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• Phoenix Suns Head Coach Mike Budenholzer Contract, Salary, Net Worth, Coaching Record, And Wife
User Note: This page is updated as of Wednesday, June 26, 2024. After taking a year off of coaching, the 2022 NBA Champion Mike Budenholzer is back at the helm. But this time, he is taking on the challenge of guiding the Phoenix Suns – a team with a wonky roster construction and very few […]
The post Phoenix Suns Head Coach Mike Budenholzer Contract, Salary, Net Worth, Coaching Record, And W...2024
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• Mike Budenholzer Talks About Dream Job With Suns, Need To Add Point Guard
Mike Budenholzer had his introductory press conference as head coach of the Phoenix Suns on Friday.
"I'm excited about working with this roster and these players," Budenholzer said. "We have great players. And with great players come great expectations. I think we embrace that."
Budenholzer return to coaching after his dismissal in 2023 by the Milwaukee Bucks.
"This year, for me, was really healt...2024
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• Giannis Antetokounmpo Reveals He Won't Consider Extension With Bucks Until 2024
Giannis Antetokounmpo has revealed that he plans on not signing a three-year, $173 million extension with the Milwaukee Bucks when it is offered this September.
Antetokounmpo can make more money by signing an extension in 2024.
"The real question's not going to be this year - numbers-wise it doesn't make sense," Antetokounmpo said. "But next year, next summer it would make more sense for both part...2023
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• Giannis Antetokounmpo Posts 'Thank You' To Mike Budenholzer
Giannis Antetokounmpo posted a message to his Instagram account thanking Mike Budenholzer for his five seasons coaching the Milwaukee Bucks along with photos of the two embracing after winning the 2021 NBA Finals.
"Thank you for five meaningful years Coach," Antetokounmpo wrote. "We accomplished something unbelievable and I'm forever grateful."
The Bucks parted ways with Budenholzer last week foll...2023
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• Mike Budenholzer’s Brother Passed Away Before Game 4
Rightly or wrongly, head coaches often come under the microscope after disappointing ends to seasons. That has been the case with Mike Budenholzer after the top-seeded Bucks lost their first-round series to the Heat in five games. Unfortunately, Budenholzer and his family were going through a terrible personal tragedy in the series — his brother […]...2023
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• Brother Of Mike Budenholzer Died During Bucks' First Round Series Against Heat
Mike Budenholzer was dealing with a family tragedy during the Milwaukee Bucks first round series against the Miami Heat.
One of Budenholzer's three brothers died just before Game 4, according to The Athletic. The brother died as a result of injuries sustained in a car accident.
Budenolzer is the youngest of seven children.
Budenholzer did not disclose the family tragedy during the series and it ca...2023
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• Brother of Bucks coach Mike Budenholzer died during playoff series vs. Heat
LOS ANGELES – Milwaukee Bucks coach Mike Budenholzer was dealing with enormous personal tragedy toward the end of his team’s first-round playoff series with the Miami Heat.
One of Budenholzer’s three brothers died just prior to Game 4 of the series, Budenholzer confirmed to The Athletic on Friday through a Bucks spokesman. Two team sources said the brother died as a result of injuries sustained in...2023
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• Report: Ettore Messina gets second meeting with Bucks
Mike Budenholzer isn’t the only head coaching candidate who will get a second meeting with the Bucks Tuesday. According to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski (Twitter link), Spurs assistant Ettore Messina will also meet with the Bucks today in New York. Both interviews will include team ownership, Wojnarowski notes.Messina, a longtime coach overseas, was hired by the Spurs in 2014 following his second stin...2018
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• New Hawks coach Lloyd Pierce talks defense at intro presser
During his introductory press conference on Monday, new Hawks head coach Lloyd Pierce talked about his passion for defense, and indicated that he’ll be looking for defensive-minded assistants as he starts putting together his staff in Atlanta, as Charles Odum of The Associated Press writes.“If we weren’t doing this press conference right now, I’d probably have these guys doing some defensive drill...2018
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• Hawks GM Wes Wilcox Makes Racially Insensitive Joke at Fan Event
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