"The Suns took care of some front-office housekeeping hours before the draft by announcing Thursday that they have extended the guaranteed-salary date on Vince Carter's contract and extended a $3 million qualifying offer to Aaron Brooks to make him a restricted free agent.

Carter's previous contract language stipulated that his $18 million salary would have become fully guaranteed if he was not waived by June 30, when he still would have received a guaranteed $4 million. The Suns have negotiated for that deadline to move back to the start of free agency, whenever that occurs once a new collective bargaining agreement is reached. The guaranteed amount remains $4 million and the likelihood of Carter remaining a Sun is still extremely doubtful."