On May 10, Beijing time, the new coach of the Suns was finally finalized, and former Bucks head coach Budenholzer will become the helm of the Suns in the new season, with a salary contract of 10 million yuan.
The new head coach of the Suns
Spurs career
The 55-year-old began his coaching career in 1994 when he introduced himself to Popovich, who was still an assistant coach for the Spurs at the time, to become a video analyst.
A photo of young Buden and Bobo
As a video analyst, you have to pay attention to the 10 people on the pitch and how the defense is arranged, how the offense works, the space on the pitch, the air cuts, etc., which is why he is always able to cover everything in the team's pre-match set-up.
In 1996, Bobo was officially promoted to Spurs coach, and Budden was promoted to assistant coach — the youngest assistant coach in the league. But I didn't expect this teaching assistant to be 17 years old, and he turned the young marshal into an old handsome. Many Thorns thought he would be Bobo's successor in the future, but was dug into a corner by another old Spurs.
Eagles career
On May 28, 2013, Mike Budenholzer accepted an offer from former Spurs executive and Atlanta Hawks general manager Danny Ferry to become the 12th head coach in Hawks history.
Schroeder with coach Budenholzer
Buden brought the Spurs' team basketball to Atlanta as soon as he took office. In the 13-14 season, the Hawks brought in Millsap and Carroll from the Jazz, starting with Horford + Teague + Korver + Millsap + Carroll, and the substitute was Lowe who was still in the growth period. The lineup was, in the words of some fans, lacking in stars, with no one scoring more than 20 points in the regular season all season, but six players averaged double-doubles per game, and Scott averaged 9.7 points per game. However, Horford made the playoffs despite playing only 29 games and led the Pacers to Game 7 with Paul George.
Eagles start
In the second year, the Hawks played like a fish in water in the regular season, the ultimate team, a total of 6 players on the team averaged double-doubles per game, and the Hawks ranked sixth in the league in offensive and defensive efficiency, and in the middle of the season, they played a wave of 19 consecutive wins, and finally topped the East with a 60-22 record. Because of the advantage of results, Horford, Teague, Millsap, and Korver entered the All-Star together, and Budden also won the best head coach of the season.
But the strength of the Spurs is based on the ability of Duncan, Parker, and Ginobili to take charge of their own, while the Hawks do not have stars of the same level, and neither Horford nor Millsap have the ability to make a final decision. Eliminated 4-0 by the Cavaliers in the playoffs for two consecutive years, the Hawks were eventually forced to disintegrate, and all starters left the Hawks.
Going their separate ways
Despite his best efforts, Budden was unable to stop the regression of his record until they were unable to make the playoffs in 2018 and his Hawks career ended bleakly.
Bucks career
Buden's downtime didn't last long, and soon he moved to the Milwaukee Bucks to take over as head coach for Jason Kidd. In his first season, he equalled his previous best coach record with a 60-22 record, and he also won the title of head coach of the season again.
Buden with letters
Under Budden's rule, Antetokounmpo won two MVPs and became the league's top superstar, but back-to-back playoff wins have also been stimulating the fragile nerves of the Bucks general. In the 19 Eastern Conference Finals, the Bucks lost 4 games in a row after winning two games first, which became a stepping stone for the strongest season of the small card. In the 20th season, in the face of the Heat's tough defense, Brother Alphabet could not advance or retreat. It seems that Buden's Bucks career is going to be nothing for nowhere!
In the 2021 season, the Bucks achieved a big explosion, they swept the revenge Heat in the first round, won the Nets with Durant in seven games after losing two games in the second round, and still cleanly eliminated the Hawks in the absence of the Eastern Conference finalists. The finals were also the first two games, and the Suns, led by Paul and Booker, won four consecutive games to win the championship.
The first crown of Brother Alphabet and Budden
But Middleton was reimbursed in the playoffs in the '22 season, and the alphabet tried all but still failed to beat the Celtics. In the 23rd season, Alphabet missed several games with an injury, which led to the humiliation of the Black Eight by the Heat. With Bucks management losing patience again, Buden was swept away again.
Sun foreground
The Suns are the fourth stop of Budden's coaching career, but the Suns have more problems than expected.
The Big Three occupy all the salary space, the team has no draft picks, there are only crossbow machines on the inside, there are only Durant and O'Neal who is less than 2 meters on the front line, and there is no confrontation on the defensive end. On the offensive end, the team has no playmakers, and the Big Three only like singles on the offensive end. The most cheating thing is that Bill has had poor attendance in recent years, and there is a high probability that he can't expect all three to play next year.
Buden's advantage is that he doesn't pick players, he can always build a top-notch offensive and defensive system, and he is indeed a master that the Suns desperately need.
But his shortcomings are that he doesn't cope with the playoffs and doesn't like to call timeouts, which is not a good thing for the Suns, who are aiming to win a championship.
I can only wish him good luck in this regard, and hope that he can turn decay into magic!