Entering into his fourth season, Devin Booker not only has his new max contract extension already in hand, but the weight of the franchise grew on him at the same time. Even after drafting Deandre Ayton with Phoenix’s first No. 1 pick in franchise history, everyone knows this will be Booker’s team for the immediate and long term outlook. However many alliterations of this team goes down over the next five-plus years, it will all be worked around Booker.
Drafting Ayton and Mikal Bridges in a trade-up using Zhaire Smith and the 2021 Miami pick turned out to be their biggest moves of the summer outside of signing Trevor Ariza to a 1-year, $15 million deal.