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Suns guard Bradley Beal limps off court in 4th quarter of Phoenix’s loss to Nets

PHOENIX — Phoenix Suns guard Bradley Beal limped off the court in the fourth quarter of Wednesday night’s 127-117 loss to the Brooklyn Nets in what could be another injury setback for the three-time All-Star. As he was leaving the arena, he was asked if it was his left ankle or calf bothering him, and he responded “both.” Beal has …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Suns’ Kevin Durant, tired of leadership criticism, calls ESPN star ‘a clown to me’

New York Times

PHOENIX — Mike Budenholzer was recently asked about Kevin Durant’s leadership over the past month. First, Durant wanted to know something: “Why’d you ask him that?” he said. Perhaps the sport’s most influential voice, Charles Barkley called Durant a “follower” during last season’s NBA All-Star weekend. Durant doesn’t claim to be a perfect basketball player — “Of course, I got …

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2 months, 1 week ago

New-look Pacific Division: A Battle for Championship Aspirations

Associated Press

The new-look Pacific Division is poised for a competitive battle for playoff spots. With a mix of veteran and rookie talent, teams will be looking to make a deep playoff run. The Lakers have the experience and firepower to contend for the top seed, while the Warriors and Suns will be looking to bounce back from disappointing playoff exits. The …

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

Suns Hope for Continuity with Rebuilding Trio

Associated Press

The Phoenix Suns are hoping for a better season with their star trio of Kevin Durant, Devin Booker and Bradley Beal back for Year 2. The team added new coach Mike Budenholzer and made some shrewd moves on the free agency market, including adding veteran point guards Tyus Jones and Monte Morris and veteran center Mason Plumlee.

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6 months, 2 weeks ago

A Tom Thibodeau contract extension is a no-brainer for Knicks, but what will it cost?

New York Times

Blame the Detroit Pistons — or maybe credit them. The new contract reportedly earned Popovich $80 million over five years, a new record, albeit in a different category than Williams’ since Popovich also was team president. No one said he would not extend Thibodeau, whose current salary is around $7 million a year, according to The Athletic’s Shams Charania. He’s …

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

Phoenix Suns quickly hire Mike Budenholzer to be head coach, replacing Frank Vogel

LA Times

Milwaukee Bucks coach Mike Budenholzer directs the team during a 2021 playoff game against the Suns. Mike Budenholzer is the newest head coach of the Phoenix Suns, with the franchise turning to the man who beat them in the 2021 NBA Finals. “We’re excited to name Mike as the head coach of the Phoenix Suns and bring him back to …

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

Who could Lakers target as next head coach? Redick, Budenholzer, Lue among top options

New York Times

The Los Angeles Lakers fired head coach Darvin Ham on Friday, league sources confirmed to The Athletic. Multiple team and league sources indicated he was unlikely to return given the Lakers’ eighth-place finish in the regular season and first-round exit to the same Nuggets team that swept them in last season’s Western Conference finals. The Lakers hired Ham in May …

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9 months ago

Why NBA players couldn’t be more wrong about the Knicks’ Tom Thibodeau

New York Times

Donte DiVincenzo had seen the poll. Last April, as the playoffs approached and the New York Knicks were well on their way to the franchise’s best season in a decade, The Athletic published an anonymous player poll in which their coach, Tom Thibodeau, was the leading vote-getter in a most unflattering category: The coach whom players would least like to …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Bucks’ defensive woes on display again in Orlando: ‘This is not who we are’

New York Times

ORLANDO, Fla. — Khris Middleton stood in the left corner of the floor trying to understand what just happened, with his hands out at his sides and his palms facing skyward. The Bucks’ defensive personnel is worse this season than it was at any point under Budenholzer, but Antetokounmpo, the NBA’s Defensive Player of the Year in the 2019-20 season, …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Giannis Antetokounmpo at the point or in the post? Should the Bucks trade future firsts?

