NBA champion backs Monty Williams, says Suns will hire White coach ‘so he can get all the credit’

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NBA champion Stephen Jackson is not a fan of the Phoenix Suns choosing to part ways with head coach Monty Williams. 

Williams, who won the NBA’s Coach of the Year in 2022, was fired on Saturday after four seasons as head coach of the Suns. 

Head Coach Monty Williams of the Phoenix Suns looks on during Game Six of the Western Conference Semi-Finals of the 2023 NBA Playoffs against the Denver Nuggets on May 11, 2023 at Footprint Center in Phoenix, Arizona. (Garrett Ellwood/NBAE via Getty Images)

His dismissal came after back-to-back blowout losses in the 2022 and 2023 NBA Playoffs, ending the Suns' season in both years. 

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On the "I Am Athlete" podcast, Jackson said he felt the Suns should have given Williams more time with the roster following the acquisition of Kevin Durant during the middle of the season. 

"Absolutely not. You bring this team together at the end of the year, I don’t care if you have KD [Kevin Durant] or not. Chemistry still matters. I don’t care what stars you have," Jackson said when asked if the firing was the right move. "Chemistry still matters. They still need time. Even I said, if they lose, they was going to give this team another year, minus CP3 [Chris Paul]. I said that. Give this team another year to have a whole season of training camp and all this together to see if they can pull it off. 

Devin Booker #1 stands with head coach Monty Williams of the Phoenix Suns during the second quarter against the Denver Nuggets in game six of the Western Conference Semifinal Playoffs at Footprint Center on May 11, 2023 in Phoenix, Arizona.