Phoenix Suns head coach odds: Nick Nurse, Mike Budenholzer, Tyronn Lue favorites for job
The Phoenix Suns are searching for a new head coach after firing Monty Williams and three coaches with NBA championships lead the odds to replace him.
Former Toronto Raptors coach Nick Nurse, former Milwaukee Bucks coach Mike Budenholzer and current Los Angeles Clippers coach Tyronn Lue lead odds to become the next coach of the Suns that were recently put out by BetArizona.com.
Nurse is at +150 (40% chance) to become the NBA coach in Phoenix, while Budenholzer is at +250 (28.6%).
The site puts Lue at +400 (20%).
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There are some interesting other potential Suns coach candidates in the odds.
Suns assistant coach Kevin Young is at +900 (10%), while current Philadelphia 76ers coach Doc Rivers is at +1900 (5%).
Current Dallas Mavericks coach Jason Kidd is at +2400 in the odds (4%), while Michigan State coach Tom Izzo shows up at +5000 (2%) and former Suns star and Brooklyn Nets coach Steve Nash is at +9900 (1%).
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Interestingly, USA TODAY Sports' For the Win had some very different odds for who could replace Williams as the coach of the Suns.
Budenholzer led its odds, at +300, with Young second at +400.
76ers assistant Sam Cassell was third at +500, followed by Nurse at +600.
Sacramento Kings assistant Jordi Fernandez was fifth, according to that site, at +700 to become the next head coach in Phoenix.
Gambling.com put out a list of its own odds and put Lue as the favorite to become the next coach of Phoenix's NBA team, at +150. Budenholzer was second at +250 followed by Nurse at +500 and former Los Angeles Lakers coach Frank Vogel at +750.
Young was listed at +850 and Izzo was at +1000.
The site's odds got very interesting after that, with Charles Barkley (+15000), Dan Majerle (+25000), Shaq (+50000) and Kevin Johnson (+2000000) listed.
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