Suns extensions talks with Deandre Ayton end without deal
Adrian Wojnarowski: ESPN Sources: Suns talks with Deandre Ayton on rookie extension have ended — without a deal. Ayton expected max contract and owner Robert Sarver hasn’t offered it. More coming on consequences for failing to reach deal with 2018 No. 1 overall pick. NBA Today debut, ESPN2. Now.
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Adrian Wojnarowski @wojespn
ESPN Sources: Suns talks with Deandre Ayton on rookie extension have ended — without a deal. Ayton expected max contract and owner Robert Sarver hasn’t offered it. More coming on consequences for failing to reach deal with 2018 No. 1 overall pick. NBA Today debut, ESPN2. Now. – 2:57 PM
Gerald Bourguet @GeraldBourguet
Me when the Suns sign Mikal Bridges to an extension vs. me when the Suns don’t sign Deandre Ayton to an extension pic.twitter.com/I9eZ47zMtD – 2:07 PM
Keith Smith @KeithSmithNBA
Deandre Ayton today (or something like this): pic.twitter.com/Iur35VAYRA – 11:47 AM
Keith Smith @KeithSmithNBA
6 PM ET is the deadline to sign rookie scale extensions. Here’s the remaining eligible players:
D. Ayton
M. Bagley III
J. Jackson Jr
M. Bamba
C. Sexton
K. Knox
Miles Bridges
T. Brown Jr
D. DiVincenzo
L. Walker
K. Huerter
J. Okogie
G. Allen
A. Holiday
A. Simons
L. Shamet – 9:21 AM
Keith Smith @KeithSmithNBA
Players I’m keeping an eye on for rookie scale extensions before tomorrow’s (Monday, 10/18) deadline:
D. Ayton
J. Jackson Jr.
M. Bamba
Miles Bridges
D. DiVincenzo
L. Walker
K. Huerter
Everyone else has either extended already or isn’t likely to. – 4:43 PM
Sam Quinn @SamQuinnCBS
With Mikal Bridges now locked in for below market-value, Phoenix really has no good reason not to max out Ayton. Even if they don’t think he’s worth it, on balance, they’d be getting their two big deals this offseason done at roughly the right combined price. – 3:02 PM
Law Murray @LawMurrayTheNU
Ayton getting the John Collins treatment… – 2:57 PM
Emiliano Carchia @Sportando
DeAndre Ayton among 17 NBA players awaiting for possible contract extension before Monday
sportando.basketball/en/deandre-ayt… – 1:47 PM
Marc Stein @TheSteinLine
17 players from the 2018 NBA Draft, including No. 1 pick Deandre Ayton, are still eligible for contract extensions before Monday at 6 PM.
We discuss them and signals that Ben Simmons could indeed play again for the Sixers here via This Week in Basketball: marcstein.substack.com/p/next-order-o… – 12:28 PM
Michael Scotto @MikeAScotto
On Wednesday, @Jorge Sierra’s @Yossi Gozlan said Wendell Carter Jr. would sign an extension for $12 million annually. We discussed on Deandre Ayton, Mikal Bridges, Collin Sexton, Jaren Jackson Jr., Kevin Huerter, Miles Bridges, Landry Shamet and more below. hoopshype.com/lists/podcast-… – 5:21 PM
Kevin O’Connor @KevinOConnorNBA
New podcast with @Chris Vernon, who got mad at me for talking about my real love for this Raptors roster, Jamahl Mosley’s impact, and his favorite player Rudy Gobert. We also talked about the news of the week. Zion, Kyrie, Ayton, etc. Fun episode. open.spotify.com/episode/6P4Pxs… – 5:05 PM
Duane Rankin @DuaneRankin
“I want to be here.”
Mikal Bridges addresses rookie extension as he too is up for one like Deandre Ayton.
Said he’ll come to the facility thinking about GM GM James Jones and team owner Robert Sarver, but he thinks more about family, his team.
Oct. 18 is the deadline. #Suns pic.twitter.com/zmYrCPwvD6 – 3:58 PM
Duane Rankin @DuaneRankin
Bigs Deandre Ayton, JaVale McGee, Frank Kaminsky and Jalen Smith getting up shots. #Suns pic.twitter.com/eZHPlso4jl – 3:25 PM
More on this storyline
Ayton, Jackson and Huerter are believed to be the strongest candidates to get deals done, but recent NBA history suggests that it would be wise to expect the over when it comes to extensions. -via marcstein.substack.com / October 15, 2021
DeAndre Ayton and Suns owner Robert Sarver have met this week amid an ugly contract feud — grabbing a drink together at a fancy spot in Arizona … TMZ Sports has learned. We’ve obtained photos of the two at Sanctuary Camelback Mountain Resort on Monday … and witnesses tell us the guys appeared to be in talks over a new deal for Ayton. -via TMZ.com / October 14, 2021
One witness says Ayton was comparing his game and his athleticism to another player during the conversation with Sarver … adding that the talks seemed to be “all business.” -via TMZ.com / October 14, 2021
