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Annual salary is 74.9 million! Booker is going to renew his contract, Suns sell Bill, Jaylen Green wants to become a point guard

12:54pm, 29 June 2025Basketball

After the Sun sent Durant away, it was really going to revolve around Booker. "ESPN" famous reporter Brian Windhorst, Fatty, revealed that Booker will renew his contract with the Sun in the next 10 days. The two sides said that they had reached a super contract of up to 149.8 million in two years. The average salary reaches an astonishing 74.9 million yuan, which is quite terrifying. There were rumors before that the Rockets didn't spend much money to get Durant, and if they wanted to get Booker later, they had enough bargaining chips. But Booker wants to sign this maximum salary, the Rockets really don't have to make him do it.

It is obvious that Booker has been leading the team in the past few years. Durant missed 20 games last season, and the Suns' record is only 3 wins and 17 losses. In other words, if Booker wants to enter the playoffs, he needs at least one person around him who can guarantee the superstar in the playoffs. Perhaps Booker was once the Rockets' number one preferred, but now he should be uninterested. After signing this contract extension, Booker will bind the Suns in the next five years. Booker's last contract expires in three years, and his annual salary in the next three seasons is $53.14 million, $57.08 million and $61.02 million.

For the Suns, if Booker renews his contract, it is imperative to trade Bill, and it must be accelerated. Bill will have an annual salary of more than 50 million in the next two years. Originally, the solar space was about to explode and he had to pay huge luxury taxes. Now that Durant is replaced and Jaylen Green and Dillon are matched, the Sun still lacks space. In addition, the Suns used the No. 10 pick to choose center Maluach in the draft, and today won power forward Fleming in the second round, and brought him the Hornets to power.

If you don't find a way to deal with Bill, the sun will explode. As of now, we do not count rookies, the Suns' total salary has reached 234.5 million, with a space of -93.91 million. The luxury tax is US$188.5 million, exceeding the luxury tax line of 42.27 million. The sun wants to send Bill away as soon as possible to change the air, of course the transaction is not difficult. In order to exchange for Ma Wei, the Suns gave away the 29th pick this year and the first round pick in 29th. If you want to send Bill away, you must have to pay the first round pick backwards.

Leave the Suns to the Suns, and the Suns also have to solve the team's point guard problem. The management wants to keep Jaylen Green, what should those two point guards do? Booker has proved that he is not Harden and cannot play a double-season guard. Then the Suns have one choice left, which is to let Jaylen Green force the point guard. Green has been unable to play point guard while in the Rockets, which makes Green fans very eager to realize his passing ability in a team.

Now the Suns give Green a chance to be a point guard, and the Solars give Green more ball rights than the Rockets. Green has no excuses next season. If he wants to prove that the Rockets and Uduka are wrong, Green needs to come up with results. Next season is Green's fifth year and he is no longer a rookie. The Suns' starting lineup next season should be Green point guard, Booker's point guard, Dillon's small front, Fleming, and center Malu Archie.

This set of starting players should be the focus of the Suns. Green is a point guard, but if you want to keep Green, you must ensure his starting position, so the point guard is Green's last choice. Dillon must be a wing, why are there two rookies in the interior? It is because these two people need to be cultivated by the starter. In the final analysis, the most valuable five-man team in the Suns are this set of starters. If you don’t want to play a bad game for the Rockets, the Suns can’t count down the next few seasons.

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