Suns sign Isaiah Livers to 2-way deal, ex-Pistons forward missed 2024-25 season
Livers had a hip resurfacing procedure in October 2024 and missed the entire 2024-25 season. Livers revealed on Instagram after having the surgery, he played through the hip injury for two years.
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"I am a big believer in dealing with the cards that are dealt in your hand, while taking control of this situation and making a change," Livers wrote in an Oct. 23, 2024, Instagram post. "Being able to start the rehab process, just yesterday, to get back to 100% is going to be a grind that I'm up for 24/7."
Detroit Pistons forward Isaiah Livers (12) before the game against the Denver Nuggets at Ball Arena in Denver on Jan. 7, 2024.
Livers later posted videos on IG of him going through different workouts during the rehab process. He now looks to restart his NBA career with the Suns.
The 6-6 forward spent three seasons with the Detroit Pistons, but was traded to the Washington Wizards on Jan. 14, 2024.
Livers played his last game Jan. 12 against the Houston Rockets. He never played a game for the Wizards.
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A second-round draft pick out of Michigan in the 2021 draft, Livers averaged 6.2 points in his three seasons with the Pistons. He averaged a career-high 6.7 points in his second NBA season.
Phoenix has two players on two-way deals in CJ Huntley and Livers. The Suns had three two-way players last season in Collin Gillespie, TyTy Washington Jr. and Jalen Bridges.
Gillespie recently signed a one-year deal with the Suns.
Have opinions about the current state of the Suns? Reach Suns Insider Duane Rankin at dmrankin@gannett.com or contact him at 480-810-5518. Follow him on X, formerly Twitter, at @DuaneRankin.
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