Jordan Ott Phoenix Suns Practice Media Availability | 10-18-25

obvious thought process. I know the roster spot open. I think those decisions are always, you know, tough and he made it he made it really tough. Um, you know, he was part of us for multiple months and, you know, he really helped our group, helped our his teammates, helped our intensity of camp, obviously helped us in games as well. So, um, yeah, tough decision. I think, you know, he played well and Goody played well. They both played well. Um, and hopefully at the end of it, JB knows that we we tried to do the best we could. Hopefully, we helped him. You know, we we’re with him. It’s tough. Two months, two and a half months teammates in the organization, but he’s a really good player and I I know we’ll we’ll see him again soon. Looking at Goodwin and then the roster spot. uh Rochester spot gave you some flexibility, good ones, obviously uh established players as well. Maybe just speak to those two lanes as far as as far as Yeah, just the extra roster spot does give you flexibility. We know how that goes throughout the season. Goodies brings, you know, exactly what you’ve seen Jordan Goodwin play with for multiple years now. There’s an edge. There’s a defensive piece. You know, he played well. He played really well since he’s been here. Um, his energy is infectious when you talk to him. His spirit, um, all those things is exactly what we saw from afar. I wasn’t here when he was here the last time and he brought that with him when he came. How did the scrimmage go? Great. I think, you know, these days are tough. It’s on a weekend um before and off day. Um, all the other excuses you can make, but we clearly laid out that we wanted to get something done today. We just came in and practiced. We had a little breakdown before, but we just scrimmaged. Got three really good quarters in. Um yeah, overall got through it healthy, which is a which is a big piece at this time of year, which you we have to protect ourselves. That was a big part like we’re going to go out there, play against each other, play hard. We also have to protect ourselves, and we did a great job. Got through it. What Martin did Mark mean as far as how has he grown maybe in the scrimmages since you guys have had him in those? Yeah, I think this was the most minutes he’s seen in a scrimmage that we’ve played. And um yeah, Mark is big. You know, you can see his size out there. Both ends offensively puts pressure on the rim. Defensively, when someone’s driving in there, you have to make the decision, are you really going to try to threaten the rim or you going to have to kick out? Um yeah, he’s in a in a good spot. You get ready to start this journey as a regular season for the first time as a head coach. Just what what is different from the preparation from as an assistant in Cleveland and Brooklyn those years versus now opponent to opponent as a head coach. Yeah, just more global I think as an assistant especially during the year you’re locked in on on a couple players. You’re locked in on maybe one side of the basketball. Um really locked in when it’s your scout day. Now every day is a scout day 82 scouts. Um and then just you know you got to zoom out. You got to prepare the practice. You got to tap in with all the guys, all the staff. Um, it’s just it’s going to be different. I I would be lying to say if it’s the same. Um, but hopefully we’ve built some processes and some systems that I can feel pretty good knowing that some of those areas are covered by really good people. Um, and we’re always going to keep the main thing the main thing and those players, how they feel going into each night is is what I’m going to focus on. What’s it like then having like just Dylan who can get six stitches off a level in practice but just like crazy the intensity and want to keep that going. He came out and dapp the guys up after you know yesterday. So he yeah his intensity comes every day comes again today if you watch any practice we have he he comes with it. It’s not just in games. Um you know I’ve been around some of those guys that just bring it out in the games. He brings it out every day in practice. I think he’s dragged a couple people with him. You know, I um some guys that probably wouldn’t, I would assume, practice that intense every single day. He he raises everyone’s level. Ryan just talked about Oso, too. What have you seen from Brooks’s influence on him? Yes. when when Dylan’s speaking and Dylan’s talking in practice, he’s usually speaking at someone and it someone has to respond and often times that’s also um some of those guys will will go back and forth with them which again once Dylan goes up a level then someone else has to answer and it raises their level. So also catches it a little bit um cuz today at times he’s on the other team. Um, but all those guys have gone back and forth with him and that’s part of what you just have to sit there and smile cuz knowing at the end of the day how much he cares for his teammates um how much they respect him. Uh what Dylan does on a day-to-day basis, it just helps our group just helps everything. Um yeah, so we’re we’re in a good place when he’s chirping back and forth with someone. Coach, the the center position, what’s going to ultimately decide the plays if he doesn’t because he got four. you know, what’s what’s the what’s going to determine who plays it best? I think it it is going to be a little fluid. I mean, we’re all new to all this. Um, obviously the work and production matters most and there’s been some of that that we’ve seen in our building for the last time ever months. And also Mark’s done it. Mark has done it um at a high level. Nick has done it um also spent one year in the league and man man we’re trying to figure out right he’s this is his first season um we saw it in the preseason as well as summer the highs and lows that’s what young guys do so on a nighttoight basis it is we’ll have a plan going into it but we have to be a little fluid as coaches and kind of read the game see exactly who’s impacting winning out there on the court on a nighttoight basis um yeah we’ll have a plan going into each game but but no we got we have to be a little flexible When you look at your the offensive rebounding process, um the tagging up dynamic of it just kind of getting into defensive players backs, how have you seen that contact not just allow for y’all to kind of dictate the terms of play at those 50/50 situations, but also keep your transition defense at an avenue? Yeah, that’s the that’s the balance is if we’re going to send guys to toward the offensive glass, it can’t hurt you going the other way. And I think that’s the balance that we have to read. In the preseason, I don’t think it did a ton. I think uh we were still able to get back. I think it’s it’s both. It’s like you got to come show the effort to at least be in the area to rebound, but also the effort to get back um even if you happen to be out of the position. I think some of that comes with your fiveman. As long as you can get your fiveman back at times, it can really settle your defense in transition. But it is going to be a balance. And part of the tagging system is you tag on a in a place where it doesn’t take you out of transition defensive position. So again, we’re going to have to see what it looks like in the season, but preseason wise, I think it was it was pretty effective at both. You know, it getting to the offensive glass and not hurting us in transition. How’ you see the particular angle from the corners being the advantage for you? And what is it about attacking from that angle in particular that makes it tough for a defense to box up? you the idea is just you go you just go you put yourself in a in an area to potentially get an extra um shot and it’s only on the long distance shots only on the jump shots that you’re just it gives you a minute to get in there gives you a couple seconds to get in there and then puts you in the general area where offensive rebounds occur. Um so it’s not only just from the corners it’s from all all on the arc. And then defensively, um, now that the preseason is over, uh, some of the numbers, y’all had some good returns as far as points in the paint allowed and fast break points off of the turnover this course. What are what is it about not just the containment of the ball, but the help decisions being made and kind of the timing mechanism that you felt was impactful for you all in PC? Some of that, yeah, I I hope it continues. Obviously, you want to protect the paint. That’s a goal of ours. Um, defensively, some of it might be the teams that we played a little bit at times. We’re going to be tested. You know, we know, especially Denver, you know, they they get out and run and they have a lot of points in the paint in previous seasons. So, some of that’s going to be tested really early in the season. Um, but that’s the goal. You protect the paint, try to get your defense set, force jump shots, contested jump shots, um, hold them to one shot. That’s that’s always the goal. Good. Thank you. A great

Head Coach Jordan Ott speaks with media following practice on October 18, 2025. #SunsUp

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