{"id":69493,"date":"2025-06-01T04:35:14","date_gmt":"2025-06-01T04:35:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/69493\/"},"modified":"2025-06-01T04:35:14","modified_gmt":"2025-06-01T04:35:14","slug":"suns-get-devin-booker-update-amid-head-coaching-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/69493\/","title":{"rendered":"Suns Get Devin Booker Update Amid Head Coaching News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Suns Get Devin Booker Update Amid Head Coaching News<\/a> originally appeared on Athlon Sports<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Phoenix Suns are expected to have one of the busier offseasons in the NBA, although not for the best of reasons. After missing the playoffs despite boasting three maximum-contract players, the Suns failed to make the playoffs and will have many roster (and staffing) choices to make.<\/p>\n

Advertisement<\/p>\n

The Suns are expected to trade away Kevin Durant, try to deal Bradley Beal, and must find a new head coach. Franchise cornerstone Devin Booker has also been included in mock trades and rumors, although so far the organization has not placed him on the trade block.<\/p>\n

A recent report suggests that Booker is the centerpiece of the team both now and moving forward.<\/p>\n

\"Phoenix<\/p>\n

Phoenix Suns head coach Mike Budenholzer talks to star shooting guard Devin Booker\u00a9 Joe Camporeale-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

Suns Will Listen to Booker’s Input<\/p>\n

The Suns will likely trade Durant, but they must find a head coach. They have, apparently, narrowed it down to five candidates, none of whom have been an NBA head coach before.<\/p>\n

In an effort to build a winner around Booker, the Suns will give him a say in the hire.<\/p>\n

Advertisement<\/p>\n

“Devin Booker has had a level of involvement with candidates in this stage of interviews, this also shows Mat Ishbia’s loudly stated determination to keep Booker in place as the team’s cornerstone,” reported<\/a> insider Marc Stein.<\/p>\n

Booker has played for seven head coaches already in his career and has experienced limited team success.<\/p>\n

Booker being included in the coaching search shows, very clearly, that the Suns see him as a valuable piece moving forward.<\/p>\n

In the event that they receive multiple offers for Durant this summer, perhaps Booker will be involved in deciding which package to accept, allowing him to build a roster and coaching staff around him.<\/p>\n

Advertisement<\/p>\n

Check out the Inside the Suns homepage<\/a> for more news, analysis, and must-read articles.<\/p>\n

Related: Indiana Pacers’ Star Earns Praise, Compared to 2x Suns’ MVP<\/a><\/p>\n

Related: Kevin Durant Sends Heartfelt Message to Superfan on Saturday<\/a><\/p>\n

This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports<\/a> on Jun 1, 2025, where it first appeared.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Suns Get Devin Booker Update Amid Head Coaching News originally appeared on Athlon Sports. The Phoenix Suns are…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":69494,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3791],"tags":[7,3086,2292,938,3358,6,2065,472,4045,604,6445],"class_list":{"0":"post-69493","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-phoenix-suns","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-bradley-beal","10":"tag-devin-booker","11":"tag-kevin-durant","12":"tag-mike-budenholzer","13":"tag-nba","14":"tag-phoenix","15":"tag-phoenix-suns","16":"tag-phoenixsuns","17":"tag-suns","18":"tag-the-suns"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/114606251989241497","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69493","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69493"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69493\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}