Mikal Bridges will be eligible for a rookie-scale extension with the Suns this offseason and ESPN’s Zach Lowe hears that some around the league believe Bridges will garner a deal approaching $20 million annually.
How the Suns navigate the situation will be interesting. Phoenix has several factors to consider this offseason in terms of how they keep the team together, including a rookie-scale extension for Deandre Ayton and Chris Paul‘s potential free agency (player option).
Bridges selected by the Sixers with the No. 10 overall pick in the 2018 draft and was subsequently traded to the Suns for Zhaire Smith and a future first-rounder. The Villanova product has progressed nicely since coming into the league, improving his three-point percentage each season, including this year’s 40.1% mark.
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- While trades for Robert Covington and Norman Powell appear to be steps in the right direction for the Blazers, Chris Haynes of Yahoo Sports wonders if the Blazers should take a much more aggressive approach to pair Damian Lillard with an All-Star. Lillard will turn 31 this summer and the time is ticking on his prime.
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