New York Times

It took a little while because you asked so many questions, but we have finally reached the bottom of our September mailbag. However, because of the Bucks’ current roster composition, it seems tough to imagine Antetokounmpo functioning as a center more than he functions as a point guard next season. If Horst feels like the Bucks aren’t playing up to …

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1 year, 6 months ago

NBA: Bucks announce Griffin as head coach

The Hindu

Adrian Griffin is getting his first head coaching job at the same place where he started out as an assistant. The Milwaukee Bucks officially announced on Monday they have hired Griffin to replace Mike Budenholzer, who was fired last month after a first-round playoff loss to the Miami Heat. “The Bucks are a championship organization and I’m thrilled to work …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Bucks coaching candidates: Why they may work and why they may not

New York Times

The Athletic has live coverage of Bucks vs Knicks in the quarterfinal of the NBA In-Season Tournament. Kenny Atkinson While Bucks fans might think of Budenholzer initially when Atkinson’s name gets brought up in this head coaching search, the four years Atkinson spent on Budenholzer’s staff in Atlanta before becoming the head coach of the Brooklyn Nets are only a …

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1 year, 7 months ago

The Celtics could blowtorch their roster and bench — or choose a harder path: staying the course

New York Times

Is it like this in Hollywood? Just like everyone knew exactly why Doc Rivers was a coaching moron as the Philadelphia 76ers couldn’t close out Tatum and Boston in the conference semis, and why Mike Budenholzer should give his 2021 championship ring back after losing a 1-8 first-round matchup to the Miami Heat, and why Monty Williams should never coach …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Doc Rivers’ 76ers firing emblematic of deeper NBA problem with coaching carousel

New York Times

Within 24 hours of losing his job in Los Angeles nearly three years ago, Doc Rivers was on a flight to Philadelphia to interview for his next one. But I think the history of how Rivers got the job in Philadelphia, what transpired over his three seasons there and that he’s out of a job now — while three other …

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1 year, 7 months ago

NBA: Phoenix Suns fire coach Monty Williams after 4 years

The Hindu

The Phoenix Suns fired Monty Williams on Saturday, two years after reaching the NBA Finals and a year after he was the overwhelming choice as the coach of the year, two people with knowledge of the decision said. But three consecutive years of playoff frustration was likely too much for the Suns to overlook — especially after two straight years …

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1 year, 7 months ago

NBA: Giannis Antetokounmpo will be 'forever grateful' to former Bucks coach Mike Budenholzer

Firstpost

The Bucks were the top seed in the Eastern Conference playoffs, but were upset by Miami in the opening round of the post-season. Two-time NBA Most Valuable Player Giannis Antetokounmpo declared Tuesday he will be “forever grateful” to Mike Budenholzer, who was fired last week as coach of the Milwaukee Bucks. The Greek superstar forward made his first public comments …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Aldridge: Every decision in the NBA playoffs is a referendum — like it or not

New York Times

PHILADELPHIA — This is graduate level, Big Boy basketball this time of year. Or that Mike Budenholzer won an NBA championship with the Bucks less than two years ago — the franchise’s first NBA championship in 50 years. “Bud got fired, being, his team’s 69 percent,” Doc Rivers said before his 76ers hosted the Celtics in Game 3 of the …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Bucks hope coaching change can ‘unlock some more potential’

Associated Press

The Milwaukee Bucks want their postseasons to match the success of their regular seasons. “From a regular-season perspective, we’ve done some incredible things,” general manager Jon Horst said in a conference call with reporters Friday, one day after Budenholzer’s firing. Horst said the decision to fire Budenholzer was made collectively by the team’s executive group and ownership group rather than …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Bucks fire Budenholzer as coach after early playoff exit

Associated Press

MILWAUKEE — The Milwaukee Bucks have fired coach Mike Budenholzer just over a week after their stunning first-round playoff loss to the Miami Heat spoiled a season in which they owned the NBA’s best record. “Bud helped lead our team for five incredible seasons, to the Bucks’ first title in 50 years, and into an era of sustained success. “This …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Bucks fire coach Mike Budenholzer: What’s his legacy and what kind of candidate will replace him?

