59 Facts About Devin Booker

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Devin Armani Booker was born on October 30,1996 and is an American professional basketball player for the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association.

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In 2019, at 22 years old, Devin Booker became the youngest player in NBA history with consecutive 50-point games.

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The son of former basketball player Melvin Booker, Devin is a three-time All-Star and helped the Suns reach the NBA Finals in 2021.

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Devin Booker won a gold medal on the 2020 US Olympic team in Tokyo.

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Devin Booker is the son of Veronica Gutierrez, a cosmetologist, and Melvin Devin Booker, who was named the 1994 Big Eight Player of the Year while a point guard at Missouri.

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Devin Booker's parents met while his father was playing basketball for the Continental Basketball Association's Grand Rapids Hoops in Gutierrez's hometown of Grand Rapids, Michigan.

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Devin Booker was born and raised in Grand Rapids, living with his mother, who is reportedly of Mexican and Puerto Rican descent while his African-American father pursued a professional basketball career internationally.

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Devin Booker was taught by his father that having basketball IQ was just as important as natural athleticism.

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Devin Booker enrolled at Moss Point High School, where his father was hired as an assistant coach, in August 2011.

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Devin Booker followed up that performance with 32 points, including a game-winning three-pointer, against Murrah High School and was named ESPNHS.

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At that time, his father told reporters that Devin Booker was drawing interest from Mississippi State, Ole Miss, Florida, Alabama, Georgetown, Michigan and Missouri.

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University of Missouri fans attended en masse to cheer for Devin Booker, who averaged 30.2 points over Moss Point's three games, hoping to entice him to play for the Tigers.

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Devin Booker, who struggled with his outside shot due to a wrap on his injured right wrist, hit all 17 of his free throws en route to a game-high 30 points in the win.

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Devin Booker scored 35 points in the loss, including 17 free throws.

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Devin Booker participated against international competition at the Nike Global Challenge.

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Devin Booker took an official visit to the University of Kentucky on the weekend of September 9 to watch an alumni exhibition game; fellow 2014 prospects Jahlil Okafor and Tyler Ulis attended.

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Devin Booker stated that ESPN had offered him the chance to make his announcement on live television, but he declined, saying he didn't want the pressure of such an event and that he wanted to keep the date flexible to allow his family from Michigan to attend.

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Devin Booker scored 42 points in the loss, including 26 in the fourth quarter.

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Devin Booker averaged 30.9 points per game in his senior season and finished his three-year career at Moss Point with 2,518 points.

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Devin Booker joined future Kentucky teammates Ulis and Lyles on the West team in the 2014 McDonald's All-American Game, while Towns suited up for the East.

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In Kentucky's first exhibition game against the University of Pikeville on November 2,2014, Devin Booker was the team's second leading scorer with 16 points on 6-of-9 shooting, including two three-pointers; he had three assists.

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Devin Booker led the team in scoring, shooting 6-of-8 from the field with 3 three-pointers.

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Devin Booker subsequently earned SEC Sixth Man of the Year honors and was named to the SEC All-Freshman Team and the All-SEC Second Team.

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Devin Booker was joined by fellow Kentucky teammates Andrew Harrison, Aaron Harrison, Dakari Johnson, Willie Cauley-Stein, Trey Lyles, and Karl-Anthony Towns.

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On June 25,2015, Devin Booker was selected as the thirteenth overall pick by the Phoenix Suns in the 2015 NBA draft.

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Devin Booker went on to make his NBA debut two days before his 19th birthday, in the Suns' season opener against the Dallas Mavericks.

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Devin Booker became the third-youngest player in NBA history at 19 years, 81 days old to record a 30-point game, behind LeBron James and Kevin Durant, as well as the youngest Suns player to score 30 or more points in a game.

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Devin Booker participated for Team USA in the 2016 Rising Stars Challenge.

