Early Phoenix Suns Free Agency Recap

We're nearly a month into free agency; What moves have the Phoenix Suns made?

We're nearly one full month into free agency, and the Phoenix Suns have dominated nearly every headline in some fashion or another. 

The saga following center Deandre Ayton finally reached it's conclusion, while potential pursuit of a superstar is still ongoing and may bleed further into the offseason. 

Yet the Suns have seen new faces come and familiar faces go in what they believe will make them a better basketball team moving forward. 

Let's take a look at Phoenix's offseason thus far:

*All contract details pulled from Spotrac

Phoenix Suns Signings 

Guard Damion Lee

Previous Team: Golden State Warriors

Deal: 1-year, $2.13 million

Last season, Lee averaged 8.2 points, 3.5 rebounds and 1.4 assists per game in nearly 20 minutes per night. He helped Golden State win the 2022 NBA Finals on 38.2% shooting. 

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Center Bismack Biyombo 

Previous Team: Phoenix Suns 

Deal: 1-year, $2.91 million

Biyombo played in 36 games and averaged 5.8 points/4.6 rebounds per contest.

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Forward Josh Okogie

Previous Team: Minnesota Timberwolves

Deal: 1-year, $1.97 million

During the 2021-22 season, Okogie played in 49 games (6 starts) and averaged 2.7 points and 1.4 rebounds in ten minutes per contest.

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Center Deandre Ayton

Previous Team: Phoenix Suns

Deal: 4-year, $133 million

Ayton initially accepted an offer sheet from the Indiana Pacers but quickly had that matched by the Suns. Ayton averaged 17.2 points and 10.2 rebounds per game last season while shooting 63.4% from the field.

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Phoenix Suns Trades

Suns Received: Center Jock Landale

Atlanta Hawks Received: Cash Considerations

Cap Hit: $1.563 million

Landale, who played for the San Antonio Spurs last season, was part of the Dejounte Murray trade to Atlanta on June 30. In 54 games for San Antonio last season (his first in the NBA), he averaged 4.9 points and 2.7 rebounds in 54 games played. 

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Phoenix Suns Departures

Center JaVale McGee

New Team: Dallas Mavericks

Deal: 3-year, $17.2 million

Last season, McGee played in 74 games for the Suns, averaging 9.2 points and 6.7 rebounds per game in just under 16 minutes played.

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Center Frank Kaminsky

New Team: Atlanta Hawks

Deal: 1-year, $2.463 million

Kaminsky played a total of 95 games for Phoenix after leaving and eventually rejoining the squad, averaging 8.2 points, 4.3 rebounds and 1.8 assists per contest. He was waived by the Suns on April 7.

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Guard Aaron Holiday

New Team: Atlanta Hawks

Deal: 1-year, $1.968 million

Phoenix initially traded for Holiday in February of last season for cash considerations and a trade exception from the Washington Wizards. In the final 22 games he played in the regular season, he averaged 6.8 points and 3.4 assists per game.

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Fan favorite Iffe Lundberg, who opted to not play for the Suns in the Summer League, returned to overseas basketball.

Iffe Lundberg signs the biggest deal ever for a Danish player with Virtus Bologna, sources tell @Sportando

— Emiliano Carchia (@Carchia) July 20, 2022

Other Roster Moves

Devin Booker inked a four-year, $224.2 million extension with the Suns at the very beginning of free agency. The new extension won't be in effect until the 2024-25 season. 

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Coach Monty Williams reportedly signed a multi-year extension with Phoenix to keep him tied down to the team with just two years remaining on his original deal. Full details are still unknown. 

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Player Futures TBD

Forward Ish Wainright 

Cap Figure: $1.816 million

Rights: Non-Bird

During the 2021-22 season, Wainright played in 45 games. He averaged 2.4 points and 1.2 rebounds per contest.

Guard Elfrid Payton

Cap Figure: $1.766 million

Rights: Non-Bird

During the 2021-22 season, Payton played in 50 games. He averaged 3.0 points, 1.8 rebounds and 2.0 assists per contest.

Still on the Agenda

Kevin Durant Trade? 

The Suns have reportedly been in hot pursuit of Durant, and although things have slowed down on Brooklyn's charge of potentially moving him, Arizona Sports' John Gambadoro says Phoenix still has a shot to land the future Hall of Fame scorer. 

"I think the Suns are right there. I think the Suns still have a really good chance to get him, but I am hearing that the Celtics are a real contender because they do seem willing to add Jaylen Brown into a package to get Kevin Durant," said Gambo.

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Cameron Johnson Extension

Perhaps a bit under the radar due to other prominent storylines, the future status of Cam Johnson is certainly one to monitor over the course of the next few months. Johnson is now eligible for a rookie extension, and some believe he'll hit north of $10 million per season. 

While the Suns sort their future out (both on the court and balancing the checkbook), here's a deep dive into Johnson's time with the team and potential factors when negotiating a deal. 

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