The Suns’ offseason moves didn’t change the fact that Devin Booker will serve as the team’s primary scorer and playmaker next season, the Arizona Republic’s Duane Rankin opines.

They re-signed Collin Gillespie, Jordan Goodwin and Mark Williams, added free agent sharpshooter Luke Kennard and traded for forward Miles Bridges. However, they also dealt Grayson Allen and Royce O’Neale, two of the team’s more reliable 3-point shooters last season. Phoenix is also banking on a healthier season from Jalen Green.

But it’s on Booker, who has won a playoff game since 2023, to once again lead the Suns to a better 2026/27 season.

Here’s more on the Suns:

• Bridges and his ex-girlfriend are at odds once again, with both parties making accusations against each other. Mychelle Johnson claimed he filed criminal charges against her for throwing water on him to harass her and have her arrested to take her away from their kids. Mychelle said Miles tried to run her over with a golf cart during a custody exchange … which led to her allegedly throwing water, TMZ reports. Bridges was granted a temporary restraining order against Johnson earlier this year … after claiming she was cyberstalking him and showed up to one of his games in an attempt to damage his car. Johnson denied the claims. Bridges didn’t play in 2022/23 and served a 10-game suspension the following season due to domestic violence charges.
• Second-year big man Khaman Maluach posted a double-double with 19 points and 11 rebounds in the Suns’ Summer League opener against Portland. Maluach departed early in the fourth quarter due to leg cramps. “They didn’t really kick in until the fourth quarter,” Maluach told Rankin. “That’s when I started feeling the cramps, but I just got to figure it out. Do a better job of hydrating.” He posted another double — 15 points, 15 rebounds — in their second Summer League game on Sunday, Rankin tweets.
•  Rookie Koa Peat is trying to establish himself as a point forward. The late first-rounder out of Arizona started slowly offensively in his Vegas Summer League debut but scored 13 of his 17 points in the second half on 4-of-5 shooting. He also showed his downhill handles and playmaking ability and had an impact on both ends of the floor in the second half, Rankin adds.