SUNS GUARD WHO JUST MISSED WHOLE SEASON DECLINES PLAYER OPTION
Suns shooting guard Damion Lee has declined his $2.8M player option with Phoenix and will become an unrestricted free agent, sources inform Michael Scotto of HoopsHype.
The 6-foot-5 swingman missed the entire 2023-24 NBA season after suffering a meniscus tear in his right knee, which ultimately required surgery.
Lee initially inked a one-season, minimum contract to join the Suns in the summer of 2022. He then inked a one-and-one contract with Phoenix last summer. During his lone healthy season with the Suns, Lee averaged 8.2 PPG on a .442/.445/.904 slash line, along with 3.0 rebounds and 1.3 assists across 74 healthy contests.
After going undrafted in 2016, the Louisville alum began his career at the game’s highest level with Hawks in 2017/18, but has spent most of his NBA life with the Warriors, with whom he won a championship as a floor-spacing backup in 2021-22. He was reunited with one-time Golden State teammate Kevin Durant in Phoenix when the latter was traded there from the Nets in 2022-23.
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