Point guard Monte Morris plans to sign with the Phoenix Suns in free agency, per The Athletic's Shams Charania.

According to PHNX Sports' Gerald Bourguet, he is signing a one-year contract.

A veteran minimum signing for Morris gives Phoenix a point guard who was first in the NBA among guards in assists-to-turnover ratio at 9.86 (minimum five games played). Therefore, the Suns would be paying $2.8 million for a point guard to help protect the basketball on a team that had the sixth-most turnovers per game last season, and just 12th in assists per game.

Morris played 42 games, including the playoffs, last season, returning to the court following a right quad strain. He averages 10 points per game in his career, to go along with 47.7/39.1/82.4 shooting-percentage splits.

He played during the Timberwolves' first-round sweep of the Suns during the 2024 playoffs. The 29-year-old brings seven years of experience to the team, and joins a squad that did not yet have a designated point guard signed, other than agreeing to a two-way contract with Collin Gillespie.

In those seven seasons, he was a starter for two years in the 2021-22 season (Denver Nuggets) and the 2022-23 season (Washington Wizards). In those two campaigns, he shot 48.2% from the field, 39% from deep and 85.1% from the free throw line. He averaged 11.5 points per game.

In his abbreviated 2023-24 regular season spent with the Detroit Pistons and the Timberwolves, Morris was 2-11 from 3-point range with the Pistons but connected on 25 of his 59 3-point attempts (42.5%) over 27 games played with Minnesota.

This article originally appeared on Arizona Republic: Suns reportedly signing turnover-free point guard Monte Morris