Deandre Ayton has played his first 4 seasons with the Suns.
Deandre Ayton is potentially wandering out of the desert, agreeing to a restricted free agent offer sheet with the Pacers, per ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. The deal will reportedly hit the maximum, topping out over $130 million across four seasons.
The Suns will have 48 hours to match Indiana’s offer or allow Ayton to move on.
RFA center Deandre Ayton has agreed to a four-year, $133M maximum offer sheet with the Indiana Pacers, his agents Nima Namakian (Innovate Sports) and Bill Duffy (BDA Sports + WME Sports) tell ESPN. The Phoenix Suns have 48 hours to match the largest offer sheet in NBA history.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) July 14, 2022
The No. 1 overall selection in 2018, Ayton has played four seasons with the Suns, progressing into a two-way force and a key cog in their run to the 2021 NBA Finals and the ensuing dominant regular-season campaign.
NBA.com will have more on this shortly.