On Friday, the Phoenix Suns made their first major offseason addition, hiring Mike Budenholzer as head coach after firing Frank Vogel earlier this week.
The Phoenix Suns have agreed to a five-year, $50-plus million deal with Mike Budenholzer to make him the team’s next head coach, according to The Athletic’s Shams Charania.
As the Phoenix Suns chased their first NBA Title, the front office got busy in its most aggressive offseason yet. The team traded Chris Paul for Bradley Beal and sent Deandre Ayton to Portland to get Jusuf Nurkic.
The Phoenix Suns and Los Angeles Lakers might be two of the most similar, yet different teams across the NBA, and right now, they are both looking for a new head coach after the Suns fired Frank Vogel and the Lakers parted ways with Darvin Ham.
Perhaps exhibiting signs of recency bias, FS1 commentator Nick Wright suggested that the Knicks’ Jalen Brunson surpasses Devin Booker as a basketball superstar.
The Phoenix Suns are turning to an old NBA Finals foe as their next head coach. That would be none other than Mike Budenholzer, who led the Milwaukee Bucks to a championship win over the Suns, with the news first relayed by Shams Charania of The Athletic.
Expected to sign a deal nearing eight figures annually, the Phoenix Suns are poised to bring on former Bucs head coach Mike Budenholzer, an Arizona native with strong ties to the state.
Durant had a great season if you look at the basketball side of things. The 35-year-old finished the season with 27.1 points, 6.6 rebounds, and 5.0 assists on 52.3% shooting and 41.3% from deep.
According to NBA insider Brian Windhorst of ESPN, the Phoenix Suns intend to keep Kevin Durant, Devin Booker and Bradley Beal. The Suns went 49-33 during
The Phoenix Suns have a decision to make surrounding the future status of head coach Frank Vogel, the 22nd pick in this year's draft, and perhaps even the status of superstar Kevin Durant.