The Phoenix Suns have been arguably essentially the most disappointing crew within the NBA this season, and so they haven’t been shy about utilizing former head coach Mike Budenholzer as their scapegoat.
Budenholzer was fired on Monday after just one season on the helm in Phoenix. The Suns went 36-46 and missed the playoffs regardless of having the best payroll within the NBA.
Suns proprietor Mat Ishbia mentioned the way forward for the franchise throughout a press convention on Thursday. He didn’t mince phrases when requested concerning the choice to make one other teaching change.
“There’s a number of the explanation why Coach Bud will not be right here. I’m not going to get into all these causes, however undoubtedly consider we should always’ve gained much more video games and been much more aggressive throughout these video games as properly,” Ishbia stated, via Duane Rankin of the Arizona Republic. “Want him the perfect, however it was the mistaken coach for our group and for that crew and on the finish of the day, you possibly can blame me for it as a result of I’m the proprietor.”
Ishbia stated he’s the particular person in charge for hiring the “mistaken coach,” however that appeared like a roundabout approach of pointing the finger at Budenholzer for the Suns’ struggles this season.
The stance isn’t a surprise. There have been experiences that Budenholzer couldn’t coexist with Phoenix’s famous person core of Kevin Durant, Devin Booker and Bradley Beal. Booker supposedly had issues with the coach that affected the remainder of the crew.
These experiences most likely leaked from the Suns group. Although, Budenholzer and Durant additionally openly butted heads at times this season.
If the Suns determine to stay with Durant, Booker and Beal, that they had higher take pleasure in higher outcomes subsequent season. In any other case, it can rapidly turn into apparent that Budenholzer was not the largest drawback in Phoenix.
