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The Phoenix Suns will be without their star shooting guard, Devin Booker, for the fourth straight game when they face the Golden State Warriors tonight, according to Scott Bordow of The Arizona Republic. Booker has been bothered by hip and rib injuries, limiting his ability to be on the practice floor for the past week-and-change […]

There has been zero connection between Charlotte Hornets head coach Steve Clifford and Phoenix Suns rising star Devin Booker, but the former just gave the young guard a nice compliment. Hornets insider Rick Bonnell tweeted out the remark over the weekend: https://twitter.com/rick_bonnell/status/960222529221664769 Jeff Hornacek, as you may know, played 15 strong seasons in the NBA. […]

Devin Booker left Sunday’s game with a hip pointer injury and did not return to the lineup as the Phoenix Suns lost to the Charlotte Hornets 115-110. “Already dealing with a rib injury,” according to Arizona Sports. “Booker attempted to help on defense against a driving Cody Zeller with 6:53 left in the game but […]

The field for the 2018 All-Star weekend’s JBL 3-point contest has now been announced. We will again witness an array of shooters tire the net with swishes to battle it out for the crown. The contestants were announced in a special episode of NBA on TNT. There’s a 100% chance it will be raining 👌s […]

Enes Kanter of the New York Knicks and Devin Booker of the Phoenix Suns got into it Friday night, and though there’s a small height advantage for the former, their intensities are on the same level. Just when we all thought the fights are slowing down, two guys step up and prove us wrong. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aolpJpyfcAI […]

Head coaches have been known to be experts in helping their players reach their full potential. That can also be said about Phoenix Suns’ Jay Triano, who has been very supportive of Devin Booker, and doing whatever it takes to prepare him for next month’s three-point shooting contest. During their morning shootaround ahead of their […]

Phoenix Suns hotshot Devin Booker plays like an All-Star, scores like an All-Star, carries himself on the court like an All-Star, and even has a haircut of an All-Star, but at the end of the day, he is not an All-Star – at least in this season after failing to get enough votes from NBA […]

Phoenix Suns shooting guard Devin Booker has made it abundantly clear that he is unhappy with the fact that he is not going to be part of the All-Star Game. Nevertheless, he will still be participating in the festivities over the weekend. Aside from being one of the promising young players in the league, he is also among […]

Through his first three years in the league, Devin Booker has quickly become the driving offensive force for the Phoenix Suns. His scoring ability has pushed him to surpass former Suns All-Star big man Amar’e Stoudemire for an impressive mark, according to ESPN Stats & Info. Devin Booker: 35th career 30-point game Breaks tie with […]

Having played with Josh Jackson since the start of the season, Devin Booker has seen first hand how good he is as a player during practices and games. He is impressed with what he has seen from him so far and knows that the former Kansas star will only get better in the future. When […]

There is one thing for certain: Phoenix Suns star shooting guard Devin Booker must absolutely be a member of the draft festivities for the 2018 NBA All-Star Game in Los Angeles next month. Booker gave voters yet another reason to support him during the second quarter of Friday night’s game between the Suns and the […]

The Phoenix Suns have become a franchise that is in full rebuild mode over the last couple of seasons. However, the team has seemingly found a young and promising player to build around in third-year guard Devin Booker. According to Scott Bordow of the Arizona Republic, the Suns are expected to offer Booker a lucrative […]

Although the Phoenix Suns have been one of the worst teams in the Western Conference thus far in the 2017-18 NBA season, fans have at least been treated to the stellar performance of budding star shooting guard Devin Booker. While the Suns have been largely mediocre all year, Booker has continued to establish himself as one […]

After he missed the past nine games with a groin injury, Phoenix Suns rising star Devin Booker is slated to be playing in tonight’s home game against the Memphis Grizzlies. In a video posted to Twitter by Mike Schmitz of ESPN, Booker was seen warming up prior to the game at Talking Stick Resort Arena. […]

The Phoenix Suns aren’t the type of team this season that particularly warrants the nation’s attention. Nevertheless, Suns shooting guard Devin Booker wants the NBA to schedule Phoenix to a Christmas Day game sometime in the future. We need a Christmas game @NBA 🤷🏻‍♂️ — Book (@DevinBook) December 26, 2017 The NBA usually reserves Christmas […]

Phoenix Suns shooting guard Devin Booker has yet to play since suffering a groin injury in a game against the Toronto Raptors earlier this month, which is why you’d spot him sporting a much different attire on the sidelines during Suns games of late. The Suns’ Twitter account tried to make fun of Booker’s garb […]

Phoenix Suns shooting guard Devin Booker has been seen already walking after sustaining a left adductor strain earlier this week, a major step toward his recovery after the third-year phenom had to be helped off the court upon sustaining injury. “I’m already walking. Every day it’s felt better since it happened,” Booker told The Associated […]

The Phoenix Suns just suffered a huge blow. Star shooting guard Devin Booker is expected to miss about three weeks with a left adductor strain, per Adrian Wojnarowksi of ESPN. Suns: Devin Booker expected to miss two-to-three weeks with left adductor strain. — Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) December 6, 2017 This could not come at a […]

Phoenix Suns guard Devin Booker suffered a strained left adductor injury in the fourth quarter of a 126-113 defeat to the Toronto Raptors. After scoring 84 points in his previous two games combined, Booker finally cooled off as he had just 19 points 4-of-15 shooting before exiting with injury. After the game, Booker was reportedly […]

