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Inside the Suns : Analyse de la recherche d’entraîneur
PHOENIX – 8 Mai 2024 –
Cette semaine, les experts des Phoenix Suns se penchent sur des questions cruciales : qui devrait être le prochain entraîneur, le potentiel des rookies et les difficultés offensives actuelles. Les analystes de “Inside the Suns” examinent ces sujets brûlants. Un débat animé qui promet d’éclairer les choix à venir.
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Inside the Suns: A Deep Dive into Phoenix Basketball
Welcome to Inside the Suns, your weekly dose of in-depth analysis on the Phoenix Suns. This week, our Fantable – a roundtable of Bright Side experts – tackles the burning questions surrounding the team’s coaching search, rookie potential, and offensive struggles.
Fantable Questions of the Week
Q1: Who should be the next Suns head coach? Gambo’s top 4 candidates are Chris Quinn, Sean Sweeney, Micah Nori, and Jordon Ott. Which one do you prefer?
ashton: Who’s being set up to fail? That might be the real question. The Suns’ vision will dictate the best choice. the coaching search’s direction reveals a lot about the team’s future. Are they looking for:
- A driven leader?
- A coach to develop younger players through trades?
- Someone to work with the current roster?
- (Bonus) are they simply trying to save money after expensive veteran coaching contracts?
Chris Quinn seems popular, known for working with veterans and his role in “Heat Culture.” But why did Jimmy Butler and LeBron James leave Miami if the culture was so strong? Quinn is the best fit for a veteran team.I’m betting on Sean Sweeney for his defense-first approach,which aligns with developing younger players. while the candidate pool seems set, I’d still consider Michael Malone.Brian Gregory as GM should mitigate any issues that arose in Denver.
GuarGuar: I’m encouraged that the finalists are all first-time head coaches. My top two choices are Sweeney and Ott. I live in South Florida and have watched Chris Quinn for years. He’s good, but it’s hard to gauge his impact under Erik Spoelstra. The fact that he’s interviewed for many years without being hired raises a red flag. David Fizdale, a long-time assistant under Spoelstra, didn’t become a great head coach.
I’m okay with Nori, given his key role in Minnesota. However, he’s older, and the search seems to be focused on a young, fresh hire.That leaves Ott and sweeney, both coaches on top defensive teams recently. I hope the Suns choose one of them, but all four are solid candidates.
Rod: Quinn gets my vote because the Suns need to build a strong team culture. The others might be able to do this, but Quinn comes from a franchise that values it. he might not be the coach to win a championship, but he can point the team in the right direction. Sweeney’s defensive background is appealing, and Ott and Nori are from successful teams.I won’t be disappointed (yet) with any of these hires. I’ll wait to see the results on the court.
Q2: Could Ryan Dunn have made an All-Rookie team with more consistent minutes?
Ashton: Maybe. But most All-Rookie team players were lottery picks or drafted before Dunn. Is the voting lazy, or is it based on impact and minutes played? How much dose defense factor into the voting? Dunn was a revelation for the Suns, despite his shooting. Even with more minutes, I doubt he’d have made the second team. He’s still a keeper.Better luck next year, and prove them wrong in Summer League.
GuarGuar: Ryan Dunn would have 100% made at least the All-Rookie 2nd team if Budenholzer hadn’t benched him for half the season. He was a breath of fresh air,and we’ll never know why he was in the doghouse while the team struggled.
Rod: He could have made it, but I won’t say he definitely would have. More playing time might have helped,but it depended on his shooting improving. He had good nights and forgettable ones, resulting in subpar field goal (43.0%), free throw (48.7%), and three-point (31.1%) percentages. Even with more consistent playing time, Budenholzer’s offensive “system” wouldn’t have helped him improve.
* Q3: Mike Budenholzer’s offensive ‘system’ was described as “a random offense” with “no roles defined, particularly for the Big Three.” How much of a difference could a more structured offense have made?
Ashton: This report is so egregious that it makes you wonder if the HC, GM, and FO positions should be dissolved. What’s the point if it comes down to the Player’s NBA? If Coach Bud’s philosophy was to let the Big 3 do their own thing, it’s a monumental failure of leadership. This extends to the highest level for hiring him and not vetting him afterward. The players could have chimed in as well. There has to be respect, trust, and communication within a hierarchy. If the locker room was lost due to players getting their way or the HC not enforcing discipline,we have our answer to the Suns’ decline.
GuarGuar: Bud tried to make Book and KD players they aren’t. You have to let them be who they are and build around that. We needed to shoot more 3s,which we did. But the overall flow of the offense was lost, and for such an offensively talented team, we had so many scoring droughts. A clearly defined offense is the better option going forward.
Rod: Budenholzer’s approach makes me wonder if the Suns hired Mike Budenholzer or Morris Buttermaker last season… the main difference being that Buttermaker at least seemed to take his job a little more seriously as the season went on. At least Bud refrained from openly sipping on a brew during the games.
