The decision, which comes less than one year after the team hired Budenholzer on a five-year deal worth more than $50 million

Ishbia, the billionaire mortgage lender who assumed controlling ownership of the Suns in February 2023, has made coaching changes in each of the three offseasons since he took over. It started with Monty Williams after the 2022-23 campaign, which ended with a second-round playoff defeat. The Suns hired Frank Vogel to lead the bench in 2023-24 but let him go after another slip, a first-round sweep at the hands of the Minnesota Timberwolves.