Earl Watson to Return as Suns HC: Latest Contract Details, Comments, Reaction

The Phoenix Suns reportedly appointed Earl Watson as the team’s permanent head coach on Tuesday.

Fox 10’s Jude LaCava first reported Watson would get the full-time job before Adrian Wojnarowski of The Vertical reported the sides had agreed to a three-year contract.

Watson took over for Jeff Hornacek on an interim basis after Hornacek’s firing in February. The team won nine of its 33 games during which Watson was in charge.

Despite that lackluster record, it isn’t a major surprise to see Phoenix retain the 36-year-old. The Arizona Republic’s Paul Coro reported Wednesday that Watson looked to be in pole position for the coaching job. Center Tyson Chandler praised the work he had done in the second half of the year, per Coro:

I think he’s done an incredible job. I try to stay out of the way of management decisions, but he’s done an incredible job with the team he inherited with all the injuries and everything else like that. He’s done an excellent job coming in and helping the young players, as well as helping guys like myself get adapted here. He’s added structure. Everything he has done has been positive. He came in and took over this team in …

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