Phoenix Suns center DeAndre Ayton has averaged a double-double in each of his first four NBA seasons. (Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images) Restricted free agent DeAndre Ayton, the NBA’s No. 1 overall draft pick in 2018, has agreed to a four-year, $133 million maximum contract with the Indiana Pacers, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. The Phoenix Suns have two days to match the deal and retain Ayton or lose him for nothing. The contract effectively removes Ayton, and likely Phoenix, from this… Source link
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Much of the NBA’s summer business is done, save for the whole Kevin Durant thing. One of the 15 greatest players in the history of basketball requesting a trade as free agency opens has a tendency to muck up the process, but everyone else still plunged forward with billions of dollars worth of contracts. All-Stars Bradley Beal, Devin Booker, Darius Garland, Nikola Jokic, Zach LaVine, Ja Morant, Karl-Anthony Towns and Zion Williamson signed deals that could net them a combined $2 billion by… Source link
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LOS ANGELES — The Phoenix Suns were one of the biggest surprise teams of the 2020-21 season. But now with a target on their backs, deriving from a trip to the Finals, they won’t be catching the opposition slipping from here on out. That’s a commonplace challenge of trying to get back to the final round. But the young Suns perhaps could face another unfamiliar challenge this season: keeping envy and discourse away — due to money — from what is widely known to be one of the tightest… Source link
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LOS ANGELES — Not many players walked away from Game 4 of the Western Conference finals with an efficient scoring night. It was an ugly, brick-shooting affair the Los Angeles Clippers and Phoenix Suns were embroiled in on Saturday night at Staples Center. But the difference-maker was one of the rare players who had a dominant evening as it was big man Deandre Ayton who led the Suns to an 84-80 win to give his team a commanding 3-1 series lead. Ayton recorded 19 points on 8-for-14 shooting, a… Source link
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