Dillon Brooks extends with Phoenix for three years, $73 million
Phoenix felt Dillon Brooks was a catalyst in changing the franchise's culture last season, and it didn't hurt that he added a career-best 20.2 points per game.Because of all that, the Suns wanted to extend Brooks and keep him in the Valley of the Sun, and that came together Wednesday night.
Brooks and Phoenix have agreed to a three-year, $73 million extension, reports Shams Charania of ESPN.
This contract is fully guaranteed with no options on either side, reports the well-connected John Gambadoro of Arizona Sports 98.7.This had been expected, the only question was the number.
Brooks is set to make just under $20 million this season, and the first season of the extension pays him $22 million.Brooks' offensive spark last season — 20.2 points per game, but on a slightly below-league-average 54 true shooting percentage — was a bonus.
When he came over from the Rockets in the Kevin Durant trade, he was seen more as a physical defense player and a guy who got under the other …
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