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The Phoenix Suns made Devin Booker a part of the interview process as they hired Jordan Ott as their new head coach. Next up, the Suns are planning to keep Booker in the fold with the team for as long as possible.

Phoenix is expected to offer Booker a two-year extension worth $150 million this season. This would keep Booker under contract with the Suns through the 2029-30 season. The star guard has three years and $171 million remaining on the four-year, $200 million extension he signed with Phoenix in 2022.

The Suns are expected to reshape the roster around Booker this offseason. Despite reported trade interest, Phoenix has made it known that they plan to keep Booker long-term. Involving him in the coaching search, followed by an incoming extension offer only makes that more concrete.

Via Marc Stein/The Stein Line

LOL

But he is offering to cut down his salary by 20% so the team can improve the roster, because he is more driven by sport success than money...

Feels like they’re making all the wrong decisions… Should try to blow this team up

150 million dollars for two years. Life is so fair, LOL. Disgusting. Good for NBA players obviously.

Imagine having to pay Booker $75m a year for two years.. just goes to show you just how stupid billionaires are. Mat Ishbia is truly moronic and he doubles down on the level of moronic he is.

Arizona is beautiful, good on Booker for getting paid and wanting to stick it out with one team.

They need to trade Durant to the Raptors and take some combination of the following assets. Ingram, Ochai, Walter, Shead, Gradey, Quickley, Barrett, 9th pick, or future 1sts. A move would be a start to add depth around Booker.

IQ and Barrett, giving you a starting PG and SF for Book

Ingram, Ochai and 9th pick. Draft a C, starting front court for next year

I don't know if there is a team in the NBA who needs Beal at his salary. So they need to add depth and picks for the next 2 years to build the team until Beal comes off the books.

Beal for PG13 or Embiid if he can waive his NTC.

TDGlenmanor wrote:Arizona is beautiful, good on Booker for getting paid and wanting to stick it out with one team.

They need to trade Durant to the Raptors and take some combination of the following assets. Ingram, Ochai, Walter, Shead, Gradey, Quickley, Barrett, 9th pick, or future 1sts. A move would be a start to add depth around Booker.

IQ and Barrett, giving you a starting PG and SF for Book

Ingram, Ochai and 9th pick. Draft a C, starting front court for next year

I don't know if there is a team in the NBA who needs Beal at his salary. So they need to add depth and picks for the next 2 years to build the team until Beal comes off the books.

BKNETS13 wrote:Imagine having to pay Booker $75m a year for two years.. just goes to show you just how stupid billionaires are. Mat Ishbia is truly moronic and he doubles down on the level of moronic he is.

Why wouldn’t you keep Booker? I mean lock him and if you need to then trade him in a year if it’s not working out. It’s actually better to have him locked up so the team trading for him would know he will be there for a while and not just a rental price. Booker still has great value so not sure how this makes their owner stupid. Keeping Booker is rather smart when you literally have zero of your own draft picks. Maybe if they deal KD to Houston and get some of their own picks back then trading Booker makes more sense

BKNETS13 wrote:Imagine having to pay Booker $75m a year for two years.. just goes to show you just how stupid billionaires are. Mat Ishbia is truly moronic and he doubles down on the level of moronic he is.

This is simply the new max, and Booker is a max player.

I understand that many a prisoners of the moment, and the Suns have been terrible this season, but Devin Booker’s career playoff averages are 28.0 PPG, 5.1 RPG, 5.3 APG, 60.3% TS. That's absolutely elite and not far off the averages of the top 5 players in the NBA. Also he's 28 years.

If you're not giving a player of Booker's caliber a max contract as an organization, you're doing something wrong.

Mr Puddles wrote:

BKNETS13 wrote:Imagine having to pay Booker $75m a year for two years.. just goes to show you just how stupid billionaires are. Mat Ishbia is truly moronic and he doubles down on the level of moronic he is.

This is simply the new max, and Booker is a max player.

I understand that many a prisoners of the moment, and the Suns have been terrible this season, but Devin Booker’s career playoff averages are 28.0 PPG, 5.1 RPG, 5.3 APG, 60.3% TS. That's absolutely elite and not far off the averages of the top 5 players in the NBA. Also he's 28 years.

If you're not giving a player of Booker's caliber a max contract as an organization, you're doing something wrong.

You should not give a max contract to a shooting guard. You should not build your entire team around a shooting guard. You cannot have your N1 player be a shooting guard. This position is quickly becoming obsolete in today's NBA.

CaHgO wrote:

Mr Puddles wrote:

BKNETS13 wrote:Imagine having to pay Booker $75m a year for two years.. just goes to show you just how stupid billionaires are. Mat Ishbia is truly moronic and he doubles down on the level of moronic he is.

This is simply the new max, and Booker is a max player.

I understand that many a prisoners of the moment, and the Suns have been terrible this season, but Devin Booker’s career playoff averages are 28.0 PPG, 5.1 RPG, 5.3 APG, 60.3% TS. That's absolutely elite and not far off the averages of the top 5 players in the NBA. Also he's 28 years.

If you're not giving a player of Booker's caliber a max contract as an organization, you're doing something wrong.

You should not give a max contract to a shooting guard. You should not build your entire team around a shooting guard. You cannot have your N1 player be a shooting guard. This position is quickly becoming obsolete in today's NBA.

This reasoning makes no logical sense. Which non-shooting guard are the Suns going to give a max contract to then? How often do players of Booker's caliber become available as non-restricted free agents? NBA free agency isn't a department store where you can just pick and choose what you want.

Am I correctly assuming that your plan would be just let Booker walk in the hope that the Suns can sign a top 10 player at a non-shooting guard position in free agency down the road?

Mr Puddles wrote:

CaHgO wrote:

Mr Puddles wrote:
This is simply the new max, and Booker is a max player.

I understand that many a prisoners of the moment, and the Suns have been terrible this season, but Devin Booker’s career playoff averages are 28.0 PPG, 5.1 RPG, 5.3 APG, 60.3% TS. That's absolutely elite and not far off the averages of the top 5 players in the NBA. Also he's 28 years.

If you're not giving a player of Booker's caliber a max contract as an organization, you're doing something wrong.

You should not give a max contract to a shooting guard. You should not build your entire team around a shooting guard. You cannot have your N1 player be a shooting guard. This position is quickly becoming obsolete in today's NBA.

This reasoning makes no logical sense. Which non-shooting guard are the Suns going to give a max contract to then? How often do players of Booker's caliber become available as non-restricted free agents? NBA free agency isn't a department store where you can just pick and choose what you want.

Am I correctly assuming that your plan would be just let Booker walk in the hope that the Suns can sign a top 10 player at a non-shooting guard position in free agency down the road?

It's OK to resign him, but not for that kind of money. If there is a team stupid enough to give him 75M per, then let them and let him walk out for nothing. The Suns are a complete disaster anyway, and will be for the foreseeable future - especially with this owner.

Would this make Booker the highest paid NBA player per year? $75M woooooosh...