Devin Booker, according to reports, Suns accept an extension of the two -year contract and $ 145 million

When the Phoenix Suns exchanged Kevin Durant in Houston, there were called outside the organization to make everything explode: commercial Devin Booker, trade or renunciation of Bradley Beal, strip him towards the studs and reconstruct.

This has never been a consideration within the organization. It is not the way the owner Mat Ishbia operates, he wants to push to win first rather than after (plus the Suns do not control their choice of the first round until 2032, so tanking is not an excellent plan). It is also not what Devin Booker wanted. He is loyal and wants to be a Suns icon, playing all his career for a franchise (like his idol, Kobe Bryant).

That’s why The Suns and Booker have agreed on an extension of the maximum contract of two years, $ 145 million, a story reported for the first time by Shams Charania by Espn. Booker and Ishbia have hash the final details in Las Vegas on the eve of NBA Summer Leagueaccording to the relationship.

Booker has remained for three years on his current contract. These two years are added after the three existing, keeping Booker with the Suns during the summer of 2030. Booker will earn $ 70.1 million in 2028-29 and $ 75.7 million in 2029-30 (in reality, those numbers will probably arrive slightly lower than that because the limit is not expected to continue to rise to 10% per year, the projection of next year is 7%).

This was a planned move. Booker, four times All-Star, has marked on average 25.6 points and 7.1 assists a game last season for the Suns, even if his 3-point shot slipped to 33.2% (after the season he owned it and said he had to improve next season).

Booker, 28 years old, is the anchor of a Suns team that has seen numerous changes in this offseason. The Suns exchanged Durant and according to what reported, BEAL will buy soon (it was “soon” for a few days now, which is something to look at). Out of Durant’s trade, the Suns added Jalen Green and Dillon Brooks and with the Duke center selected n. 10 Khaman Maluach. They will all be trained by the coach for the first time Jordan Ott, who takes the place of the Licenza Mike Budenholzer. Also up to the scale of the organization, James Jones has been put aside as GM (he took control as an executive vice-president, head of the basketball operations, for the office of the NBA League, to replace Joe Dumars), and Brian Gregory is now general manager-Con Ishbia who says he would be even more practical.

There is a lot of work to do to bring the only ones back to the NBA finals, where they were four years ago. Whatever happens with the only ones in the coming years, we know that Booker will now be part of it.