The Suns hired Mateen Cleaves as a player development coach, per @Gambo987. Cleaves, who spent six years in the NBA, was a ...

Cleaves joins several other individuals with Michigan State connections within the Suns organization, including GM Brian Gregory and personnel evaluator Charlie Bell. LAS VEGAS – The Phoenix Suns ...

Now there are several. Add one more to the map, as Spartan great Mateen Cleaves has joined the Suns as a player development coach, according to multiple media reports.

LAS VEGAS – The Phoenix Suns will continue the Michigan State connection with the addition of Mateen Cleaves as a player-development coach.

Phoenix ideally would like to recoup a mix of strong players on controllable contracts mixed with draft capital, though the Suns reportedly are doing homework on one specific player in a return ...

LAS VEGAS – The Phoenix Suns will continue the Michigan State connection with the addition of Mateen Cleaves as a player-development coach. Cleaves was at Phoenix’s practice on July 10 in Las ...

Bell was a junior on Michigan State’s 2000 national championship team. Undrafted, Bell played seven NBA seasons as he started his pro career with the Suns in the 2001-02 season. Bell averaged 8. ...

NCAA champion joins the Suns as a player development coach, reuniting with former teammate and current Suns owner Matt Ishbia.