Suns agree to one-year deal with veteran guard
Free agent guard Damion Lee is re-signing with the Suns on a one-year contract, reports ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.
Lee became an unrestricted free agent when he declined his $2.85M player option for 2024-25 on Saturday. However, he’s returning to Phoenix on a new one-year deal.
A former undrafted free agent who played college ball at Drexel and Louisville, Lee missed the entire 2023-24 season after suffering a meniscus tear in his right knee, which ultimately required surgery.
Lee, 31, initially signed a one-year, minimum-salary contract to join the Suns in the summer of 2022. He then inked a one-and-one contract with Phoenix last summer. During his healthy season with the Suns in 2022-23, Lee averaged 8.2 PPG and 3.0 RPG on a .442/.445/.904 shooting line across 74 contests (20.4 MPG).
Lee started his professional career in the NBA G League before signing a pair of 10-day deals and then later a rest-of-season contract with Atlanta in 2018. He spent the next four years with Golden State, winning a championship with the Warriors as a role player in 2022. He holds career averages of 8.2 PPG and 3.4 RPG on .436/.379/.878 shooting in 290 games, including 58 starts (20.8 MPG).
