National Basketball Association

Grant Hill will return to Suns

Published Jun. 9, 2010 1:56 a.m. ET

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The Phoenix Suns say veteran forward Grant Hill has exercised the one-year player option on his contract and will return to the team next season.

The 16-year veteran and seven-time All-Star averaged 11.3 points and 5.5 rebounds last season. That was his highest rebounding average since 2002-03 and his most total rebounds (445) in a season since 1999-00.

Hill averaged averaged 9.6 points and 5.8 rebounds in Phoenix's run to the Western Conference finals, the deepest postseason run of his NBA career.

Hill has played the last four seasons in Phoenix, averaging 12.1 points, 5.2 rebounds and 2.5 assists while playing 233 of a possible 246 regular-season games. Last season, he became the 18th active player to score 15,000 points.