Houston Rockets – Houston won 52 games this season to land the second seed in the West, are back in the playoffs for the first time since 2020, but this postseason will show how much the Rockets have really grown under Ime Udoka.

There are many head coaching targets out there for the Suns such as Michael Malone and Taylor Jenkins, who were also recently fired by the Denver Nuggets and Memphis Grizzlies respectively. While those would be solid choices, Phoenix has their sights set on a different head coach who was fired earlier in the season in Mike Brown.

Mike Budenholzer, who is a 2-time Coach of the Year winner, is out in Phoenix after 1 season. The Phoenix Suns will be searching for a new coach again in the offseason after firing coach Mike Budenholzer.