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Mike Budenholzer will look for an old acquaintance to support him on the Suns bench

Now the new coach of the Suns, and rather moved to be so, moreover, Mike Budenholzer must now compose his staff to support him in this mission in Arizona. After the dismissal of Frank Vogel and the departure of his right-hand man Kevin Young, management had in fact announced that no assistant would be retained, and Mike Budenholzer must therefore compose his entire staff.

Days after signing a five-year, $50 million contract, the two-time “Coach Of The Year” began, according to The Arizona Republicby going to get Vince Legarza, and it probably wasn't very difficult.

He is in fact an old acquaintance of Mike Budenholzer, whom he met in Atlanta between 2013 and 2015, as an assistant in charge of player development. Then, the assistant joined the Wolves until 2018, before spending four seasons with the Jazz in Utah.

Finally, in 2022, he finds the double coach of the year (2015, 2019) in Milwaukee. But it only lasted one season since Mike Budenholzer was fired after the playoffs, replaced by Adrian Griffin, and Vince Legarza had not been retained by the new coach, himself removed during the exercise to be replaced by Doc Rivers.

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