The Phoenix Suns have signed Devin Booker to a two-year, $145 million contract extension that can maintain him with the crew by the 2029-30 season. It’s an enormous dedication, each financially and symbolically, as Booker’s new deal units a document for the best annual common wage ever in an extension at $72.5 million per 12 months, surpassing Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s earlier document.
The deal, finalized throughout a gathering in Las Vegas between Booker and Suns proprietor Mat Ishbia, will increase the entire worth of Booker’s present contract to $316 million over 5 years. That is Booker’s third contract extension with the Suns since being drafted thirteenth general in 2015. By the point it concludes, he could have spent 15 seasons with the franchise.
“This second means a lot to me and my household,” Booker stated in a launch. “Ten years in the past, my NBA goals turned actuality after I was drafted right here and Phoenix is my house. I like this metropolis and am pleased with what we’ve got achieved all through my decade right here. I’m grateful to Mat Ishbia and your complete Phoenix Suns group for the partnership. Thanks followers to your loyalty and help. Extra to come back!”
Booker, 28, holds quite a few franchise data. He turned the Suns’ all-time main scorer on February 3, 2024, surpassing Walter Davis, and at the moment sits at 16,452 profession factors. He additionally leads Phoenix in three-pointers made (1,424) and ranks among the many high in subject objectives, free throws, assists, steals, and video games performed. He’s averaged 24.4 factors, 5.2 assists, and 4.0 rebounds throughout 673 profession video games.
Within the 2024-25 season, Booker posted 25.6 factors, 7.1 assists (a profession excessive), 4.1 rebounds, and 0.9 steals per sport whereas capturing 46.1% from the sector and 33.2% from past the arc. He has averaged over 25 factors in every of the previous seven seasons, a feat matched solely by Giannis Antetokounmpo throughout that span.
Devin Booker is a four-time NBA All-Star, a two-time All-NBA choice, and a two-time Olympic gold medalist. Within the playoffs, he’s averaged 28.0 factors on 48.6% capturing, making him eighth all-time in postseason scoring common. He set the NBA document for many factors in a participant’s first postseason with 601 in 2021 and posted 33.7 factors per sport on 58.5% capturing within the 2023 playoffs, the best postseason effectivity ever for a guard averaging 30 or extra factors.
Whereas the Suns fell quick with a 36-46 document final season and a missed playoff berth with the NBA’s highest payroll, Booker remained constant. The crew has since made sweeping adjustments, together with firing head coach Mike Budenholzer, hiring first-time head coach Jordan Ott, and buying and selling Kevin Durant to Houston for Jalen Inexperienced, Dillon Brooks, and future picks. A Bradley Beal buyout can be reportedly into account.
Booker has publicly expressed his need to spend his complete profession in Phoenix. He performed a job within the latest teaching rent and continues to function the centerpiece of the franchise’s rebuild. Off the courtroom, his “Devin Booker Beginning 5” initiative has donated $2.5 million to Arizona nonprofits, funding 25 grants geared toward supporting native youth and households.