Veteran center Jusuf Nurkic was benched earlier this season, and in a perfect world, the Suns would love to use his $18.1 million salary to land a difference-maker. In the meantime, though, he is still a member of the Suns and is working through those difficult circumstances.

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 li