Ideally, an early max rookie contract extension should be both a milestone and a formality. It’s not often that an NBA player earns that level of financial commitment after just three seasons, but when he does the deal is usually a path-defining decision that doesn’t require much internal debate or negotiation between the parties.
Such is life for the Suns and Devin Booker, who announced Saturday a five-year maximum rookie extension worth $158 million. The 21-year-old shooting guard, best known for his 70-point explosion against the Celtics in 2017, averaged 24.9 PPG, 4.5 RPG and 4.