Mat Ishbia carried out a press convention on Thursday to debate the way forward for the Phoenix Suns as they seek for a brand new head coach for the third consecutive offseason. The Suns fired Mike Budenholzer one 12 months after firing Frank Vogel and two years after firing Monty Williams. The Suns missed the Play-In altogether in what was a disappointing season.
“We received to get the subsequent rent proper and we’ll,” Ishbia mentioned on the workforce’s observe facility. “The workforce and the roster that was constructed by (Suns basic supervisor James Jones and CEO Josh Bartelstein), scouts, the entrance workplace is a lot better than a 36-win roster.
“There’s loads of the explanation why Coach Bud is just not right here. I am not going to get into all these causes, however positively imagine we must always’ve received much more video games and been much more aggressive throughout these video games as nicely,” Ishbia mentioned. “Want him the very best, but it surely was the improper coach for our group and for that workforce and on the finish of the day, you possibly can blame me for it as a result of I am the proprietor.”
The Suns will work Kevin Durant on a commerce this offseason and plan to “pivot and reload” round Devin Booker.
“We’ll search for somebody that matches the imaginative and prescient of Phoenix Suns basketball,” Ishbia mentioned. “Somebody who’s going to stay out precisely what I am speaking about. Somebody who’s a little bit bit dirty, a little bit bit powerful. Have a little bit little bit of that in them.”