Rumors have been swirling about the Phoenix Suns and if the team should blow it up heading into next season fresh off a first-round sweep against the Minnesota Timberwolves.
This is largely due to the team’s salary situation coming off this disappointing end to the season.
Per Spotrac, Kevin Durant will be making $51.2 million next season with an additional year on his contract after that, Bradley Beal will be earning $50.2 million on the third year of a five-year deal and Devin Booker is set to make an estimated $49.4 million on the first season of a four-year extension. Additionally, Jusuf Nurkić is locked up for two more seasons after this one and will earn $18.1 million next year. Grayson Allen will be on the first season of a four-year, $70 million extension signed three weeks ago.
This means the Suns have their entire starting 5 locked up next season after only Durant and Booker played on the team in the 2022-23 season (Durant only played eight regular-season games for Phoenix then).
With the salaries Phoenix currently has on the books, it is projected to have the highest payroll in the NBA next season at $209 million.
