The Phoenix Suns are reportedly bringing back guard Jordan Goodwin on a three-year, $19 million contract, another NBA backcourt deal for a club that has moved quickly to keep its own guards.
Bright Side of the Sun reported that ESPN's Shams Charania said Goodwin intends to sign the deal with Phoenix. The same report cited Arizona Sports' John Gambadoro for the structure: a third-year player option, $5.8 million in the first season and $6.8 million in the option year.
Goodwin Gets Three-Year Suns Deal
The wording matters because this is reported contract news, not a team-announced transaction. The useful facts are still concrete: three years, $19 million, a player option on the final season and a Phoenix return for a guard who played a real rotation role.
Goodwin, 27, averaged 9.0 points, 5.0 rebounds and 2.0 assists last season, according to Bright Side of the Sun. The outlet also credited him with a team-leading 109 steals, a number that explains why Phoenix valued his defensive activity enough to keep him.
The report said Goodwin started Game 1 of the Suns' playoff series against Oklahoma City but missed the rest of the playoff run because of a calf injury. That detail keeps the roster angle grounded: Phoenix is paying for a guard who helped during the regular season but whose postseason was cut short.
Phoenix Keeps Another Guard
The agreement comes less than 24 hours after Collin Gillespie reportedly re-signed with Phoenix on a four-year, $48 million contract. Goodwin's deal is smaller, but together the moves show the Suns are preserving guard depth before the market fully opens.
Goodwin's path back to Phoenix has not been tidy. Bright Side of the Sun noted that he first arrived in the Bradley Beal trade from Washington, was later sent to Brooklyn, waived, spent 2024-25 with the Los Angeles Lakers and then made the Suns roster out of training camp last season.
For Phoenix, the decision is less about a headline scorer than about roster continuity and point-of-attack defense. Goodwin gives the Suns a guard they know, a manageable annual salary and a final-year option that leaves some flexibility if his role changes.