{"id":888756,"date":"2026-10-20T11:02:15","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T11:02:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/888756\/"},"modified":"2026-10-20T11:02:15","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T11:02:15","slug":"suns-convert-duop-reath-to-two-way-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/888756\/","title":{"rendered":"Suns Convert Duop Reath To Two-Way Contract"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>3:50 pm: The Suns have officially converted Reath to a two-way contract, per <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/players\/transactions\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NBA.com\u2019s transaction log<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Duop-Reath-vert-scaled-e1792436335151-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignright wp-image-495156 size-medium\"  \/>2:08 pm: The Suns are converting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/r\/reathdu01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.hoopsrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-10-19_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Duop Reath<\/a>\u2019s Exhibit 10 contract to a two-way deal, confirms Michael Scotto of HoopsHype (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MikeAScotto\/status\/2112255316897448112\" rel=\"nofollow\">Twitter link<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>John Gambadoro of Arizona Sports 98.7 indicated <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hoopsrumors.com\/2026\/10\/western-notes-bouyea-reath-edey-bufkin-poole.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">last week<\/a> that Reath would be converted to a two-way pact.<\/p>\n<p>A 6\u20199\u2033 center from South Sudan, Reath spent most of the past three years as a frontcourt reserve for the Trail Blazers. He underwent season-ending foot surgery in January and was subsequently traded to \u2014 and waived by \u2014 the Hawks in February.<\/p>\n<p>Reath, 30, holds career averages of 6.2 points and 2.6 rebounds in 146 regular season appearances (13.3 minutes per game). His shooting line is .451\/.357\/.777.<\/p>\n<p>Reath signed his Exhibit 10 deal with Phoenix in late September, just before training camp. He appeared in four preseason games with the Suns this fall, averaging 5.5 PPG and 1.5 RPG in 11.5 MPG.<\/p>\n<p>The Suns created a pair of two-way openings on Monday after they officially waived guard <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/b\/breako01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.hoopsrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-10-19_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Koby Brea<\/a> and forward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/h\/huntlcj01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.hoopsrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-10-19_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CJ Huntley<\/a>. Reath will occupy one of those spots, as expected, providing depth in a frontcourt that will be missing starting center <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/w\/willima07.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.hoopsrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-10-19_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Mark Williams<\/a> for most of the season as he recovers from <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hoopsrumors.com\/2026\/09\/suns-mark-williams-undergoes-shoulder-surgery.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">shoulder surgery<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"3:50 pm: The Suns have officially converted Reath to a two-way contract, per NBA.com\u2019s transaction log. 2:08 pm:&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":888757,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[194720,385,99],"class_list":["post-888756","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-duop-reath","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/888756","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=888756"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/888756\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/888757"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=888756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=888756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=888756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}