Former Phoenix Suns head coach Mike Budenholzer reportedly criticized Jusuf Nurkić's teamwork and screening before Nurkić was traded to the Charlotte Hornets in February.

Former Phoenix Suns coach Mike Budenholzer reportedly labeled Jusuf Nurkić a "bad teammate" and criticized his screen-setting ...

The Phoenix Suns, which failed to make the postseason with the NBA’s most expensive roster, fired coach Mike Budenholzer on Monday, league sources told The Athletic. The decision, which comes less ...

Mike Budenholzer, who is a 2-time Coach of the Year winner, is out in Phoenix after 1 season. The Phoenix Suns will be ...

Jusuf Nurkic told The Republic in January that he and Budenholzer didn't talk for two months. The 7-footer played his last game for the Suns on Jan. 8 as Phoenix traded him on Feb. 6 right before ...

The Phoenix Suns sealed the fate of their miserable 2024-25 season with lopsided home losses to Golden State and Oklahoma ...

to Portland in a three-team deal to acquire Jusuf Nurkic, who the Suns dealt to Charlotte in the middle of this season. Bridges, Johnson, Crowder, Paul and Ayton were key parts of Phoenix’s 2021 ...

The Suns have released Mike Budenholzer just a year after signing him to a lucrative five-year deal worth $50 million. This swift turnaround begs the question: what went wrong? In their statement, the ...

During the Phoenix Suns' end-of-season press conference on ... Budenholzer benched three of his starters during the season, including Jusuf Nurkic, Bradley Beal and Tyus Jones.

Then there was another meeting that happened, you know, during the—um—I want to—it was before the trade deadline, obviously.

It was a meeting he had with Jusuf Nurkić, who they ended up trading to the Charlotte Hornets. But I was told that in a meeting, he told Nurkić that he was a bad teammate. This is how sources re ...