With the Suns entering into a rebuild year, they will need to address their logjam at center very soon. It would be unwise to commit up to 1/3 of their cap to two traditional centers in 2017-18.
NBA Free Agency opened up about five days ago, and already nearly every impact free agent has either agreed to re-sign or pick a new team already. The first 45 free agents agreed to new deals averaging just under $17 million per year.
The record deals were a product of the league's TV money nearly doubling under their new ABC, ESPN and TNT contracts.