New York Times

The Milwaukee Bucks announced that they parted ways with coach Mike Budenholzer on Thursday afternoon. “Bud helped lead our team for five incredible seasons, to the Bucks’ first title in 50 years, and into an era of sustained success. This is an opportunity for us to refocus and reenergize our efforts as we continue building toward our next championship season.” …

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1 year, 7 months ago

‘No failure in sports’ says Giannis after Bucks exit

The Hindu

Giannis Antetokounmpo insisted Milwaukee’s season had not been a failure after the Bucks crashed out of the playoffs at the first hurdle on Wednesday. The top-seeded Bucks were bundled out of the Eastern Conference playoffs in stunning fashion, losing 128-126 to Miami in overtime in front of their home crowd at Milwaukee’s Fiserv Forum. Today was one of those days.” …

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1 year, 7 months ago

NBA Playoff: Miami Heat looks to bounce top-seeded Milwaukee Bucks in Game 5

The Hindu

The top-seeded Milwaukee Bucks aims to stave off elimination on Wednesday when it hosts the eighth-seeded Miami Heat in Game 5 of their Eastern Conference first-round series. That’s what we gotta go do.” Jimmy Butler made life complicated for the Bucks on Monday by erupting for a franchise playoff-best 56 points. There’s no time to exhale, at all,” said Spoelstra, …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Antetokounmpo back for Bucks in Game 4 against Heat

Associated Press

MIAMI — Giannis Antetokounmpo is back in the Milwaukee Bucks’ lineup. He was cleared to play in Monday night’s Game 4 of an Eastern Conference first-round playoff series between the top-seeded Bucks and eighth-seeded Miami Heat. Antetokounmpo missed Games 2 and 3 of the series — and most of Game 1 — with a bruised lower back. “He’s warming up …

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1 year, 9 months ago

Bucks clinch first 2023 NBA playoff berth with win over Suns

New York Times

The Milwaukee Bucks became the first team to clinch a spot in the 2023 NBA Playoffs with a 116-104 win over the Suns on Tuesday. Here’s what you need to know: The Bucks are the first team to 50 wins this season, improving to 50-19 overall. Backstory After Phoenix battled back in the second half Tuesday, the Bucks pulled away …

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Suns guard Bradley Beal limps off court in 4th quarter of Phoenix’s loss to Nets

Suns’ Kevin Durant, tired of leadership criticism, calls ESPN star ‘a clown to me’

New-look Pacific Division: A Battle for Championship Aspirations

Suns Hope for Continuity with Rebuilding Trio

A Tom Thibodeau contract extension is a no-brainer for Knicks, but what will it cost?

Phoenix Suns quickly hire Mike Budenholzer to be head coach, replacing Frank Vogel

Who could Lakers target as next head coach? Redick, Budenholzer, Lue among top options

Why NBA players couldn’t be more wrong about the Knicks’ Tom Thibodeau

Bucks’ defensive woes on display again in Orlando: ‘This is not who we are’

Giannis Antetokounmpo at the point or in the post? Should the Bucks trade future firsts?

NBA: Bucks announce Griffin as head coach

Bucks coaching candidates: Why they may work and why they may not

The Celtics could blowtorch their roster and bench — or choose a harder path: staying the course

Doc Rivers’ 76ers firing emblematic of deeper NBA problem with coaching carousel

NBA: Phoenix Suns fire coach Monty Williams after 4 years

NBA: Giannis Antetokounmpo will be 'forever grateful' to former Bucks coach Mike Budenholzer

Aldridge: Every decision in the NBA playoffs is a referendum — like it or not

Bucks hope coaching change can ‘unlock some more potential’

Bucks fire Budenholzer as coach after early playoff exit

Bucks fire coach Mike Budenholzer: What’s his legacy and what kind of candidate will replace him?

‘No failure in sports’ says Giannis after Bucks exit

NBA Playoff: Miami Heat looks to bounce top-seeded Milwaukee Bucks in Game 5

Antetokounmpo back for Bucks in Game 4 against Heat

Bucks clinch first 2023 NBA playoff berth with win over Suns