Devin Booker

[GotEm]

We need a better coach for Devin. I'm quite convinced now

I think Booker in the right system would thrive. Someone like Brad Stevens could help elevate his game, Stevens turned a journeyman throwaway guard in IT into a superstar in the NBA.

[Mulhollanddrive]

Here's a staggering statistic:

NBA average is 56% of field goals are assisted.

Booker has 23% of his field goals assisted.

Booker scores 3 ppg from assists, meaning the rest is up to him.

[Qwigglez]

Here's a staggering statistic:

NBA average is 56% of field goals are assisted.

Booker has 23% of his field goals assisted.

Booker scores 3 ppg from assists, meaning the rest is up to him.

That is staggering. I wonder what the statistical average is for all-stars such as Curry, Durant, Harden, Westbrook, etc.

[LacosteM]

Here's a staggering statistic:

NBA average is 56% of field goals are assisted.

Booker has 23% of his field goals assisted.

Booker scores 3 ppg from assists, meaning the rest is up to him.

Where did you get that information from?

According to nba stats 41.3% of his FGM are assisted...

[jcsunsfan]

We need a better coach for Devin. I'm quite convinced now

I think Booker in the right system would thrive. Someone like Brad Stevens could help elevate his game, Stevens turned a journeyman throwaway guard in IT into a superstar in the NBA.

Um. IT was not a journeyman throw away guard. He was a high producing guard and everyone knew it. He just came to a team with three starting pgs. He is small and underestimated but journeyman throwaway has NEVER been a proper description of IT.


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[jcsunsfan]

Here's a staggering statistic:

NBA average is 56% of field goals are assisted.

Booker has 23% of his field goals assisted.

Booker scores 3 ppg from assists, meaning the rest is up to him.

Wow. That is interesting. It goes to the basic problem with this team. It is a poor passing team. That is usually has one of two causes. Coaching or poor point guard play. In this instance I think it's both.

I don't think there is enough of a real offensive system in place to develop real team ball. It breaks down into one on one play, or drive and dish at the last second.

Bledsoe is just not the effective distributor. He really hasn't ever been.


That said. Booker is also streaky. It was part of his scouting report before the draft and it seems to be proving true. His streaks are long- Good and bad. Like weeks rather than minutes. As he matures I hope he can lengthen the Good streaks and shorten the bad ones. He could become a great player that way. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[GotEm]

We need a better coach for Devin. I'm quite convinced now

I think Booker in the right system would thrive. Someone like Brad Stevens could help elevate his game, Stevens turned a journeyman throwaway guard in IT into a superstar in the NBA.

Um. IT was not a journeyman throw away guard. He was a high producing guard and everyone knew it. He just came to a team with three starting pgs. He is small and underestimated but journeyman throwaway has NEVER been a proper description of IT.


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He was a throwaway guard in that both the Kings and Suns gave him away for nothing.

And yes he came to a Suns team which already had two starting guards but IT is now much, much better than both Bledsoe and Dragic are. I give credit to Stevens for that.

[GotEm]

Here's a staggering statistic:

NBA average is 56% of field goals are assisted.

Booker has 23% of his field goals assisted.

Booker scores 3 ppg from assists, meaning the rest is up to him.

That is staggering. I wonder what the statistical average is for all-stars such as Curry, Durant, Harden, Westbrook, etc.

I would guess that Curry and Durant have highly assisted FG%s because they both play for team with excellent ball movement.

Harden's may be low because he's the actual playmaker.

Same for Westbrook.

[blee732]

Here's a staggering statistic:

NBA average is 56% of field goals are assisted.

Booker has 23% of his field goals assisted.

Booker scores 3 ppg from assists, meaning the rest is up to him.

Where did you get that information from?

According to nba stats 41.3% of his FGM are assisted...

Yeah I see that as well, 41% of FGM are assisted for Book. The number is kind of all over the place, heavily dependent on the type of player and offense.

