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145 million in 2 years! Annual salary is higher than MVP Alexander. Did Booker cast magic on the Sun boss?

12:45am, 23 September 2025Basketball

Since the Big Three did not even make the playoffs last season, the Suns made drastic changes to the lineup this offseason. The first thing was to dismantle the Big Three lineup and trade Durant to the Rockets for Jaylen Green, a wind and snowman, and Dillon Brooks, who is known as the top and the top and bottom of the game, then bought out Bill's 2-year, $103 million maximum salary contract. Finally, he still chose to use Booker as the core and completed a two-year, $145 million early contract renewal with Booker!

Durant and Jaylen Green

I wonder if you know what this contract is. The average annual salary reaches 72.5 million yuan. In comparison, Harden only signed a two-year and 80 million contract this year! If this is because Harden is too old, then Alexander, who was the regular season MVP and FMVP in the Finals last season, is always better than Booker and younger. The Thunder signed a four-year, $287 million contract extension with him. His average annual salary is less than 72 million, which is about 1 million lower than Booker!

Book

Has the Sun boss been magically employed by Booker? Last season, Booker averaged 25.6 points, 4.1 rebounds and 7.1 assists per game with 36.9 minutes per game, shooting percentage of 46.1% and three-point shooting percentage of 33.2%. For a player who was beaten by a low-paid Westbrook in the playoffs, Booker is a top black hole in the defensive end, and the offensive end is not very stable. For so many years in the league, he has led the team to compete for the No. 1 pick every year, and Paul has brought him into the finals, and Durant can't even lead him. So much so that few people in the league can remember his previous score record of 70 points in a single game. If nothing unexpected happens, it will definitely be another garbage contract!

Book and Chris Paul

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