{"id":66611,"date":"2024-03-08T10:28:56","date_gmt":"2024-03-08T15:28:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=66611"},"modified":"2024-03-08T12:50:11","modified_gmt":"2024-03-08T17:50:11","slug":"phoenix-suns-hope-to-re-sign-pair-of-pending-free-agents-grayson-allen-royce-oneale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/03\/08\/phoenix-suns-hope-to-re-sign-pair-of-pending-free-agents-grayson-allen-royce-oneale\/","title":{"rendered":"Phoenix Suns Hope to Re-Sign Pair of Pending Free Agents"},"content":{"rendered":"

Led by the trio of Kevin Durant<\/a>, Devin Booker<\/a>, and Bradley Beal<\/a>, the Phoenix Suns are a serious contender to win it all this year. With a 37-26 record, the Suns currently own the No. 6 seed in a loaded Western Conference. And despite the team’s incredible star power, Phoenix has an impressive supporting cast around them. So much so that Suns owner Mat Ishbia has already publicly expressed<\/a> his desire to re-sign two key role players–Grayson Allen<\/a> and Royce O’Neale<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2026 Grayson and Royce are two great guys. Royce is new to the organization, has done an amazing job, everything you can think of, and Grayson has been here all year and has been a phenomenal part of the team and the organization. We hope and expect to have both of those guys back, along with keeping this core team together because we love our team and we\u2019re going to compete at the highest level and hopefully in the playoffs very soon, we can see them all play together.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Allen and O’Neale are both set to hit unrestricted free agency this summer.<\/p>\n

Phoenix Suns Hope to Re-Sign Pair of Pending Free Agents<\/h2>\n

Grayson Allen<\/h3>\n

Allen joined the Suns this past offseason as part of the monster three-team trade<\/a> that sent Damian Lillard<\/a> to the Milwaukee Bucks. In his first season with the Suns, Allen is having the best year of his career. In 57 games played, all starts, Allen is averaging 13.1 points, 3.9 rebounds, and 3.1 assists over 33.5 minutes per game. Furthermore, the Duke alum is shooting 49.7% from the field and a league-leading 47.5% from the three-point line. All of these numbers are career bests for the 28-year-old.<\/p>\n

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Grayson Allen set a Suns franchise record with 7 THREES in the 1st quarter \ud83e\udd2f pic.twitter.com\/CkfmdpSVFT<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) March 8, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n