The Phoenix Suns have named their $1.9 million team option in Ish Wainright for the 2023-24 season, Shame Charania from The Athletic deported.
Pushing their trio of Kevin Durant, Devin Booker and Dean Eton and Bradley Bell’s newly acquired maximum salaries, the Suns are desperate to fill their roster with team-friendly deals, and keeping Wainright is just the logical move.
The 28-year-old forward has been with Sun for the past two seasons. He spent the first few years of his career overseas after going undrafted in the last 2017 draft.
In the final 2022-23 regular season, he averaged 4.2 points and 2.3 rebounds in 15.3 minutes per game for 60 games.