In Suns rumors tonight, it looks like more and more analysts around the country are pointing to Phoenix Suns' head coach Jeff Hornacek as the front-runner for NBA Coach of the Year.
According to Jason Lloyd of the Akron Beacon Journal, Hornacek is the clear choice amongst a pretty deep pool in said category: "There are plenty of worthy candidates here, including Toronto’s Dwane Casey, the Bulls’ Tom Thibodeau and Portland’s Terry Stotts. But the job Hornacek did this season was remarkable."
"The Suns were expected to win fewer than 20 games this season in the incredibly deep West, but Hornacek coaxed career years out of unheralded players like Dragic, Markieff Morris, Gerald Green and Miles Plumlee."
The Phoenix Suns are currently just barely on the outside looking in at the NBA Playoffs with three games left, tied with the Memphis Grizzlies for eighth in the Western Conference record-wise, but sitting in ninth due to a tiebreaker.