To definitely no one’s surprise, the Phoenix Suns have fired head coach Frank Vogel after simply one season and a 49-33 record, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reported Thursday.
The relocation comes after Phoenix was swept in the first-round of the playoffs by the Minnesota Timberwolves, even after making huge trades for Kevin Durant and Bradley Beal over the previous year. With their ballooning payroll making it practically difficult to enhance the lineup without blowing it up, it constantly appeared mostlikely a modification would come at head coach.
ESPN Sources: The Phoenix Suns dismissed coach Frank Vogel. The Suns — who won 49 regular-season videogames with league’s third-highest payroll and tax — were swept in opening-round series to Timberwolves. Mike Budenholzer will be prominent part of search. pic.twitter.com/SDTRkXxkrG
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) May 9, 2024
Now, the Suns will appearance for a replacement who will mostlikely have to win with the pieces they currently have, and they’re anticipated to choose within the next week inbetween a little swimmingpool of prospects, according to 98.7 FM Phoenix’s John Gambadoro.
Here’s a appearance at some names that might come up, with theoretical chances for their opportunities to land the task.
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Ham suffered a comparable fate as Vogel, losing in the veryfirst round with a group anticipated to carryout muchbetter than the skill it infact has. This wouldn’t be a excellent match for either side.
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With Kyrie Irving and James Harden out the photo, possibly Nash and Durant would thinkabout a reunion in Phoenix. They were allegedly close inthepast Nash came to Brooklyn and things came toppling down.
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NBA gamers talk, so if things didn’t go well inbetween Griffin and the stars in Milwaukee, I’m not sure he’d have a location in Phoenix. But you neverever understand. Maybe things weren’t that bad with the Bucks.
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The coach who was required out of Brooklyn when Durant and Kyrie Irving chose to come to town, this may lastly be Atkinson’s possibility to program KD what he’s about.
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An assistant for the Portland Trail Blazers last season, Brooks has experience training both Durant and Beal. So, he might have some fans in the structure.
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Fizdale is somebody the Suns are currently familiar with, as he was an assistant coach for Phoenix last season.
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Redick has to be pointedout here because he appears to be a hot name on the training block, however I doubt Phoenix desires to go the unexperienced path here.
Phoenix Suns head coach Mike D’Antoni talks with guard Steve Nash in the veryfirst quarter of their first-round Western Conference playoff videogame versus the Memphis Grizzlies.
D’Antoni has a lot of history with this franchise, and plenty experience training stars. Maybe he’d be able to get the most out of the offensive skill on this group.
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The just championship-winning coach on this list, Budenholzer beat these Suns to win his just title and he’s a popular prospect for the task, according to Wojnarowski.
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