It has been nine years since Bob Hill coached from a NBA bench.
The game has evolved. Hill's familiar white hair now covers his jawline. But Earl Watson still is to his right, just much closer now as fellow Suns coaches than when Watson was Hill’s Seattle SuperSonics point guard.
Watson told Hill during their two shared seasons in Seattle that he hoped to coach together eventually. When his chance as Suns interim head coach came a week ago, Watson quickly brought aboard Hill as his assistant coach to have an innovator who would challenge his thinking.