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Dillon Brooks, Suns reach 3-year, $73 million contract extension after career season in Phoenix
Dillon Brooks averaged a career-high 20.2 points per game last season, his first with the Suns.ASSOCIATED PRESSThe Phoenix Suns are locking Dillon Brooks down.Brooks, fresh off a career campaign with the franchise, agreed to a three-year, $73 million extension on Wednesday, according to ESPNs Shams Charania. Brooks had signed a four-year, $86 million deal with the Memphis Grizzlies. He was set to enter the final year of that contract this fall, and would have hit free agency next summer. Now, though, hell be a key piece for the Suns for years to come. Brooks, who was dealt to the Suns as part of the blockbuster trade that sent Kevin Durant to the Houston Rockets last summer, averaged a career-high 20.2 points and 3.6 rebounds per game in Phoenix. He helped the team reach the playoffs, too, though they ended up getting swept in the opening round by the Oklahoma City Thunder.This post will be updated with more information shortly.
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