Some points of comparison are Klay Thompson who is at 85%, Beat at 58%, McCollum at 44%. Bled is at 22%. I think Booker probably makes most sense around 60-70%, but lower isn't necessarily bad b/c it shows he can create his own shot.

[bwgood77]

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That was a great one. Finally got back to having a great game.

[Mulhollanddrive]

I may have misred the assists statistic.

I hope Booker keeps driving and taking open jumpers, take the Harden approach and he can be a top 5 scorer.

[sunskerr]

[Mulhollanddrive]

Devin Booker was born 2 days before Gregg Popovich's first game as Spurs coach.

In Booker's lifetime, Popovich coached 1869 games, and had never let anyone under 21 score more than 32 points.

Until today when Booker scored 39.

[OGBAH]

Max now

[Qwigglez]

I think Booker would be close to an all-star this year if he would just throw down some dunks with ferocity. I don't mean he needs to be DeRozan or Lavine. Even an old Grant Hill kind of dunk would make the crowd light up. No need for the baby two hand dunk!

This is what I mean...

Watch on YouTube

Or even this...

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Come on Book, go invest in the BoingVert program over the summer.

[gaspar]

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[garrick]

I think Booker would be close to an all-star this year if he would just throw down some dunks with ferocity. I don't mean he needs to be DeRozan or Lavine. Even an old Grant Hill kind of dunk would make the crowd light up. No need for the baby two hand dunk!

This is what I mean...

Watch on YouTube

Or even this...

Watch on YouTube

Come on Book, go invest in the BoingVert program over the summer.

He had that one dunk against the Rockets which was pretty impressive but he's more in the mold of a Reggie Miller or Allen Houston that doesn't have the greatest vertical.

[carey]

Devin makes the rookie - sophomore game for sure, right?

[GMATCallahan]

Here's a staggering statistic:

NBA average is 56% of field goals are assisted.

Booker has 23% of his field goals assisted.

Booker scores 3 ppg from assists, meaning the rest is up to him.

Wow. That is interesting. It goes to the basic problem with this team. It is a poor passing team. That is usually has one of two causes. Coaching or poor point guard play. In this instance I think it's both.

I don't think there is enough of a real offensive system in place to develop real team ball. It breaks down into one on one play, or drive and dish at the last second.

Bledsoe is just not the effective distributor. He really hasn't ever been.


That said. Booker is also streaky. It was part of his scouting report before the draft and it seems to be proving true. His streaks are long- Good and bad. Like weeks rather than minutes. As he matures I hope he can lengthen the Good streaks and shorten the bad ones. He could become a great player that way. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Booker is potentially a star in the making, so he would need to be compared to other stars regarding his percentage of assisted field goals, as opposed to the NBA average. Naturally, playing for a poor team, he has been forced into this role a bit prematurely.

The Suns are indeed a poor passing team, but Ulis, Bender, and even Chriss flash potential in that area.

[bwgood77]

Devin makes the rookie - sophomore game for sure, right?

Yes, my guess is him and Bender. Bender especially if it is in the format of International vs USA. Even if it's not, I think they would prefer to pick him because of the international appeal and he was a high pick. If he plays it would be interesting to see him possibly play a different type of role.

Chriss would be really fun to watch in that game based on the way they are usually played.

My guess is that even though maybe Chriss is deserving, they try to get as many players as they can from different teams. Like they might take Caris Levert, who just started playing, but has played well. I really liked him in the draft. Like a better, more athletic version of Denzel Valentine.

As a senior, LeVert averaged 16/5/5 on 44.6% shooting from 3, and 54.6% shooting from 2. Great pick by Nets. Zach Lowe said they are really fun when they play RHJ and him together. http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/caris-levert-1.html

They might just choose Bender for the rookie/soph game, Booker if he wants to play in it, but probably Booker for 3 pt contest (and maybe just that instead of the game), that way others can get into the other game, and Chriss for the dunk contest if he wants.

That would be pretty sweet. Nice to see Ulis in the skills competition, though they usually choose vets for that.