Following the mysterious injury that Devin Booker suffered on Tuesday, the Phoenix Suns have released an official statement regarding it. They initially diagnosed it as a strained left adductor, and their star guard is expected to go through a series of tests once they get back to Phoenix to check on its extent. Injury Update: […]

Phoenix Suns guard Devin Booker suffered a mysterious injury on Tuesday versus the Toronto Raptors. What looked like a regular defensive play for him quickly turned out for the worst, as he immediately held on to his groin area, and was clearly in a lot of pain. The 21-year-old Kentucky product couldn’t take himself off […]

The “Free Jah” movement is not going away. Phoenix Suns star Devin Booker is the latest player to express his support for the embattled Philadelphia 76ers big man in a short but substantive two-word tweet in all caps. FREE JAH — Book (@DevinBook) November 27, 2017 Booker sent out the tweet in light of the […]

With the Phoenix Suns hosting the Milwaukee Bucks on Wednesday inside Talking Stick Resort Arena, it will be the first time the Suns will go up against their former player, Eric Bledsoe. To welcome him back to the city he called home for over three years, he was invited to join a card game, which […]

Phoenix Suns head coach Jay Triano will make some changes with his team in order to help point guards Tyler Ulis and Mike James be more efficient with the offense. The first order of business is getting his point guards off the ball. “We’re looking at some sets where they can be off the ball […]

The Phoenix Suns have already gone through quite a bit of turmoil just a month into the season. They’ve fired their head coach and traded away one of their main stars in Eric Bledsoe. Those moves would probably lead some to question the direction the Suns are headed in once again. According to ESPN’s Nick […]

It’s been a long while since the Phoenix Suns experienced the highs they had during the “Seven Seconds or Less” years. However, Devin Booker and TJ Warren did accomplish something notable against the Minnesota Timberwolves that no Suns teammates have since those glory days of Steve Nash and Amar’e Stoudemire nearly a decade ago. https://twitter.com/sunsbballcomm/status/929569705035051009 […]

Despite Eric Bledsoe’s ugly departure from the Phoenix Suns, Devin Booker has revealed he didn’t bear his former teammate any ill will. The Suns shut down Bledsoe late last month after tweeting “I Dont wanna be here.” The 27-year-old guard was eventually traded to the Milwaukee Bucks this week in exchange for Greg Monroe and […]

Since being drafted 13th overall back in 2015, Phoenix Suns guard Devin Booker has been proving that he will be a future star of the league. With his ability to score in different ways, he has emerged as a big time scorer for his team, and someone who is not afraid to take shots even […]

It’s a tough time in Phoenix at the moment. The Suns have been underwhelming since getting blown out by the Portland Trail Blazers on opening night, and their situation hasn’t improved as they fired their head coach Earl Watson and their star point guard Eric Bledsoe made it clear on Twitter he didn’t want to […]

The Phoenix Suns made the surprising decision on Monday morning to part ways with head coach Earl Watson just three games into the 2017-18 season. Second-year guard Devin Booker has weighed in on the move as he told Scott Bordow of AZ Central that he believes that Watson wasn’t given enough time. Devin Booker said […]

During his first two seasons in the NBA, Devin Booker has established himself as a future star of the league. He has been able to showcase his impressive skill set, and has proven that he is a big time scorer. Just last season, he scored a career-high 70 points in a game against the Boston […]

Growing up as the son of a professional basketball player, Phoenix Suns phenom Devin Booker was merely a 12-year-old who now was allowed to visit his father, Melvin, while he played overseas ball in Milan, Italy. Booker Sr. played for Olympia Milano, alongside a promising young player by the name of Danilo Gallinari, known as […]

The NBA has seen an immense infusion of talent in the last few years with dominant players coming out from every draft class. In an effort to measure some of them against one another, NBA.com’s David Aldridge asked general managers around the league if they’d rather have Minnesota Timberwolves guard/forward Andrew Wiggins or Phoenix Suns […]

The Phoenix Suns have had a busy summer adding pieces to the puzzle to their young core group. The latest move came on Friday afternoon with the acquisition of guard Troy Daniels and a 2018 second-round pick from the Memphis Grizzlies in exchange for a protected 2018 second-round selection. According to John Gambadoro of Arizona Sports […]

Phoenix Suns shooting guard Devin Booker has been a longtime supporter of the WNBA and, in the past two years of the Phoenix Mercury, now putting his best effort forward to drive students to come support them. The 20-year-old phenom bought 270 tickets for the Arizona State University student section for them to be present […]

Even with all the uncertainties surrounding his future with the New York Knicks, Carmelo Anthony has made a lot of headlines because of how he has kept in shape this offseason. Videos of him have gone viral recently, where his alter ego, “Hoodie Melo” has been seen playing in pickup games together with some of […]

James Harden sits atop the top 10 shooting guards list on NBA 2K18, the last of five released by 2K Sports on Wednesday. The Beard netted a rating of 95, closely followed by Jimmy Butler and Klay Thompson, who tied for a 90 rating in the new iteration. Harden was once again an MVP runner-up […]

A really small kid stole not just the show, but the ball away from Devin Booker at the NYC Basketball League Kids Camp earlier this week. The Suns guard showed off his handle by going in-and-out and around the kid, but the key to a good crossover is getting low to the ground — thing […]

Exciting. Young. Those two words perfectly describe the Phoenix Suns right now, and leading the pack is Devin Booker. The 20-year-old phenom out of Kentucky had a stellar sophomore season wherein he averaged 22.8 points, 3.3 rebounds, and 3.5 assists per game last year, highlighted by a 70-point explosion against the Boston Celtics. With the […]