The NBA Suns recently paid a center with a salary of more than $18 millionNurkicFrozen, the team also played a good record. On the 26th Beijing time,NurkicIn an interview, he admitted that he was with the head coachMike Budenholzer"It doesn't matter", after the gameBudenholzerAlso responded to this.

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NurkicIn the 2023-24 three-way trade from the Trail Blazers to the Suns, he played 76 games as a starter, averaging 10.9 points, 11.0 rebounds, and 4.0 assists in 27.3 minutes, but in the 2024-25 season, his average time per game dropped to 23.7 minutes, and he could only get 8.9 points, 9.2 rebounds, and 1.9 assists, and the worst thing is that his shooting percentage dropped to only 45.4%.

The Suns didn't just put Beal off the bench due to their previous poor record.NurkicHe was directly frozen, his last appearance was on January 7, US time, and he did not play in 9 games without injury, but the Suns played 7-2 during this time, and the new classmate Richards who came through the trade was even more in the 4 games of the Suns, averaging 13.3 points and 12.3 rebounds per game.

Nurkicsaid that he was absent due to severe flu, and talked about himself and the head coachBudenholzerHe hasn't spoken for 2 months and 'doesn't matter' and hasn't had a conversation for a while, but says he's going to be professional, ready to play and not cause chaos in the team. "They've got a bunch of questions. Try to be as professional as I can and dedicate myself to something else. ”

However, the head coach of the SunsBudenholzerRightNurkic"It's never easy in this league, he didn't play, I'm pretty sure he's frustrated, so I respect him." "I've talked to him, but we have three or four people in the same position. We will choose the people we think will give us the best chance. You have to buy your own time, and I've told him that. ”