The Phoenix Suns will feature two of the best Blue Devils from the last 15 years during this upcoming NBA season.
On Sunday, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reported that [autotag]Mason Plumlee[/autotag] signed a one-year deal with the Suns. There, he’ll play alongside notable NBA stars like Kevin Durant and Devin Booker, but he’ll also be teammates with [autotag]Grayson Allen[/autotag].
Allen spent his first season with the Suns last year and had a career year while helping guide Phoenix to the playoffs. Duke’s leading scorer since 2010 led the NBA with a 46.1% 3-point percentage and averaged a career-high 13.5 points per game.
Plumlee played for the Blue Devils from 2009-13 while Allen joined the program from 2014-18.
Plumlee played more than 140 games with the Blue Devils and steadily increased his scoring production by a larger margin each season. He started as a 3.7-point scorer as a freshman before finishing his senior year with 17.1 points and 10,0 rebounds.
Allen broke out as a freshman during the 2015 national championship game, the last time Duke cut down the nets, when he scored 16 points against Wisconsin off the bench. He averaged 21.6 points per game as a sophomore, one of the most productive seasons in recent program history, and averaged at least three assists per game in each of his last three seasons.
Free agent C Mason Plumlee has agreed on a one-year deal with the Phoenix Suns, sources tell ESPN. pic.twitter.com/7Zqr8wq6Kb
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) July 1, 2024
Plumlee becomes the first big Duke free agent domino after former Blue Devils Wendell Moore Jr. and AJ Griffin both got traded during the draft.