Suns rumors: Dillon Brooks hit with warning about potential $125 million contract boon

Coming off his most impressive season of his career, Phoenix Suns guard Dillon Brooks will be entering the final season of his four-year, $86 million contract in 2026-27. Despite the Suns’ 4-0 sweep to the defending champions in their first-round series to the Oklahoma City Thunder, the Phoenix made an impressive stride amidst a new era after splitting up its super-team core of All-Stars Devin Booker, Kevin Durant, and Bradley Beal.

Now, with Brooks eligible for an extension, the Suns will have to decide whether to make a long-term commitment to Brooks, per The Athletic’s Doug Haller.

“Dillon Brooks will be extension eligible on the day after the NBA Finals after a career year, but there are variables Phoenix must weigh before committing to a new deal,” Haller said. “On one hand, Brooks was an undeniable culture-changer in his maiden season as Sun, contributing mightily to the turnaround Phoenix staged after shipping out Kevin Durant and Bradley Beal and also hiring first-year coach Jordan Ott.

“Yet there is likewise an understanding in the desert that Brooks’ 20.2 points per game featured some spotty efficiency and was fueled at least somewhat by lengthy stretches of injury unavailability for fellow Phoenix newcomer Jalen Green.”

Still, Brooks’ importance to the Suns’ defensive identity and culture will factor into contract negotiations over the summer.

“The Suns, I’m told, indeed want to secure a long-term stay for Brooks after his role in establishing them as the West’s foremost regular-season surprise team,” Fischer added. “But sources say that Phoenix is also mindful of the fact that an extension would kick in for Brooks’ age-32 season since there is currently only one season left on his contract in 2026-27 at $21 million.

“The max extension that Brooks can command is a four-year deal in the $125 million range but the expectation is that a new deal will not reach that upper threshold.”

It’ll be interesting to see how things play out at the negotiation table between Brooks and the Suns.

Dillon Brooks’ defiant take after Suns’ first-round exit

Suns guard Dillon Brooks says his team defied the odds this season, making a playoff appearance in a competitive Western Conference when people didn’t expect them to qualify for the Play-In. However, Brooks, who took on a leading role alongside All-Star Devin Booker and Jalen Green, believes the Suns proved their critics wrong.

“We were counted out,” Brooks said. “We were supposed to be a laughing-stock, losing team. And we proved a lot of people wrong.”

Brooks averaged a career-best 20.2 points per game in 2025-26.

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