Jared Dudley Signs Extension!!!!!

Jared Dudley Signs 5-Year Extension With Phoenix Suns, All Part Of Sarver's Plan - SB Nation Arizona
It remains to be seen if the Suns over-played their hand by signing so many players of similar caliber and role or if they've positioned themselves to take advantage of what could be a very interesting market once the new CBA is in place. In the meantime, extending Dudley provides continuity and stability to a team marked by change and the overall contract cost is a fairly low risk for a proven fan favorite who is a solid contributor on a winning team.

It's what you all wanted. It's the right move. There are only tweets at this point, so here's what we've heard:

[Note by Wil Cantrell, 11/02/10 5:55 AM MST ]: Check out the links to Coro and Pollack's SB story below:

From Paul Coro:

Jared Dudley has agreed to a five-year, $22.5M contract extension with the Suns...Dudley will have a player option in the 5th year. He will be paid $4.5M in each year of the contract. Signed it minutes before deadline...ared Dudley's 5-year deal has $21.25M guaranteed and another $1.25M in playoff incentives. Here is the complete story.

And some more, with quotes from Uncle Lon.

From Dudley Himself:

Yes Suns fans!!!! 5 yr Max deal!!!!!!! Lol ok not max but a fair and good deal.. Glad to be apart of this org future..First off have to give God all the glory and praise cuz without him this could not be possible. My Family for always be there supporting me...Gotta also thank Alvin Gentry for giving me an opp to show the world what I can do.. Can't forget @the_real_nash, he gets everybody paid!!!!

Breaking News!! This is bigger then @KingJames going to Miami,bigger then Brett Favre goin to Minn.I have just sign a 5yr deal with the Suns.

Last but not least I have to thank U the Fans!!!! For all the support u have given me.. It means a lot..JMZ now has a bigger budget lol

From Gambo:

The Dudley contract has bonuses of $125 grand if the Suns make the 2nd rd of the playoffs and $125 grand if they make the Conf finals...Dudley can terminate the deal after the fourth year (ETO).

From the Infamous Seth:

RT @JaredDudley619: Yes Suns fans!!!! 5 yr Max deal!!!!!!! Lol ok not max but a fair and good deal.. Glad to be apart of this org future. And check out his complete SB analysis.

From Mike Lisboa:

No details yet, but the Suns just issued an announcement via their text messaging alerts that they have signed forward Jared Dudley to contract extension. No details yet that I'm aware of. I'm sure we'll have numbers soon.

I have to say, I'm fairly surprised. With a new collective bargaining agreement on the horizon, I expected the front office to play the "wait and see" game since JD was going to end up a restricted free agent anyway. That would have been the "cheap" thing to do anyway.

So, breath easy, JD fans (I'm looking at you, Beavis), your boy's got paper. Until they decide to package him with the Turk or J-Rich for another big man, that is. I think everyone will agree this is win-win-win. The Suns get to keep an integral rotation player at a relative bargain, Jared Dudley gets some job security, and Suns fans can rest easy knowing their favorite player not named Steve Nash is locked up for the foreseeable future. And while I'd like to simply leave it at that and go to bed thinking happy thoughts about an eventual Ring of Honor spot for Jared Dudley when he retires after 10+ years of dutiful service for the Suns... well, that's a very movable deal. As the Suns have no shortage of wings, and a dearth of big men, it's entirely possible Dudley could still be packaged in a potential deal should a big man the Suns covet become available.

But let's cross that bridge if/when it happens, shall we? For now, JMZ looks to reporting from the Suns' locker room for quite some time and for that, there should be much rejoicing.

and lastly.....

From Paola Boivin (hur hur hur):

RT @PaolaBoivin:Beckham's mansion in L.A. cost $22 million. @JaredDudley619 can buy it if it goes for sale!( I'm making a bid tomorrow)

There will no doubt be more on this in the coming seconds, minutes, hours, and days. Personally, I love it. Dudley busted ass last season and was an integral part of the team's success. And not one to rest on his laurels, he showed up at camp down 20 something pounds and ready to roll. This is a guy who is a team player, doesn't take his NBA career for granted and most importantly wants to be a Sun.

Props to the FO for getting this done, making Dudz feel wanted, and showing him the $$$ to prove it. I can't say anything negative about this occurrence. He's a fan favorite, he's a straight up baller, brings it every night, the kind of guy you want on your squad, both on the court and in the locker room.

So let's here it: Do you like this as much as me? If not, let's hear why not...More to come.