145 million in 2 years! Lowe: I like Booker very much, but there is no need for the Sun to renew his contract now

famous reporter Zach Lowe talked about Booker's contract renewal on the podcast. He said that although he likes Booker very much, Suns' contract renewal was too hasty.

"I don't care which one others rank Devin Booker in their top 100 players. He must be two or three higher than me. I think he has made great progress in the defensive end when he has great pressure on the game. The Phoenix Suns have not experienced many such critical moments in the past few years," Lowe said. "This contract renewal has come out, we all expected it, but I thought at the time: Oh my God, if you are the Suns, what else can you do? Because Booker is the star you are publicly recognized as the star of yours, your signature figure, he is the person who has led you to the NBA Finals... But this contract... I really like Booker... But this contract made me feel a little slack. What do I think this means? It means you could have said: 'Hey, your contract has two or three years left, and we really don't need to renew it now. Look at the Knicks' operations 18 to 24 months ago? We can definitely talk about this in a while."

The Suns have officially announced the news of Booker's contract renewal, and according to Shams, Booker's 2-year max salary of $145 million was early, creating the highest average annual salary in the NBA in the "early renewal" (72.5 million, before Alexander had an average of 71.25 million).