The Suns have reached a one-year agreement with free agent center Mason Plumlee, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski tweets. He’ll be signing for the 10-year veteran’s minimum worth approximately $3.3MM, Michael Scotto of HoopsHype tweets.
Phoenix entered the market looking for frontcourt depth after Drew Eubanks declined his player option in order to test the free agent waters.
Plumlee will be playing for his seventh team since entering the league during the 2013/14 season. He has had stints with Brooklyn, Portland, Denver, Detroit, Charlotte and the Los Angeles Clippers.
The Hornets dealt him to the Clippers at the 2023 trade deadline. This past season, Plumlee appeared in 46 games (11 starts) and averaged 5.3 points, 5.1 rebounds and 1.2 assists in 14.7 minutes per game.
Plumlee is a traditional center who doesn’t venture outside the arc but he’s always been a solid rebounder, passer and screener. A notoriously poor free throw shooter, he’s improved in that aspect during the last two seasons. Plumlee sank 70.7% of his attempts last season.
Phoenix is operating over the second tax apron and can only offer minimum deals to free agents. The Clippers will now be looking for a replacement for Plumlee.
Good move for both. LAC has no direction. Better chance of getting a ring with the Suns than Clippers. And who knows if any other contender was looking to add him.
Can’t believe they would rather let PG go and get nothing back. They are going to be bad for a long time with no good young players and draft picks.
Trading SGA & those 5 first round draft picks was a disastrous decision.
Dude has carved out a nice career for himself. Good role player
Good one …..
OKC definitely won the SGA trade…