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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 […]

The time for the NBA offseason video game craze has come and only weeks after the announcement of the cover athletes and the Legend Edition of the franchise that has dominated the market — NBA 2K18 — it’s a body count of players disgruntled with their ratings in the game. Phoenix Suns phenom Devin Booker was […]

Former ESPN writer-turned-Fox Sports personality Chris Broussard left Boston Celtics shooting guard Avery Bradley off both All-Defensive teams under the impression that Phoenix Suns phenom Devin Booker dropped a sizzling 70 points with him guarding him late in the season. Broussard came as a guest in Colin Cowherd’s The Herd, where he explained his reasoning. “Avery Bradley […]

Phoenix Suns shooting guard Devin Booker was taken aback after finding out his Boston Celtics counterpart, Avery Bradley, was left off both NBA All-Defensive teams earlier today. No Avery Bradley all-defense?! On the behalf of the players… he deserves it! — Book (@DevinBook) June 26, 2017 Of all players, Booker would know just how crafty […]

In another daring attempt to trade Kristaps Porzingis, New York Knicks president Phil Jackson has asked the Boston Celtics for a king’s ransom. The trade would involve Boston’s third overall pick in tonight’s NBA Draft, a consequent next year unprotected first-rounder from the Brooklyn Nets, in addition to small forwards Jaylen Brown and Jae Crowder, according […]

The Phoenix Suns have made it clear they won’t involve soon-to-be third year phenom Devin Booker in trade talks with the New York Knicks in search for Kristaps Porzingis, according to Adrian Wojnarowski of The Vertical. The Knicks formerly offered Porzingis for Booker and the No. 4 pick in this year’s draft — a proposal […]

Adding to the list of comical statements from the New York Knicks this year, the organization reportedly asked the Phoenix Suns for second-year phenom Devin Booker and the No. 4 overall pick in exchange for star forward Kristaps Porzingis, according to John Gambadoro of Arizona Sports 98.7 Radio. The offers for Porzingis are overloading the […]

Despite this time being the offseason for the vast majority of teams, it didn’t stop fans from ragging on their not-so-favorite NBA players with the best of them included in Jimmy Kimmel’s “Mean Tweets”. This NBA edition No. 5 featured plenty of different players and personnel, among them, was Phoenix Suns shooting guard Devin Booker, who […]

Rapper Joey Bada$$ dropped his latest single “Victory,” recently. And since the song, has a lot of lyrics relating to basketball, the Brooklyn rapper got NBA stars like Russell Westbrook, Devin Booker, Emmanuel Mudiay, and C.J. McCollum to star in the single’s music video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uixBJ97t8uk Maybe for his next song, Bada$$ will let Westbrook drop a few […]

Devin Booker‘s 70-point game has taken his game and image to unimaginable heights, literally. A physics class at Pinnacle High School in Phoenix, took a project to launch a cutout of the Phoenix Suns shooting guard 97,000 feet into outer space with the help of a STEM mini-grant, giving them the opportunity to study vectors, velocity, acceleration, […]

Following Damian Lillard‘s 59-point explosion against the Utah Jazz on Saturday night, the NBA has now seen 10 different players reach the 50-point mark this season — the most ever in a season in NBA history. This season’s 50-point games are as follows: Devin Booker (PHO): 70 points @ Boston Celtics (03/24/17) -L- Klay Thompson […]

With history on the line, the Phoenix Suns crowd put loyalty aside last night when its home team took on the Oklahoma City Thunder. Russell Westbrook was on the verge of breaking the record for most triple-doubles in a season and the crowd was behind him, cheering the away opponent. Westbrook came up just shy […]

Not many players get to have their face, name, or likeness in the Naismith Memorial Hall of Fame. The inclusion of the select few who get to be part of the elite group of players, coaches, and basketball figures that adorn the halls of Springfield, Massachusetts is as significant as it comes. In only his […]

Phoenix Suns head coach Earl Watson noted a resemblance between his shooting guard phenom Devin Booker and Houston Rockets superstar guard James Harden, who was out on Sunday nursing an injury. “I don’t know if I’ve said this publicly before, but he reminds me a lot of James Harden,” Watson said Sunday, according to Scott Bordow of the Arizona […]

Devin Booker was one pick away from being a member of the Oklahoma City Thunder back in 2015. A sixth man for John Calipari’s Kentucky Wildcats, Booker was selected 13th overall by the Phoenix Suns — just one spot before the Oklahoma City Thunder, who went with Cameron Payne as the 14th pick. Forward Kevin […]

The Phoenix Suns will be playing shorthanded once again on Tuesday when they face the Atlanta Hawks. Already without Eric Bledsoe, Brandon Knight, and Leandro Barbosa in their backcourt, it’s now been reported that their leading scorer and starting shooting guard, Devin Booker, will not see action as he is apparently suffering from an ankle […]

A Friday night’s fireworks show at the TD Garden in the form of Devin Booker‘s 70 points against the Boston Celtics has officially put the league on notice. But it wasn’t just the fans at the arena or those watching the highlights at home that marveled at the 20-year-old’s talent, but also his teammates — […]

Following Devin Booker‘s historic 70-point night, the entire Phoenix Suns roster decided to recreate Wilt Chamberlain‘s famous 100-point photo where he is holding a sheet of paper with the number “100” written in it, this time replacing it with “70” instead. History!!!!!!!! pic.twitter.com/NIdFeeLkEF — Jared Dudley (@JaredDudley619) March 25, 2017 Not 100 points, but more […]

Scoring 70 points in an NBA game is nothing to take lightly. Devin Booker is only the sixth player to ever reach the mark, joining the likes of Wilt Chamberlain, Kobe Bryant, David Thompson, Elgin Baylor and David Robinson. His teammate Tyson Chandler was in awe of his scoring prowess, but even more impressed with […]

Devin Booker‘s 70 points against the Boston Celtics put the basketball world on notice last night. If fans hadn’t had the chance to know who this kid is or didn’t get to watch many Phoenix Suns games because of their lack of nationally televised games, they’ve now likely watched minutes-worth of highlight reels of his […]

Devin Booker faced a lot of questions following one of the most special performances in NBA history, netting a franchise-best 70 points in a 10-point loss to the Boston Celtics. The Phoenix Suns shooting guard was asked about his mentality as he racked up the points and he noted drawing inspiration from one of the […]

Phoenix Suns head coach Earl Watson was completely unapologetic of his late-game tactics, making use of fouls and timeouts to help his heralded shooting guard Devin Booker reach the 70-point mark in a 130-120 loss to the Boston Celtics on Friday. Booker was having a regular day at the office with a 19-point first half, […]

Not everyone in the league was impressed by Devin Booker’s astounding 70-point performance Friday night. Boston Celtics small forward Jae Crowder took exception to a photo that was retweeted by the NBA’s official Twitter account featuring the Suns team celebrating Booker’s amazing night in its locker room. Crowder called out the Suns for being too jovial after […]

Devin Booker made history Friday night. In a loss, however. Booker scored 70 points but the Celtics still got the best of the Suns, 130-120. Boston was led by Isaiah Thomas, who scored 34 points to go along with seven assists. He then provided this gem of a quote after the game: Isaiah Thomas says […]

Devin Booker was in full flamethrower mode against the Boston Celtics, pouring in a career-high 70 points and becoming the youngest player to ever reach the mark, in a night many at the TD Garden will describe a simply unforgettable. The sharp-shooting phenom broke the Phoenix Suns record for most points in a game, surpassing Tom […]