Aside from the Suns, all different 29 groups are within the playoffs, the Play-In or the draft lottery and the crew have taken swift motion by firing head coach Mike Budenholzer.
With the best payroll league historical past, Phoenix completed the season with a 45-37 file and struggled by way of most of 2024-25.
So, coach Bud was the primary one out the door.
“Competing on the highest degree stays our aim, and we failed to satisfy expectations this season. Our followers deserve higher. Change is required,” the crew mentioned in an announcement.
Budenholzer is the primary domino to fall. Many NBA insiders, together with Shams Charania assume there may be a lot to extra and that solely Devin Booker OR Kevin Durant will stay in Phoenix.
“From a grand perspective, it’s about Devin Booker and the place [he stands] in all this,” ESPN’s Shams Charania reported Monday. “From my understanding, he stays a basis of all the pieces they’re doing in Phoenix, all the pieces else, although, has been up for dialogue with the Suns aside from Devin Booker.”
Shams says he’s anticipating a number of roster adjustments, together with KD out.
“I’m instructed the Suns and Durant, in addition to his enterprise associate Wealthy Kleiman, might be working collectively on his subsequent commerce residence,” Charania mentioned.
Apparently KD and his administration might be watching the postseason very intently.
“A whole lot of that can [be determined] by the playoffs and which crew looks like they’re a Kevin Durant away from successful a championship,” Charania mentioned.
Shams added, “For the crew with the best payroll within the NBA, it’s clear that the possession there, Mat Ishbia, he’s put all his sources, all his cash into this group,” Charania mentioned. “However now, shifting ahead, they’ve main choices to make.”
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