ESPN's Brian Windhorst reported that Budenholzer and Booker clashed over the way the star guard communicated with the team, causing Booker to assert his supremacy over the coach within the franchise.

Midway through the season, Phoenix Suns head coach Mike Budenholzer told Devin Booker to vocally tone it down. That was a microcosm of the communication issues within the organization this past season.

The Suns tasked Budenholzer with leading their new big three of Booker, Kevin Durant, and Bradley Beal on a championship run, but they ended up missing the playoffs entirely. Things never worked out with Budenholzer, and it wasn't a surprise to see him get fired on Monday.