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Booker Signs Two-Year, $145 Million Deal to Become NBA’s Highest-Paid Player

The extension underscores the Suns’ long-term commitment in an era of unprecedented NBA salary growth.

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Booker da record! Il rinnovo con i Suns è il contratto più ricco della storia NBA

Overview

  • Booker’s two-year extension runs through the 2029-30 season and averages $72.5 million per year, setting a new annual salary record in league history.
  • The deal eclipses Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s recent $71.25 million-per-season contract with the Oklahoma City Thunder.
  • This marks Booker’s third contract renewal with Phoenix since the Suns drafted him in 2015.
  • The extension boosts Booker’s total earnings to $316 million over the next five years with the Suns.
  • Rapidly rising salary caps and media revenues have fueled a wave of record-breaking supermax contracts across the NBA.