, Mavericks legend Dirk Nowitzki, former Maverick and current VP of Basketball Ops Michael Finley, former Mavericks GM Donnie Nelson, and more. You can follow and interact with Mulford on Twitter at @TheMulf.

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