{"id":672884,"date":"2026-05-15T16:09:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T16:09:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/672884\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T16:09:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T16:09:12","slug":"suns-notes-goodwin-williams-trade-speculation-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/672884\/","title":{"rendered":"Suns Notes: Goodwin, Williams, Trade Speculation, More"},"content":{"rendered":"

Although he has always been a tenacious defender and rebounder for a guard, Jordan Goodwin<\/a> struggled offensively for most of his first three NBA seasons, connecting on just 45.8% of his two-point attempts and 30.2% of his three-pointers over that span.<\/p>\n

However, as Gerald Bourguet details for Sports360AZ.com<\/a>, Goodwin flashed improvement with his outside shot as a Laker last season and then had a career year with the Suns in 2025\/26 ahead of unrestricted free agency. The 27-year-old combo guard knocked down 37.1% of 4.3 three-point tries per contest this season en route to averaging 8.7 points, 4.9 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 1.5 steals in 22.5 minutes per game across 70 appearances.<\/p>\n

Goodwin, who embodies Phoenix\u2019s new hustle-and-defense ethos, still struggles to convert non-threes, Bourguet writes, but the fact that he was able to be a threat from long distance is the main reason he should be in line for a raise this summer. The question is, how much of a pay increase will Goodwin command?<\/p>\n

Bourguet considers that question, noting that Goodwin was an integral part of the Suns\u2019 identity and they want to retain him, but he may be a secondary priority behind Collin Gillespie<\/a>. Bourguets projects a floor for Goodwin starting at the bi-annual exception ($11.23MM over two years) and a ceiling in the range of $7-9MM over three or four years.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s more on the Suns:<\/p>\n

There have been rumblings that starting center Mark Williams<\/a>, who will be a restricted free agent if he\u2019s given a qualifying offer, may not be a lock to return in 2026\/27. The former first-round pick had an uneven first season with the Suns after they traded for him last June, and they\u2019re going to be over the luxury tax line if they re-sign Gillespie and Goodwin to market-value deals. According to John Gambadoro of Arizona Sports 98.7 (Twitter link<\/a>), Phoenix is considering three options with Williams: Re-signing him if it\u2019s a team-friendly deal; pursuing a sign-and-trade if he wants too much money; or letting him walk in free agency.
\nGambadoro previously reported<\/a> that Phoenix isn\u2019t interested in trying to pursue a trade for Nuggets forward Aaron Gordon<\/a>. Appearing on Bourguet\u2019s Suns After Dark podcast<\/a>, Yossi Gozlan of Third Apron says he likes the idea of Gordon\u2019s fit with the Suns, but says a deal would likely be too costly for them given what it might take to acquire him (Twitter video link<\/a>).
\nBourguet shot down any suggestion that the Suns might be involved in trade talks for Giannis Antetokounmpo<\/a> or Ja Morant<\/a>, writing that a source called any speculation on that front \u201ccomplete nonsense\u201d (Twitter link<\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Although he has always been a tenacious defender and rebounder for a guard, Jordan Goodwin struggled offensively for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":672885,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[3891,64,63,726,172102,7228,12988,12195,40515,85],"class_list":["post-672884","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-basketball","tag-aaron-gordon","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-basketball","tag-collin-gillespie","tag-giannis-antetokounmpo","tag-ja-morant","tag-jordan-goodwin","tag-mark-williams","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/672884","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=672884"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/672884\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/672885"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=672884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=672884"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=672884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}