It had been anticipated for a few days and the news has just broken: Frank Vogel was fired by the Suns after only one year at the head of the franchise, replacing Monty Williams. Information that comes to us from The Athletic and ESPN.
Certainly under contract until 2028 (and he must still receive 25 million dollars…), the technician is paying for the inglorious elimination of Phoenix from the first round of the playoffs: a scathing sweep against the Wolves. The symbol of the failure of the association between Devin Booker, Kevin Durant and Bradley Beal, more often present in turns in the infirmary than on the floor…
Mike Budenholzer to the rescue?
To succeed Frank Vogel, it is in any case Mike Budenholzer which is already the overwhelming favorite, as reported by ESPN. Whatever happens, this mystery successor will have no other choice than to do better than a 6th place in the West (49-33) and four small playoff matches, i.e. the record of his predecessor in Arizona, in 2023/24.
However, we imagine that the structure of the Suns squad in 2024/25 will be generally similar to that of this season, since the franchise has almost no room for maneuver financially, because of the astronomical salaries of the trio Booker – Durant – Beal. But that doesn’t bother billionaire owner Mat Ishbia, who remains confident about his team’s future.
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| Players | MJ | Min | Shots | 3pts | L.F. | Off | Def | Early | Pd | Bp | Int | Ct | Party | Pts |
| Kevin Durant | 75 | 37.2 | 52.3 | 41.3 | 85.6 | 0.5 | 6.1 | 6.6 | 5.0 | 3.3 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 27.1 |
| Devin Booker | 68 | 36.0 | 49.2 | 36.4 | 88.6 | 0.8 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 6.9 | 2.6 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 3.0 | 27.1 |
| Bradley Beal | 53 | 33.3 | 51.3 | 43.0 | 81.3 | 1.0 | 3.4 | 4.4 | 5.0 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 2.4 | 18.2 |
| Grayson Allen | 75 | 33.5 | 49.9 | 46.1 | 87.8 | 0.6 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 3.0 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 2.1 | 13.5 |
| Eric Gordon | 68 | 27.8 | 44.3 | 37.8 | 79.7 | 0.2 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 11.0 |
| Jusuf Nurkic | 76 | 27.3 | 51.0 | 24.4 | 64.0 | 2.9 | 8.1 | 11.0 | 4.0 | 2.3 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 3.3 | 10.9 |
| Royce O’neale | 30 | 25.1 | 41.1 | 37.6 | 69.2 | 0.7 | 4.5 | 5.2 | 2.7 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 1.8 | 8.1 |
| Bowl Bowl | 43 | 10.9 | 61.6 | 42.3 | 78.9 | 0.7 | 2.4 | 3.2 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 5.2 |
| Drew Eubanks | 75 | 15.6 | 60.1 | 100.0 | 77.4 | 1.4 | 2.9 | 4.3 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 5.1 |
| Chimezie Metu | 37 | 12.1 | 50.8 | 29.4 | 88.4 | 0.6 | 2.3 | 3.0 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 5.0 |
| Jordan Goodwin | 40 | 14.0 | 38.9 | 28.8 | 86.2 | 1.0 | 1.9 | 2.9 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 5.0 |
| Josh Okogie | 60 | 16.0 | 41.7 | 30.9 | 74.5 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 2.6 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 4.6 |
| Keita Bates Diop | 39 | 15.3 | 42.7 | 31.3 | 72.2 | 0.8 | 1.8 | 2.6 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 4.5 |
| Yuta Watanabe | 29 | 13.2 | 36.1 | 32.0 | 66.7 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 3.6 |
| Nassir Little | 45 | 10.2 | 46.0 | 30.0 | 85.0 | 0.3 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 3.4 |
| Saben Lee | 24 | 7.7 | 36.4 | 12.5 | 74.4 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 3.0 |
| Thaddeus Young | 10 | 8.9 | 52.4 | 0.0 | 33.3 | 1.7 | 1.1 | 2.8 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 2.3 |
| Udoka Azubuike | 16 | 7.1 | 69.6 | 0.0 | 23.1 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 2.0 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 2.2 |
| Isaiah Thomas | 6 | 3.2 | 30.0 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.3 |
| David Roddy | 17 | 3.7 | 43.5 | 12.5 | 100.0 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 1.3 |
| Theo Maledon | 4 | 3.3 | 25.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 1.3 |
| Ish Wainright | 4 | 4.1 | 16.7 | 25.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.8 |
