Good luck finding a team that will give up a decent return and pay him $220M.
The Phoenix Suns’ two biggest moves this off-season have been trading Kevin Durant and signing Devin Booker to one of the largest contract extensions in NBA history. To many, these moves seem contradictory.
Durant’s departure signals a shift in the team’s win-now focus but retaining Booker for the remainder of his prime establishes a need to compete further. Speculation about a future Booker trade has been rampant in the media and among fans, but his new contract makes that very difficult, if not impossible, to accomplish.