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New Phoenix Suns head coach Mike Budenholzer will not keep the assistant coaches formerly on Frank Vogel’s personnel heading into the 2024-25 season, according to Chris Haynes of TNT Sports.
The Suns fired Vogel this week and rapidly changed him, formally workingwith Budenholzer on Saturday. It appears he’ll be renovating the whole training personnel behind him.
The Suns apparently devoted 5 years and more than $50 million to Budenholzer, per Shams Charania of The Athletic, after finalizing Vogel to a five-year, $31 million offer last offseason. The Suns are still on the hook for the last 4 years of that agreement.
Gerald Bourguet @GeraldBourguet
Statement from Mike Budenholzer: “I am honored to be called head coach of the Phoenix Suns, the group I grew up viewing. I would like to thank Mat Ishbia, Josh Bartelstein and James Jones for the chance to lead this group. pic.twitter.com/ep0mUJ21s7
They are likewise on the hook for 2 years and $105.8 million to Kevin Durant, 4 years and $221 million to Devin Booker and at least 2 more years and $103.8 million to Bradley Beal. The Suns will mostlikely be paying Beal in the 2026-27 season as well, nevertheless, as he has an huge $57.1 million gamer choice that season he surely will workout.
The Suns requirement to figure out how to get those 3 playing top-level basketball together while finding a method to surround them with a practical supporting cast. Making wholesale modifications won’t be simple, .
Pat McAfee @PatMcAfeeShow
“Mike Budenholzer was mostlikely the most achieved Head Coach on the market.
The Suns had to figure out a method to makethemostof Durant, Booker & Beal offensively.
They’re nailing down that agreement right now & the strategy is to hire him in the coming days”@ShamsCharania #PMSLive pic.twitter.com/mkvqfbKdwK
Beal’s substantial agreement, paired with a no-trade stipulation, makes him essentially un-tradable. Booker isn’t going anywhere unless he needs a modification in surroundings. Durant is the gamer they might most reasonably deal, though it’s tough to thinkof they would get back a bundle that would keep them in the champion hunt (he stays an elite scorer, even at 35).
That trio alone will make $150.6 million in wage next season. And that’s where tweaking