Suns Issue Qualifying Offers To Mark Williams, Koby Brea

Williams’ qualifying offer is worth $9,615,393, while Brea’s is equivalent to another one-year, two-way contract. Each player has the option of accepting his one-year QO, but Williams and Brea could also attempt to negotiate new deals with Phoenix right now or with another team beginning on June 30.

As long as those qualifying offers remain on the table, the Suns would have the right of first refusal on Williams and Brea, meaning they’d have the opportunity to match any offer sheet either player signed with a rival suitor.

Williams, who was acquired in a draft-day trade with Charlotte last June, played a career-high 60 games for the Suns, making 55 starts in the middle. He averaged 11.7 points and 8.0 rebounds in 23.6 minutes per contest, making 64.4% of his shots from the floor and 77.1% of his free throw tries.

Injuries have been a problem in the past for Williams, who made just 106 regular season appearances for the Hornets during his first three years in the NBA. While he stayed healthy for most of the 2025/26 season, he was able to play in just four games after March 3 due to a stress reaction in his left foot.

Multiple reports since the season ended have indicated that the Suns would like to re-sign Williams but that they’re prioritizing new deals for guards Collin Gillespie and Jordan Goodwin. Phoenix has a pair of young big men, Khaman Maluach and Oso Ighodaro, who will factor into the team’s plans going forward.

Brea, meanwhile, appeared in just 12 NBA games as a rookie after being drafted with the 41st overall pick in 2025. The 23-year-old played a larger role in the G League, averaging 16.4 points, 5.1 rebounds, and 2.6 assists in 34.2 minutes per game across 34 outings for the Valley Suns, with a shooting line of .398/.349/.842.

Brea is one of two Suns players on two-way contracts who are eligible for free agency this offseason. The other, Isaiah Livers, has four years of NBA experience and is no longer eligible for a two-way deal, so if Phoenix wants to make him a restricted free agent, the club would have to issue a one-year, minimum-salary qualifying offer that includes a modest partial guarantee. Generally, a team hands out all its QOs at the same time, but the deadline isn’t until June 29, so the Suns could still issue one to Livers.