Devin Booker tonight: 3 points on 1⁄7 shooting, 1⁄1 from the FT line
Devin Booker is still being haunted by the ghost of Lu Dort and makes one basket against OKC in honor of Victor Wembanyama, how generous of him
No excuse for a player of his caliber to be that much of a non factor when the Thunder have two white guys they looked like they picked up from their local YMCA playing big minutes lol
Dix might be in the running for the worst player to touch a court in a real game for the Thunder
Adam Flagler:
God I’m getting PTSD flashbacks. Also OKC Gordon Hayward was straight ass cheeks.
Hayward sucked for what we expected from him but he wasn’t nearly as bad as Dix or Flagler
Literally killed our +- by himself at the end of games
I’m still haunted by that Cavs game
Bro was looking like PG hitting the side of the backboard
Name a more perfect professional athlete to disguise undercover into a beer league than Alex Caruso.
I’ll wait.
Pat Spencer
Tyler Kolek who got stopped by security at the parade
Book is gonna need a serious 2nd option. Bridges, Brooks, or Green as 2nd options aren’t enough to get it done.
Booker himself is a second option, at best, these days
The real truth is Book needs a number 1, he’s not capable of being that anymore. That’s why the KD experiment was so upsetting, KD was the number 1 during his tenure but the rest of the roster construction sucked
That Beal trade was a disaster. Suns gave up a little too much to get KD then lost most of there trades after that move.
All three of those guys played pretty well today(Brooks shot it bad but he was getting to the line)
Yea but they are not serious threats to draw attention from the defense. They are gonna have good games but defense are only focused on one guy in that team
Yeah, someone like KD and the Suns are a threat!
that team had a ton of issues
In a few years for 2 straight years he’ll be getting 75 million a year
Bradley Beal passed the torch to him lol
Booker will be making 20 million more than Beal. Speaking of 20 million, and Beal, that’s the amount of dead salary they’ll have on the salary cap for this season and the 3 seasons after
It kinda seems like he decided after the KD experiment failed to just mail it in and enjoy life outside basketball. When I tune into Suns games he never seems locked in like he used to be. Attempting 7 shots in 35 mins shouldn’t happen for a player his caliber when he’s by far his team’s best player
The harsh truth is that the Suns only ever had success with CP3 as their floor general
When he arrived they went from meh to contenders overnight
When he suddenly got washed overnight in 2022 they immediately started declining
Booker is not on the level of offensive players like Harden or Luka or SGA where they can be a one man offensive system, he’s been trying to be point Booker for multiple seasons but he’s just not good enough
“When one of the best point guards of all time got worse so did the Suns” wow great analysis
You guys had like a million straight years of lottery picks on that team so yeah it’s still kinda lame that they couldn’t survive past the oldest and shortest tenured player on that squad.
He scored 43 points two days ago
Against a rookie and g leaguers
It’s a 40 year old rookie so he’s kinda like a vet
Book isn’t really a winning player as much as people think. Good scorer, but the sun’s success was really on CP3
Booker needs a PG to unlock his true potential. He is being forced to be one when he is much better as a true two-guard
I don’t watch Suns basketball, but last Olympic run Book was exactly what they needed. He was consistent and impactful every time he went in.
Ngl I don’t Devin ‘the Luka Special’ Booker is really regarded as a winning player. Like the man’s probably known more for those humiliating playoff exits than he is for that 2021 run at this point
Booker might be the only player I’ve ever seen who’s been closer to winning a ring than his ‘father’ has been
Usually in these one sided rivalries (LeBron vs Toronto, MJ vs everyone in the 90s), the dominator is way more successful than the person or team they’re sonning.
Booker in 2021 got closer to a ring than Luka has
By one game? Do we really think that’s a meaningful difference?
That was during the Covid year too when both the Bucks and Suns benefitted from being the least disastrously injured team in every respective series up until that finals
Not that I care about the Booker/Luka comparisons, but the times they’ve played head to head have to be more relevant than Booker’s suns going 1 singular game further in a different playoff series than when Luka carries the Mavs to the finals? Unless you forgot about the Mavs Celtics finals in that comment?
