{"id":761503,"date":"2026-06-26T02:09:22","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T02:09:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/761503\/"},"modified":"2026-06-26T02:09:22","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T02:09:22","slug":"ap-source-suns-bringing-mark-williams-back-on-38-million-3-year-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/761503\/","title":{"rendered":"AP Source: Suns bringing Mark Williams back on $38 million, 3-year deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PHOENIX \u2014 The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsnet.ca\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/phoenix-suns\/\" class=\"sn-team-post-link\" target=\"_self\" data-team=\"phoenix-suns\" data-league=\"nba\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Phoenix Suns<\/a> are finalizing a deal to bring back centre Mark Williams on a $38 million, three-year deal, a person familiar with the negotiations said on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the deal \u2014 first reported by ESPN \u2014 has not been announced.<\/p>\n<p>The 24-year-old Williams was a restricted free agent after scoring 11.7 points and grabbing eight rebounds per game last season. The seven-foot-one big man played his first three seasons with the Charlotte Hornets before he was traded to the Suns in a draft-day deal in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Williams \u2014 who was the No. 15 pick in the 2022 draft \u2014 has battled injuries throughout his career, but played in a career-high 60 games last season, including 55 starts.<\/p>\n<p>He shot 64 per cent from the field and averaged nearly a block per game.<\/p>\n<p>The Suns have been busy over the past few days,\u00a0re-signing several key pieces\u00a0from last season. Collin Gillespie agreed to a $48 million, four-year deal last week while Jordan Goodwin agreed to a contract worth $19 million over three years.<\/p>\n<p>During\u00a0the draft\u00a0earlier this week, the Suns moved up to grab Arizona native Koa Peat with the No. 30 selection.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PHOENIX \u2014 The Phoenix Suns are finalizing a deal to bring back centre Mark Williams on a $38&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":761504,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[49,48,459,82],"class_list":["post-761503","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/761503","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=761503"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/761503\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/761504"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=761503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=761503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=761503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}