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Now that Summer League has come and gone, it’s time to zoom out and look at the bigger picture for the Phoenix Suns. The sights, sounds, and lights of Vegas are fading, and although we have three months until basketball matters again, it behooves us to enter our analytical minds and play
out scenarios. Because that is what the summer is for, right?
At this point, the roster is essentially set. Phoenix has all 15 standard roster spots filled, along with its three two-way contracts, leaving very little mystery surrounding what this team will look like entering next season. Sure, there’s always a chance a trade materializes before training camp, but at this stage, that feels highly unlikely. The Suns appear to be who they’re going to be.
There is one important caveat, though. It won’t impact this season’s roster, but it could shape the franchise for years to come.
Both Miles Bridges and Dillon Brooks are eligible for contract extensions. The questions now become whether either player receives one, how much those extensions would be worth, and how long the organization is willing to commit.
When evaluating a potential Miles Bridges extension, the timeline matters because of when the Suns acquired him. If Phoenix chooses to extend Bridges before January 13, the maximum extension it can offer is three years. If the organization waits until after January 13, it becomes eligible to offer four years or more. That timing creates two very different paths for the front office to consider.
We’ve already explored what each of those extension structures could look like. If the Suns opted to go the four-year route, that would put Miles Bridges as the only player currently on the books for the 2030-31 season. The maximum the contract would be for is $143.2 million, or an annual average value of $35.8 million.
The question now isn’t what the contracts could be. It’s which path the Suns believe provides the most value, both for Bridges and for the organization’s long-term flexibility.
As for Dillon Brooks, the Suns can offer him a 4-year extension worth approximately $125 million. That’s the maximum. Do they opt to do that? Or do they offer a three-year extension?
While Brooks unquestionably helped change the culture in Phoenix, you have to wonder what that contract would look like by its final season in 2030–31. Will he still provide enough value to justify that level of investment? That’s the question the front office has to answer before committing to a deal of that length.
That’s what we’ll be exploring in this week’s Suns Reacts poll. Should the Suns extend one of these players? Both of them? Or neither?
