Report: Suns Hiring Assistant Coach Patrick Mutombo

The Suns reload their coaching staff with the hire of Patrick Mutombo.

On Tuesday, ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski reported the Phoenix Suns would be bringing on Patrick Mutombo as an assistant coach.

Raptors 905 G League head coach Patrick Mutombo is joining the Phoenix Suns as an assistant coach, sources tell ESPN. Mutombo had previously served as an assistant with Toronto and Denver.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) June 14, 2022

Mutombo was recently the head coach of the G League Raptors 905 team. Mutombo also has previous assistant coaching experience with the Denver Nuggets (2012-15) and Toronto Raptors (2016-20). 

Mutombo (who has no relation to Dikembe) won the NBA Finals with Toronto after they defeated the Golden State Warriors in 2019. He is of Congolese/Belgian origins. 

SB Nation unofficially voted Mutombo the 2021 NBA G League Coach of the Year with the following explanation of how well the 905 played under the new Suns assistant:

"Towards the end of the regular season, there was a two-part series using both statistics and video to break down how the 905 were able to average an all-time best 118.3 points per 100 possessions and finish the year with a league-best 12-3 record. In both pieces, the main consensus behind their phenomenal offense dealt with great ball movement and working together as an unselfish collective unit that led the league in both assists (27.1 per 100) and 3-point percentage (37.6%)."

The Suns recently lost Luke Loucks from their staff to the Sacramento Kings. 

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