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Suns Nightly Desk · transactions · Friday, September 25

Duop Reath Joins the Phoenix Suns

Free agent→Phoenix Suns
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Duop Reath
C · 30 · rookie · 2.9 ppg 2025-26
The move
Joins the Suns
official roster · Sep 25, 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 · 2 h ago

Duop Reath is on the Phoenix Suns roster, detected from the official roster on Fri, Sep 25. He arrives from free agency after not being on a roster, with no contract on file yet.

The move

Duop Reath, a 30-year-old center, is on the Phoenix Suns roster as of Friday, Sept. 25, per the official roster. He joins from free agency, having been on no roster before this move. No report preceded the move; none is logged for Reath. He is officially a rookie by experience despite his age, so this marks his first appearance on an NBA roster.

The money

Reath'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, which puts them over the first apron. The league cap is set 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

Last season, Reath played 32 games at 8.1 minutes, averaging 2.9 points, 1.2 rebounds and 0.3 assists. At his position, the Suns' center minutes last season went to Mark Williams, who logged 23.6 minutes and 11.7 points per game. Phoenix now carries 21 players on its roster, against a standard limit of 15 plus three two-way spots.

Was Duop Reath signed or traded to the Suns?

The move was detected from the official roster, not from a signing or trade report. No report preceded it.

What is Duop Reath's contract with the Suns?

It is not on file yet. Public salary data can lag a signing by a day.

Where does Duop Reath fit into the Suns' rotation?

He is a center. Mark Williams held the center minutes last season, at 23.6 minutes and 11.7 points per game.

How does this affect the Suns' cap situation?

Phoenix's payroll is $216.2 million across 18 contracts for 2026-27, over the first apron of $209.0 million and above the tax line of $200.4 million.

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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Collin Gillespie28.5 min · 12.7 pts
Jalen Green25.9 min · 17.8 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.