Suns proprietor Mat Ishbia appears to be residing in some sort of fantasy world, since he thinks the Suns roster is the envy of the league.
The controversial proprietor took management of the crew in December of 2022 and after the franchise had been swept by the Timberwolves in the opening spherical, he tried actually exhausting to persuade everybody issues are good.
“Oh, it’s extremely fixable,” Ishbia said on Wednesday. “I mean, let’s, let’s just be real, although this isn’t a cool narrative and the national media really won’t want to play it out there, but like, ask the other 29 GMs, 26 of them would trade their whole team for our whole team and our whole, and our draft picks and everything as is, like, The house is not on fire. We’re in great position. It’s not hard to fix. It’s not like we’re like, Hey, we don’t have enough talent to win a championship. We have enough talent to win a championship. Right. Did we, do we have enough continuity? We have time together. Like there’s a lot of things we can look at.”
As for the Devin Booker to New York rumors, Ishbia says Book isn’t going wherever else. Ever.
“Devin Booker’s the face of the franchise and he’s going to be for the next 10-plus years until he retires,” the proprietor affirmed.
The subsequent ten-plus years for the Suns might be tough, as they put all their eggs in one basket with Booker, Kevin Durant and Bradley Beal.
KD, Beal and Booker are all on max offers with the franchise and can make $150 million mixed subsequent season – which is greater than what 15 groups have dedicated for his or her whole rosters in 2024-25.
Durant’s contract runs by way of the 2026 season, Booker’s new four-year extension will take impact this offseason, whereas Beal is underneath contract by way of 2027 and has a no-trade clause.
Because of the crew’s HUGE dedication to 3 gamers, the Suns gained’t have full management of their very own high decide till at the very least 2031.
