
Phoenix Suns center Jusuf Nurkic, after starting 23 games for the club this season and then being moved to the bench, hasn't played since January 7.
And the Suns big man, both puzzled and frustrated by his status, made a shocking revelation about his relationship, or lack thereof, with his coach Mike Budenholzer. Nurkic was listed as a DNP (Coach's Decision) for a Suns game on January 9. In addition to his claim that Budenholzer did not inform him of this decision, Nurkic also says that he and the Suns coach went two months without having a conversation at one point during the season.