It’s kind of been like that ever since he last made the finals—he plays his best when he’s a very efficient combo guard (when cp3 was there) instead of being point book which is now lol
I kind of assumed he stopped caring like that when he signed that 2-year, $145M max deal last summer tho
The truth is that Booker peaked around 2021-2023 and has gotten progressively worse since then. CP3 and KD just helped cover up his flaws
Booker is just Zach Lavine now.
He literally looks like someone said theyre gonna shoot him in the dick unless he laces them up and plays the game
Can’t really blame him for how bad Ishbia and the Suns FO mangle this team.
I would have done the same.
I don’t blame him tbh
Kardashian Curse
bb-b-bbubt Ishbia’s culture!!
I think they need to get him off the PG role ASAP, it hurts his own personal production.
Find him a T1/2 PG so he can slide back to SG role.
Hol’ up now! At least Wemby went out swinging and got to the line.
He let Dillon Brooks be the 1st option last postseason against OKC. I’m not surprised by this shinking
Free throw merchant
In Booker’s defense, imagine going up against:
Lu DortJalen WilliamsCason WallaceAlex Carusoand Chet Holmgren
That’s literally an entire All-NBA Defensive Team.
Put Booker against a regular defense and there’s no way he only scores 3 points in 34 minutes.
Imagine if he still scored 3 points with all five of those guys injured
Oh wait
Don’t forget Isaiah Joe, Aaron Wiggins, and Thomas Sorber
He forgot nba champ Nikola Topic too
Mara
Man this almost got me, quality bait dude.
I’m shocked at how many people are trying to argue or downvote it.
Like I even started with Dort and J-Dub. I made it so easy to follow.
I figured it was /s but wasn’t certain
But I want to pretend like everyone on Reddit is an NBA nephew, just not me!
Bro watches the games on internet explorer
Lu Dort: shipped off Jalen Williams: injured Cason Wallace: injured Alex Caruso: injured halfway in Chet Holmgren: injured
This sarcasm?
Only one of the 4 played tonight buddy 😂 Book washed and I’m a suns fan
Better than Bum Adebayo
ass vs butt debates
Both teams dealing with something hot, coincidence I think not
Suns and Heat should honestly just swap Bam and Booker lol
Devin booker is such an enigma . He goes from looking like an all star to a bum all the time . He just lit up the warriors
Lit up the warriors G league team helllll yeah
Thats what seperates the elite stars from the sometimes stars…regardless of what people think about SGA, he so consistently shows up and gives you his average that when he doesnt an NBA record ends…lol
The warriors suck
You guys, Booker just isn’t that good. He’s basically a borderline all star at this point. And he’s getting paid $60m+ for the next 4 seasons. Oh, and the Suns don’t own their own picks.
There’s this narrative that the Suns improved after getting rid of KD, but they’re even more fucked now because of the Booker contract and the Bridges trade.
I mean they did improve lol. It’s just they were atrociously fitted with KD.
Booker falloff was so random like he was on 2k cover, his shoe was announced pillar of the 2021 olympic team by 2022 it looked like he was a future face
Just like Ja.
Why the hell does he have only 7 shot attempts ?
Him and Zach Lavine would have the same reputation if they switched careers.
i mean who even has the longest 20 pt streak rn? gotta be ty Jerome
Kawhi?
Kawhi lost his streak in his last game
Oh shit I didn’t hear.
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The Josh Dix effect
Im so pissed they let him score
Ajay Mitchell is Devin Booker’s father
Remember: KD was the problem. Not the idiot Ishbia, not all the Michigan State grads and woman abusers, and certainly not Booker. KD was the problem.*
When did he become Zach Lavine 2.0? Zach is a better shooter, and Booker will pass the ball, but they’re both highly talented SGs that seem like they’re just cashing in on past success. At least Zach has to play for his next contract this year.
As a suns fan who has watched booker for over a decade it seems like after 2023 he just loses intrest in scoring when hes double teamed. It seems like he lost his killer instinct and dosent take pride in amtch ups against Ant, SGA or the other premier guards in this league.
He can not do it against OKC I swear. Great player but usually puts up a stinker against us
I lost so much respect and admiration for Booker after this game. Just a pathetic performance from him.
#blamekd