Coming into the NBA, Devin Booker was one in all many gifted gamers getting drafted out of the College of Kentucky, however few believed he would change into arguably the perfect participant amongst his group of Wildcats.
Karl-Anthony Cities was thought-about to be that greatest participant popping out of Kentucky in 2015, and because of this, the Minnesota Timberwolves chosen him with the No. 1 general decide.
After Cities was off the board, Willy Cauley-Stein was the following Wildcats star to get drafted, at No. 6, adopted by Trey Lyles at No. 12 earlier than Booker was taken at No. 13 by the Phoenix Suns.
Despite the fact that Cities has been a star in Minnesota, Booker has been the perfect participant out of this group and now shares the highlight with Kevin Durant and Bradley Beal in Phoenix.
Former Suns head coach Earl Watson noticed first-hand how good Booker was and just lately talked about when he realized he’d be such a gifted participant within the NBA.
“The moment I knew Devin Booker was going to be that guy … at the end of every practice, he would play everyone who was staying, one-on-one, and he would beat them,” Watson mentioned, through FanDuel TV.
“The moment I knew Devin Booker was going to be that guy… At the end of every practice he would play everyone that who was staying, 1-on-1, and he would beat them…”@Earl_Watson has excessive reward for @DevinBook 🙌
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Presently, Booker is attempting to assist Group USA win the gold medal on the 2024 Paris Olympics enjoying alongside fellow NBA stars like LeBron James, Stephen Curry and Durant.
Booker has been a necessary a part of head coach Steve Kerr’s squad and has acquired excessive reward for the way properly he’s performed up thus far.
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