ESPN analyst suggests ideal offer for Suns free-agent big man
ESPN's Bobby Marks listed Phoenix Suns big Mark Williams as one of the top restricted free agents. Here's what he said the Suns could offer.
Mark Williams didn’t finish his first season with the Phoenix Suns on the court due to a recurring foot injury, but he played a career-high 60 games in the regular season. That alone gives Phoenix reason to press forward with the 7-footer. Williams is a restricted free agent, meaning the Suns can match any offer sheet from another NBA team.
ESPN’s Bobby Marks, a former assistant general manager for the Brooklyn Nets , wrote he’d offer Williams a three-year deal for $42 million. “The contract would start at $13 million and increase to $15 million in the third season,” Marks wrote in a May 22 article. “The first year is $2 million less than the non-tax midlevel exception.
” Williams’ rookie contract was four years, $18 million. Phoenix isn’t the only team Marks views as an ideal fit for Williams. He sees the Atlanta Hawks, Boston Celtics and Chicago Bulls as viable options.
Like Phoenix, the Hawks and Celtics were eliminated in the first round of the 2026 playoffs, while the Bulls suffered a fourth straight losing season in finishing 31-51. Williams averaged 11. 7 points on 64.