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Suns Nightly Desk · transactions · Tuesday, September 22

John Camden Joins Phoenix Suns Roster

Free agentPhoenix Suns
John Camden
F · 24 · rookie
The move
Joins the Suns
official roster · Sep 22, 2026
2026-27 cap hit
Not on file yet
public salary data lags a signing by a day
Suns payroll
$216.2M
above the first apron · cap $165.0M · tax $200.4M
Roster
21 players
standard limit 15 + 3 two-way
By the Suns Nightly Desk · 3 h ago

John Camden is on the Phoenix Suns roster, per the official roster confirmed Tuesday, Sept. 22. The 24-year-old forward enters as a rookie with no prior NBA line.

The move

John Camden, a 24-year-old rookie forward, is on the Phoenix Suns roster as of Tuesday, Sept. 22, per the official roster. He arrives from free agency, with no prior NBA roster spot on record. No report preceded the move; none is logged.

The money

Camden's contract is not on file yet; public salary data can lag a signing by a day. The Suns carry a payroll of $216.2 million across 18 contracts for 2026-27, over the first apron. The league cap sits at $165.0 million, the tax line at $200.4 million, the first apron at $209.0 million and the second apron at $221.7 million.

The fit

Camden has no NBA line from last season. He joins a Suns roster now at 21 players, 15 standard plus three two-way. Phoenix's forward spots last season went to Dillon Brooks (30.4 minutes, 20.2 points) and Royce O'Neale (28.4 minutes, 9.8 points), with Devin Booker (33.5 minutes, 26.1 points) leading the backcourt rotation.

What is John Camden's contract with the Suns?

Not on file yet. Public salary data can lag a signing by a day.

Did John Camden play in the NBA last season?

No. He has no NBA line from last season and enters as a rookie.

By the Suns Nightly Desk, from the data on this page, rewritten when the data changes. How the desks work.
No contract on file yet: public salary data usually catches up within a day.

Suns rotation

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Devin Booker33.5 min · 26.1 pts
Miles Bridges31.0 min · 17.1 pts
Dillon Brooks30.4 min · 20.2 pts
Collin Gillespie28.5 min · 12.7 pts
Jalen Green25.9 min · 17.8 pts
Mark Williams23.6 min · 11.7 pts

Moves are detected from the official rosters, so the mechanism (trade, signing, waiver claim, two-way conversion) comes from the linked report when there is one. Salary figures are cap hits from public salary data.