Dillon Brooks gets $73 million Suns extension: ‘Villain is here to stay’

Nypost · Aug 06, 2026 · 306 words · By Christian Arnold

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Dillon Brooks has agreed to a three-year, $73 million contract extension with the Suns that will keep him in Phoenix through the 2029-30 season, according to multiple reports.

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What happened

Dillon Brooks has agreed to a three-year, $73 million contract extension with the Suns that will keep him in Phoenix through the 2029-30 season, according to multiple reports.

Why it matters

The deal is fully guaranteed and does not include any options, according to Arizona Sports.

Common ground

The first year of the deal will pay Brooks $22 million.

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Claim 1: “The Suns’ run in the playoffs was brief and ended in a 4-0 series sweep by the Thunder.”

INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE

No evidence was provided in the search results regarding a 4-0 sweep by the Thunder.

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Claim 2: “Brooks played two seasons before being moved to Phoenix.”

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This claim was extracted as a checkable statement from the article. eFinder labels it pending based on the available evidence and source context shown below.

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Claim 3: “The 30-year-old Suns star is coming off a season in which he averaged a career-high 20.2 points per game”

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Multiple sources confirm Brooks is 30 years old and averaged a career-high 20.2 points per game in his first season with the Suns.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2025–26 Phoenix Suns season was the 58th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA), as well as their 33rd season at the Mortgage Matchup Center. It is also their third f…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025–26_Phoenix_Suns_season

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Dillon Brooks ( DIL-ən; born January 22, 1996) is a Canadian professional basketball player for the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Oreg…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dillon_Brooks

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Dillon Mountain is a prominent 4,820-foot (1,469 meter) mountain summit located in the Philip Smith Mountains of the Brooks Range, in the U.S. state of Alaska. The peak is situated 93 miles north of t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dillon_Mountain

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Claim 4: “Brooks, who is going into his 10th season in the NBA, averaged a team-high 26 points during the postseason while shooting 43.8 percent from 3-point range.”

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Only one source mentions the specific postseason stats (26.0 points and 43% from deep). Other sources confirm the regular season average but not these specific playoff numbers.

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web search NEUTRAL — His 20.2-point scoring average in the regular season jumped to 26.0 points in the playoffs while shooting 45% from the field and 43% from deep.
https://clutchpoints.com/nba/phoenix-suns/why-dillon-brooks-…

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web search NEUTRAL — Build the perfect 82–0 NBA season. Spin for a franchise and era, draft a legend into every position and chase a flawless 82-game season.2025-26 Champions. New York Knicks.
https://nba82-0.com/

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web search NEUTRAL — From 5.5 points per game in his rookie campaign, Nikola bumped his averages to 14 points and 7 rebounds in 2011-12, quickly winning the hearts of Wolves fans. The next season the Timberwolves gathered…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uc1jYMiBDF4

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Claim 5: “The first year of the deal will pay Brooks $22 million.”

CORROBORATED

Multiple sources confirm the first year of the deal pays Brooks just over $22 million.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 NBA draft was the 80th edition of the National Basketball Association's annual draft. This was the first draft since 2021 with 60 picks, as no teams forfeited second-round draft picks for fre…
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Claim 6: “Brooks even went as far as to sit courtside at a game during the Lakers series against the Thunder to troll LeBron James.”

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Claim 7: “Dillon Brooks has agreed to a three-year, $73 million contract extension with the Suns that will keep him in Phoenix through the 2029-30 season”

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Multiple independent web sources confirm Dillon Brooks agreed to a three-year, $73 million contract extension with the Phoenix Suns through the 2029-30 season.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2025–26 NBA season was the 80th season of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The regular season began on October 21, 2025 and ended on April 12, 2026. The third edition of the in-season NB…
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Claim 8: “The deal is fully guaranteed and does not include any options, according to Arizona Sports.”

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While the extension itself is corroborated, the provided evidence does not contain the specific details regarding the contract being 'fully guaranteed' or 'not including any options'.

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web search NEUTRAL — Dillon is the county seat of and the largest city in Dillon County in eastern South Carolina, United States. [5] It was established on December 22, 1888. Both the name of the city and county comes fro…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dillon,_South_Carolina

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web search NEUTRAL — Dillon Precision is the premiere manufacturer of firearm ammunition reloading equipment in the USA. We sell reloaders, reloader accessories, firearm accessories and gear to retail and B2B customers.
https://www.dillonprecision.com/

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web search NEUTRAL — DILLON PRECISION PRODUCTS RETAIL STORE Our retail store is located in the Scottsdale Airpark, just off Frank Lloyd Wright Blvd & Hayden Road in North Scottsdale.
https://www.dillonprecision.com/our-store.html

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Claim 9: “helped the team reach the postseason after missing out the previous season, a team that had Devin Booker, Kevin Durant and Bradley Beal all on the roster.”

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The claim states Brooks helped the team reach the postseason after missing it the previous year. However, evidence from The Straits Times indicates the Suns (with Booker, Durant, and Beal) finished 11th in the Western Conference with a 36-46 record and fired Mike Budenholzer after missing the playoffs, which contradicts the claim of a successful postseason run with that specific roster.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2020–21 Phoenix Suns season was their 53rd season as a franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA), as well as their 28th season at the Footprint Center. The Suns achieved their first w…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020–21_Phoenix_Suns_season

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2023–24 Phoenix Suns season was the 56th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA), as well as their 31st season at the Footprint Center. It is also the first full seaso…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023–24_Phoenix_Suns_season

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Devin Armani Booker (born October 30, 1996) is an American professional basketball player for the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played one season of college basketball …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devin_Booker

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Claim 10: “Brooks had arrived in the desert last offseason after the Rockets included him as part of a deal to acquire Kevin Durant from Phoenix.”

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Multiple sources confirm Brooks was traded from the Houston Rockets to the Phoenix Suns in a deal that sent Kevin Durant to Houston.

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web search NEUTRAL — Dillon Brooks is a Canadian professional basketball player for the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association.He was traded to the Houston Rockets in July 2023 and was later dealt to the Suns…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dillon_Brooks

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web search NEUTRAL — The Phoenix Suns traded Durant to the Houston Rockets, in exchange for Jalen Green and Dillon Brooks.The trade ends a two plus-season run with the Suns after Durant joined Phoenix from the Brooklyn Ne…
https://sports.yahoo.com/nba/breaking-news/article/suns-trad…

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web search NEUTRAL — Brooks, of Mississauga, Ont., joined the Suns last year in a trade with the Houston Rockets that sent Kevin Durant the other way. He excelled in his first season in Phoenix, leading the team to a surp…
https://www.sportsnet.ca/nba/article/report-canadas-dillon-b…

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Claim 11: “A former standout at Oregon, Brooks began his career with the Grizzlies after he was drafted in the second round of the 2017 NBA Draft by the Rockets and then traded to Memphis on draft night.”

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Wikipedia confirms Dillon Brooks played for the Oregon Ducks and was drafted by the Rockets in the second round of the 2017 NBA Draft before being traded to Memphis on draft night.

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Claim 12: “He went on to play six seasons in Memphis before ending up in Houston once again as part of a five-team trade in 2023.”

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This claim was extracted as a checkable statement from the article. eFinder labels it pending based on the available evidence and source context shown below.

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Claim 13: “ESPN’s Shams Charania was the first to report Brooks’ contract extension.”

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Multiple sources explicitly state that ESPN's Shams Charania reported the extension on his official X account.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Jalen Romande Green (born February 9, 2002) is an American professional basketball player for the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was a consensus five-star recruit and th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jalen_Green

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