BREAKING: The Phoenix Suns have fired head coach Mike Budenholzer after finishing in 11th place with a 36-46 record in his one season, sources tell ESPN.

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  8. The Suns are a mess. Their roster doesn’t make sense for winning basketball these days. Zero defense is basically what it comes down to. Bud wasn’t going to fix that, but they blamed him anyway. At least our guy got paid.

  13. I criticized Budenholzer while he was with the Bucks. But now that the Bucks have cycled through two more coaches, I think the problem sometimes with these teams is not the coach, but the players and how empowered they are in deciding how to play. I recall the quotes out of Brooklyn when Steve Nash was hired, that the big 3 at the time (Durant, Irving, Harden) didn’t need a coach since they are so great (I believe it was Irving who said it).

  15. A lot of salty bitches in here for a dude that helped bring us a chip.

    All the best to coach Bud. I think his brother dying fucked him up more than we will ever know.

  17. And Vogel has led this Suns team to 49 wins last season and able to make them playing some average defense, imagine if having him with someone one like Terry Stotts being the assistant coach

  19. Oof, I feel sorry for Bud, but then again my guy got the bag. He was setup to fail l though, too many superstar egos on that team. KD at this point has proven to be a problem wherever he goes. Booker didn’t seem too cool about not being the #1 anymore, and Bradley Beal is Bradley Beal. I can only imagine that locker room was awkward all season.

  20. Bud can’t be blamed for all the shit that’s happening to the Suns. That roster was never going to work out. He’s just the scapegoat for the owner’s terrible decisions.

  21. Ah, yes. Bud’s formula with no paint protector and three mid-range volume scorers, what could go wrong?

  25. I wonder if this is the start of a blow up rebuild in Phoenix. There roster is obviously flawed, a coaching change is probably just the start. Having a payroll like that and being the only team to miss the playoffs/play-in without a lottery pick is not a promising future.

  26. Need to fire the fucking owner, so now a 3rd coach in as many years, what fucking joke of an organization

  27. I think they genuinely made the wrong choice. That team was doomed to fail because of its roster.

  28. Telling Durant to play defense is like telling a fish to climb a tree. Idk what any coach is expected to do with a team of three primadonnas

  35. I don’t get why he purposely DPN Ryan dunn when the suns defense was booty :/ he lost them so many games because he refused to adjust to the teams they faced

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