“We got to get the next hire right and we will," Ishbia said at the team’s practice facility.. "The team and the roster that was constructed by (Suns general manager James Jones and CEO Josh Bartelstein), scouts, the front office is much better than a 36-win roster.

There are many head coaching targets out there for the Suns such as Michael Malone and Taylor Jenkins, who were also recently fired by the Denver Nuggets and Memphis Grizzlies respectively. While those would be solid choices, Phoenix has their sights set on a different head coach who was fired earlier in the season in Mike Brown.

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 than one year after the team hired Budenholzer on a five-year deal worth more than $50 million and less than four years since he won a title with the Milwaukee Bucks,