Phoenix Suns center Mark Williams is set to remain with the team after agreeing to a fully guaranteed three-year contract worth $38 million, ESPN reported Thursday.
Williams entered this offseason as a restricted free agent, having spent four years in the NBA. The Charlotte Hornets selected him with the 15th overall pick out of Duke in the 2022 draft, and after three seasons in Charlotte, he was traded to Phoenix last summer.
Now 24 years old, Williams stepped into the starting center role for the Suns this past season, appearing in 60 games — 55 of them as a starter — and putting up averages of 11.7 points and 8.0 rebounds per game. He connected on an impressive 64.4% of his field goal attempts.
Looking at his full NBA career across 166 games and 132 starts with both Charlotte and Phoenix, Williams has averaged 12.0 points, 8.5 rebounds, and 1.0 block per game while shooting 62.9% from the floor.
The agreement with Williams comes shortly after Phoenix also re-signed guards Collin Gillespie and Jordan Goodwin, signaling the organization’s commitment to keeping its young talent together.
