Jusuf Nurkić and Mike Budenholzer aren’t in a good place. The Phoenix Suns center, who lost his starting job earlier this month alongside Bradley Beal, revealed that he went two months without ...

Suns center Jusuf Nurkic was unceremoniously benched. He has not played in nine straight Suns games, all by coach Mike Budenholzer's decision. Prior to that, Budenholzer had moved Nurkic to a reserve role after he had started 23 games for the Suns this season.