Devin Booker contract: Suns star agrees to two-year max extension worth up to $145 million, per report
The Phoenix Suns and the starred star Devin Booker concluded an agreement on an extension of $ 145 million over two years, marking the highest annual annual salary in the history of the NBA for an extension, Shams Charania d’Espn reported on Wednesday. Booker now has five years and 316 million dollars to play on his contract, which takes place during the 2029-30 season.
Booker, 28, on average 25.5 points, 7.1 assists and 4.1 rebounds during the 2024-25 season. The overall choice n ° 13 of the NBA 2015 draft, Booker has spent his entire career with the Suns and is now locked up in the long term with the franchise. The quadruple All-Star and the double recipient of the All-NBA have become the top scorer of all the Suns earlier this year.
Oklahoma City Thunder Star and MVP of the League in title Shai Gilgeous-Alexander signed an extension of $ 285 million earlier this monthWho at the time made his new annual salary of 71.25 million dollars the richest for a player in the history of the NBA. With its finalized extension, the new annual Booker’s average salary will be $ 72.5 million.
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The Suns have made a lot of movements this offseason after missing the playoffs. Phoenix exchanged the star striker Kevin during the Houston Rockets, exchanged the center of Charlotte Hornets Mark Williams, written the center of Duke Khaman Maluach with the n ° 10 choice last month, and has now extended Booker.
The Suns would also work on a takeover for goalkeeper Bradley Beal, which would make him a free agent without restriction immediately.
Booker led the Suns to the NBA final in 2021 and received a Supermax contract extension of $ 224 million signed the following year. Phoenix exchanged for during the 2023 trade deadline to establish a new “Big 3” from Booker, Durant and Chris Paul. This partnership did not last long, because Phoenix exchanged Paul in an agreement which won the Beal franchise during the 2023 off -season.
With Beal, Durant and Booker, the Suns won only one eliminatory series (against the Clippers in 2023) and were swept in the first round of the qualifying series in 2024 by the Minnesota Timberwolves. Phoenix finished 36-46 last season, well enough for an 11th place in the Western Conference.
With Booker locked up until the end of the decade, the next stage of Phoenix will be to establish a nucleus to be built around its superstar guard.
