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Suns HC Frank Vogel is already fitting right in Arizona

By Justin Lee

PHOENIX, ARIZONA - APRIL 05: Head coach Frank Vogel of the Los Angeles Lakers reacts during the second half of the NBA game against the Phoenix Suns at Footprint Center on April 05, 2022 in Phoenix, Arizona. The Suns defeated the Lakers 121-110. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)
PHOENIX, ARIZONA - APRIL 05: Head coach Frank Vogel of the Los Angeles Lakers reacts during the second half of the NBA game against the Phoenix Suns at Footprint Center on April 05, 2022 in Phoenix, Arizona. The Suns defeated the Lakers 121-110. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images) /
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The Phoenix Suns have been a good basketball team for the last three or four years now. They have been one of the more successful franchises in NBA history despite having never won an NBA Championship.

The Suns, though, have been the only real successful franchise in Arizona for some time now, a few years at least. That is when you don’t count collegiate sports. The two major Division One college teams in the state have had their own success, but the Arizona Cardinals have been bad now for the last year and haven’t made the playoffs in a while. The Diamondbacks have been bad for a long time, while the Coyotes are a team discussing relocating in its sport.

The Suns have been the team in Arizona for a minute now. However, the Diamondbacks are finally making some noise of their own, as they are in the playoffs for the first time since 2017. The people of Arizona love their sports, though. Suns fans, most of them love the Diamondbacks.

So, everyone is rooting for the other team that is now playing in October, even head coach Frank Vogel.

“I met Tony [Lovullo, Diamondbacks Manager] this summer, and I’m a big fan of his approach and him as a person, and I could not be more happy for him,” Vogel said at a training camp practice. “I just love his postgame speech. That’s, it’s just, it was awesome, an awesome moment and, bring on the Dodgers. Let’s go, Diamondbacks.”

It seems like coach Frank Vogel is already fitting in perfectly. And, to make matters even better, he is rooting against the Los Angeles Dodgers, which is only fitting because they are the Diamondback’s rivals, as the Los Angeles Lakers are the Phoenix Suns’ rival.

Not to mention, he just won a championship in Los Angeles for the Lakers. So, it’s safe to say he is really fitting in.

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