"Yeah, just good memories. Six years. A lot of good people, a lot of good players. Saw the whole gamut of seasons (in) six seasons," said Ott. "But yeah, it's good to be back. Just different in the other locker room, but another game, ready to go."
"I think it was just so many different seasons, from where we started, those first couple years of just the development piece," said Ott. "I mean, it's cool with DeMarre now, like, bringing him in that group in that third season with Kenny. Go to the playoffs with a different group that was developing but with great veteran leadership. And then it shifted; it shifted to the superstars. And we were close, through all those ups and downs of those couple seasons. "We were close, stepping on the line in Game 7. So, just got to be prepared. Gotta be prepared for a lot of different stuff. I don't know what's next, but attack each day, every day is a new challenge. Early in those Brooklyn years we didn't have draft picks, so it was all about, 'How can we maximize the group that we have?' And that was influential. Never had to go through a time where, 'Hey, play this, do this.' We were all trying to win every single night. S"
Jordan Ott returned to Brooklyn as the head coach of the Phoenix Suns and led the Suns to a 126-117 victory at Barclays Center. Ott spent six years as a Nets assistant after arriving in 2016 on Kenny Atkinson's staff and helped oversee the team's first rebuild and later the formation of the Big Three. He worked under Jacque Vaughn and Steve Nash, including the Eastern Conference semifinal versus Milwaukee, then joined the Lakers in 2022. Ott brought former Nets forward DeMarre Carroll onto his Suns staff. Ott emphasized development, maximizing rosters without draft picks, and being prepared for different challenges.
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