Overview
- After Devin Booker left the Lakers game with a groin injury, Gillespie carried Phoenix’s offense with a career-high 28 points.
- Gillespie is posting career bests at 12.7 points, 5.0 assists, 3.8 rebounds and 1.2 steals in 26.4 minutes, shooting 42.9% from three.
- With Grayson Allen back, Gillespie returned to a reserve role yet leads the NBA in made 3-pointers off the bench, per recent betting analysis.
- Phoenix signed him this offseason to a one-year, $2.3 million contract that recent coverage characterizes as one of the league’s better values.
- Undrafted in 2022, he missed his first NBA season with a leg fracture and later earned a 2023 title ring with Denver; he is set to reach unrestricted free agency next summer, and reports indicate the Suns will explore ways to keep him.