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Devin Booker competed in the NBA All-Star Weekend's Three-Point Contest, becoming the youngest contestant to ever participate in the event and only the fourth rookie to compete in the 30-year-old contest, joining Stephen Curry, Kyle Korver and Dennis Scott.

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Devin Booker finished fourth in the 2016 NBA Rookie of the Year Award voting and earned NBA All-Rookie First Team honors.

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Devin Booker became the first Suns player to be named as a member of the All-Rookie Team since Amar'e Stoudemire in 2003.

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Devin Booker had a second straight 39-point effort in a two days later to become the youngest player in NBA history to record consecutive games of 39 or more points in the regular season.

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Devin Booker was named to the US Team for the 2017 Rising Stars Challenge, and was invited to take part in the 2017 Taco Bell Skills Challenge.

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Devin Booker has done unbelievably well not just on the court but representing the franchise in the community as well.

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Devin Booker was a bright spot for us in a difficult year.

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Devin Booker added eight rebounds and six assists in 45 minutes.

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Devin Booker had the highest-scoring game in the NBA since Bryant scored 81 in January 2006.

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Devin Booker missed the Suns' final 12 games of the season with a right hand sprain.

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On July 7,2018, Devin Booker signed a five-year, $158 million maximum contract extension with the Suns.

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Devin Booker became first player in franchise history to reach 50 in back-to-back games.

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From December 27,2019 until January 7,2020, Devin Booker scored over 30 points in seven straight games, including a 40-point performance in a loss against the Memphis Grizzlies on January 5.

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Devin Booker was named an All-Star on February 13,2020 as an injury replacement after Damian Lillard suffered an groin strain injury a day earlier.

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Devin Booker replaced Lillard in the Three Point Contest, an event he had previously won, and finished as the runner-up behind Buddy Hield.

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Devin Booker received the honor again on January 17,2022 for his efforts during Week 13.

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Devin Booker finished the week averaging 37.3 points and 6.3 assists per game and was named the Week 23 Western Conference Player of the Week.

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Devin Booker was named to the All-NBA First Team, the first in his career.

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Devin Booker began the postseason in good form, scoring 56 points during the first two games of the Suns' first-round series against the 8-seeded New Orleans Pelicans, but left Game 2 in the third quarter after suffering what would be diagnosed as a grade 1 hamstring injury.

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On July 7,2022, Devin Booker agreed to a four-year, $224 million maximum contract extension with the Suns; the same day, he was announced as one of the cover stars of NBA 2K23.

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Devin Booker became the sixth youngest player to reach 12,000 career points trailing only LeBron James, Kevin Durant, Kobe Bryant, Carmelo Anthony, and Tracy McGrady.

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On February 7,2023, Devin Booker returned to the lineup after missing the previous 21 games with a left groin strain.

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Devin Booker made his 1,052nd career three-pointer, surpassing Steve Nash for the most three-pointers made in Suns history.

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Devin Booker got into an altercation with Luka Doncic with 3.5 seconds remaining in the game, as they ended up nose-to-nose and were both issued technical fouls.

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Devin Booker became the first player in Suns history to have four straight games with at least 35 points.

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Devin Booker tied Charles Barkley's franchise record for most 40-point playoff games with five.

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Devin Booker put up his 17th 30-point playoff game and his 6th 40-point playoff game, surpassing Charles Barkley's previous Suns franchise records of 30-point playoff games and 40-point playoff games.

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Devin Booker played on the 2016 USA Select Team that trained against the 2016 US Olympic team.

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In 2020, Devin Booker was named a global ambassador to the Special Olympics for his support for his younger half-sister who has microdeletion syndrome, a genetic chromosomal disorder.

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Devin Booker has his own charitable foundation called the Starting Five, which grants five nonprofit organizations $100,000 each, and plans to donate $500,000 to Phoenix charities per year for 5 years.

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In 2019, Devin Booker bought a 5,590 square foot house in Paradise Valley, Arizona for $3.5 million.