As covered here in depth Sunday, Phoenix has moved onto the second round of its hunt for Mike Budenholzer’s successor, with eight candidates from the assistant coaching ranks confirmed by The Stein Line advancing to Round 2: Brooklyn’s Steve Hetzel, Cleveland’s Johnnie Bryant and Jordan Ott, Dallas’ Sean Sweeney, Miami’s Chris Quinn, Minnesota’s Micah Nori, New Orleans’ James Borrego and Budenholzer staff holdover David Fizdale. My old podcast partner Chris Haynes reported Sunday that Oklahoma City’s Dave Bliss also still remains under consideration.