Suns recap and news

Williams (foot) plans to sign a three-year, $38 million contract to remain with the Suns, Shams Charania of ESPN reports.

Williams averaged a double-double in his final season in Charlotte. While his production dropped in his first year with the Suns in 2025-26, he still averaged 11.7 points, 8.0 rebounds, 1.0 assists, 0.9 blocks and 0.9 steals across 23.6 minutes. Without question, the 24-year-old is a talented player, though injuries have kept him off the floor more often than not. It’s unknown if Williams will remain the Suns’ starting center in 2026-27. However, even though Oso Ighodaro, Khaman Maluach and Rasheer Fleming have shown flashes of promise, they still aren’t as skilled as Williams when healthy.

Hoiberg agreed to a contract with the Suns on Wednesday, Jake Fischer of BleacherReport.com reports.

The exact terms of the contract are unknown, but Hoiberg will presumably join the Suns for Summer League. He earned Big Ten All-Defensive Team honors in 2025-26, averaging 9.3 points, 5.3 rebounds, 4.5 assists and 2.0 steals across 35 outings with Nebraska.

The Mavericks selected Peat with the No. 30 overall pick in the 2026 NBA Draft and traded his rights to the Suns.

The Suns made a late-night splash to close out the first round, and the 19-year-old power forward stays in-state after a highly productive freshman campaign at Arizona, where he anchored the interior for a Wildcats squad that captured a Big 12 championship and advanced to the Final Four. Starting all 36 contests, the 6-foot-8, 245-pound forward earned Third Team All-Big 12 and All-Freshman honors by averaging 14.1 points, 5.6 rebounds, and 2.6 assists in 27.8 minutes per game. Peat is a physically mature, blue-collar frontcourt player who excels at absorbing contact, finishing efficiently around the rim (52.8 percent from the field) and operating as a high-post playmaker. While his lack of vertical explosiveness and sub-optimal perimeter shooting (35.0 percent from deep on low volume and 62.3 percent from the line) caps his upside as a primary scoring option, he is an incredibly stable, high-floor “glue guy.”