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Gerald Bourguet: DeMarre Carroll on how he's seen Jordan Ott grow as a coach: "Ahh, man. He's a mastermind. He thinks outside the box, so I think you guys are gonna see a lot of that....He changes with the game. The NBA changes all the time, and he tries to change before it changes." pic.x.com/AYtIvSDAh6
Duane Rankin: "He's a very chill, laid-back guy. Just been talking with him. He's a little trash talk, which I like to start with." Ryan Dunn on new Suns assistant DeMarre Carroll, who will head coach summer league team. On Jordan Ott: "The 1st day he got here, he called me and said come to my office. We sat 30, 45 minutes and just talked about the system that he wants to play." #Suns pic.x.com/CZaAnrr3Or
Gerald Bourguet: Suns officially announce their 2025 NBA Summer League roster, which includes Ryan Dunn, Oso Ighodaro, Khaman Maluach, Rasheer Fleming, Koby Brea, and CJ Huntley. DeMarre Carroll will be the head coach
Chris Fedor: Since Jordan Ott was named new Suns head coach, #Cavs were anticipating Ott taking some Cleveland assistants with him to Phoenix. A source says DeMarre Carroll will join the Suns as an assistant. Carroll may not be the only one Ott takes with him.
DeMarre Carroll joins Suns coaching staff
Michael Scotto: JUST IN: Phoenix Suns coach Jordan Ott has added DeMarre Carroll as an assistant coach on his bench, league sources told @hoopshype . Ott coached Carroll with the Brooklyn Nets and both worked together as assistant coaches for the Los Angeles Lakers and Cleveland Cavaliers.
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John Gambadoro: Look for DeMarre Carroll to be the Suns #3 assistant. Carrroll was a player when Jordan Ott was in Brooklyn and coached with him in Los Angeles and Cleveland.
There have been further rumbles that Ott could try to bring former NBA forward DeMarre Carroll, whom he worked alongside in Cleveland, to Phoenix with him. Another option is trying to recruit Dallas Mavericks assistant coach Jared Dudley, who was still a player in Brooklyn when Ott worked for the Nets and was also part of the Suns' coaching search.
“Yeah. I think as competitors, you always think about those things,” LeVert told The Post of getting a victory for Atkinson. “You know, myself, JA [Allen,] Kenny, DeMarre — DeMarre wasn’t really traded away, but Trevor Hendry who was also on staff as well, JO, Jordan Ott, we got a lot of guys who were here. So as competitors I think that just naturally comes to mind. So for sure. Definitely.”
The Cleveland Cavaliers have finalized their coaching staff for the upcoming 2024-25 season and named Johnnie Bryant as Associate Head Coach and Jordan Ott, Mike Gerrity, DeMarre Carroll, Trevor Hendry, Omar Cook, Bryan Tibaldi and Nate Reinking as Assistant Caches on Head Coach Kenny Atkinson’s staff, Cavaliers President of Basketball Operations Koby Altman and Atkinson announced today from Cleveland Clinic Courts.
Anthony Puccio: Kenny Atkinson returns to Brooklyn as a head coach for this first time on February 20. Familiar faces with Jarrett Allen and Caris LeVert alongside him — not to mention assistant coaches DeMarre Carroll & Jordan Ott.
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Adrian Wojnarowski: DeMarre Carroll is joining Kenny Atkinson’s coaching staff with the Cleveland Cavaliers, sources tell ESPN. Carroll — who played 11 NBA seasons — spent the past two years as a coach with the Lakers and Bucks. pic.twitter.com/czHeMKDYVf
Alex Kennedy: NBA veteran DeMarre Carroll has joined the Los Angeles Lakers as an assistant coach, his agency @PrioritySports announced. Carroll played 11 seasons in the NBA before transitioning to coaching.
DeMarre Carroll joins Lakers coaching staff
Dave McMenamin: The Lakers are hiring DeMarre Carroll as an asst coach on Darvin Ham's staff, sources told ESPN. Carroll worked for Mike Budenholzer in MIL last season. Ham, Carroll and Bud were all in Atlanta together when ATL went 60-22 w/ Carroll as the starting SF and was No. 1 in the East
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