Suns announce 6 players to fill out roster

Suns announce 6 players to fill out roster

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Suns announce 6 players to fill out roster

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The Suns agreed to terms with sharpshooter Yuta Watanabe, big men Chimezie Metu and Drew Eubanks, and wing Keita Bates-Diop on Friday.

The new players will give the Suns depth behind Devin Booker, Kevin Durant and Bradley Beal, who was traded from Washington earlier this month.

 

Watanabe will give Phoenix an extra shooter off the bench after shooting 44% from 3-point range while averaging 5.6 points with Brooklyn last season. He is reunited with Durant, traded by the Nets to the Suns at the trade deadline last season. Bates-Diop played the last four seasons with San Antonio, averaging 9.7 points in 2022-23.

 

The 6-foot-9 Metu played the last three seasons with Sacramento, averaging 4.9 points on a team that reached the playoffs for the first time in 17 years last season. Eubanks, also 6-9, averaged 6.6 points with Portland last season.

Lee played 72 games for the Suns last season, averaging 8.2 points. Okogie averaged 7.3 points in his first season with the Suns after playing four years for Minnesota.

 

Phoenix also agreed on deals to re-sign wings Damion Lee and Josh Okogie, the person said on condition of anonymity because the deals had not been announced publicly.

Other,  Cam Johnson is staying with the Brooklyn Nets on a four-year deal worth about $108 million after quickly becoming one of their top players following his arrival in the trade for Kevin Durant.

Johnson averaged 16.6 points in 25 starts after coming from Phoenix in February. The forward became a full-time starter for the first time in his career earlier in the season with the Suns.