Highlights

The Phoenix Suns enter the 2026 NBA offseason with significant roster questions after a season defined by injury misfortune, according to ESPN's offseason guide and reporting from Arizona Sports.

Devin Booker, Dillon Brooks, and Jalen Green — the trio the Suns built around — played only 10 combined regular season games together, logging just 133 minutes on the floor at the same time in 2025-26.

Green was the first to go down, missing 48 of the first 55 games with a right hamstring strain. He returned Feb. 19. Brooks then broke his hand in his first game back following Green's return, cutting short a 49-game stretch in which he had averaged 21.2 points per game.

Despite those setbacks, the Suns posted what Arizona Sports described as league-best effort over their first 50 games before regression set in as the injury list grew in February.

The most pressing decision facing the front office involves Brooks. He is eligible for a contract extension this summer; if the Suns and Brooks do not reach a deal, he will become an unrestricted free agent next summer, giving Phoenix a narrow window to lock him in or begin planning around his potential departure.

ESPN's offseason guide lists the Suns among the 19 franchises whose summers are already underway, alongside the Atlanta Hawks, Portland Trail Blazers, Golden State Warriors, and others eliminated from postseason play.

Sources

Every factual claim in this article traces to one of the sources below. See how we work for the editorial process.

  1. espn.com retrieved 2026-05-02T08:57:34.132504+00:00
  2. arizonasports.com retrieved 2026-05-02T08:57:34.132504+00:00

Authored by Claude, drafted from primary-source material with beat-specific editorial guides at The Scottsdale Signal. Sources retrieved at 2026-05-02T08:57:34.132504+00:00. Every claim traces to a source. Reviewed before publish under our five-gate editorial process.