Devin Booker

NYG · Post #1 » by **NYG** » Tue Mar 4, 2025 12:28 am

1. Will Devin Booker be dealt this off-season?
2. Can any team beat a Houston offer?

JRoy · Post #2 » by **JRoy** » Tue Mar 4, 2025 12:29 am

I think ownership will chicken out and move KD for lesser value than Booker and move him next year after a disastrous season.

NYG · Post #3 » by **NYG** » Tue Mar 4, 2025 12:33 am

JRoy wrote:I think ownership will chicken out and move KD for lesser value than Booker and move him next year after a disastrous season.

Yeah... I think he SHOULD be traded, but WON'T be. Then they'll realize quickly into 2025-26 that they should have.

JRoy · Post #4 » by **JRoy** » Tue Mar 4, 2025 12:43 am

NYG wrote:
JRoy wrote:I think ownership will chicken out and move KD for lesser value than Booker and move him next year after a disastrous season.

Yeah... I think he SHOULD be traded, but WON'T be. Then they'll realize quickly into 2025-26 that they should have.

Boom.

Exactly.

Post #5 » by **zimpy27** » Tue Mar 4, 2025 2:28 am

They will restructure around Booker.

Beal for Smart+Middleton
Durant for Sengun

Smart, Booker, Middleton, Dunn, Sengun

ReggiesKnicks · Post #6 » by **ReggiesKnicks** » Tue Mar 4, 2025 6:12 am

zimpy27 wrote:They will restructure around Booker.

Beal for Smart+Middleton
Durant for Sengun

Smart, Booker, Middleton, Dunn, Sengun

This is a 25-win team. Dunn isn't a starting caliber player, Middleton is completely washed and Smart isn't someone you want playing 25-30 minutes every night, nor can he play those minutes.

Here are the stats of Smart/Middleton/Dunn the past 3 seasons.

Dunn: 6 PPG/0.8 APG/3 RPG, 30% 3P, 43% FG%, -4.7 BPM, .080 FTR (It's hard to find players this low)
Middleton: 115/246 Games, 14/4/5, 1.0 BPM, 58 TS%
Smart: 104/246 Games, 12/3/5 on 41 FG%, 33 3P%

Frankie · Post #7 » by **Frankie** » Tue Mar 4, 2025 9:48 am

zimpy27 wrote:They will restructure around Booker.

Beal for Smart+Middleton
Durant for Sengun

Smart, Booker, Middleton, Dunn, Sengun

What?! We will give up Sengun for KD??

Astaluego · Post #8 » by **Astaluego** » Tue Mar 4, 2025 11:13 am

JRoy wrote:I think ownership will chicken out and move KD for lesser value than Booker and move him next year after a disastrous season.

I just came to comment on this

LarsV8 · Post #9 » by **LarsV8** » Tue Mar 4, 2025 5:06 pm

I think there is one more train wreck season in store.

Post #10 » by **theBigLip** » Tue Mar 4, 2025 5:21 pm

Build around Booker.
Trade KD.
Stuck w Beal.
At best, play-in team in the West for several years.
Bookers best years wasted.

Billl · Post #11 » by **Billl** » Tue Mar 4, 2025 6:20 pm

Can't imagine they just hit the reset button like that. I assume they try to salvage some KD value and at least make an attempt to build a team around booker.

jayjaysee · Post #12 » by **jayjaysee** » Tue Mar 4, 2025 6:22 pm

A kind of funny spiral for Dallas fans… What needs to go into AD for Booker?

Does Phoenix try AD/KD/Beal with some other decent guys for the end of KD? Does KD stick around to play with AD?

Slim Charless · Post #13 » by **Slim Charless** » Tue Mar 4, 2025 6:43 pm

jayjaysee wrote:A kind of funny spiral for Dallas fans… What needs to go into AD for Booker?

Does Phoenix try AD/KD/Beal with some other decent guys for the end of KD? Does KD stick around to play with AD?

Maybe Gafford and your pick? We could draft a PG then

Interesting though.

KY
Booker
Christie
PJ
Lively

Not a terrible team actually for you guys

ReggiesKnicks · Post #14 » by **ReggiesKnicks** » Tue Mar 4, 2025 6:44 pm

Dallas saying they want a defensive first team, only to trade both AD and Gafford for Booker would be hilarious. From Top 5 player, to Top 10 player, to Top 20 player.

jayjaysee · Post #15 » by **jayjaysee** » Tue Mar 4, 2025 7:31 pm

ReggiesKnicks wrote:Dallas saying they want a defensive first team, only to trade both AD and Gafford for Booker would be hilarious. From Top 5 player, to Top 10 player, to Top 20 player.

My take was the Luka/Booker drama/fun. Just was a random throw away idea.

Post #16 » by **penbeast0** » Wed Mar 5, 2025 5:22 pm

zimpy27 wrote:They will restructure around Booker.

Beal for Smart+Middleton
Durant for Sengun

Smart, Booker, Middleton, Dunn, Sengun

Why would Washington want to do this exactly?

GatherStepGuru · Post #17 » by **GatherStepGuru** » Wed Mar 5, 2025 5:42 pm

I think in the offseason they come to Beal about where he wants to go, move Durant, and continue building around Booker... Though I dont see them being much better. Hes good, but needs alot.

Post #18 » by **gswhoops** » Wed Mar 5, 2025 5:54 pm

penbeast0 wrote:
zimpy27 wrote:They will restructure around Booker.

Beal for Smart+Middleton
Durant for Sengun

Smart, Booker, Middleton, Dunn, Sengun

Why would Washington want to do this exactly?

Beal may hold more slightly appeal to Washington than your average team just because of the "reunion" angle, but Phoenix would still have to throw some serious incentive to get them to eat Beal's second year

Post #19 » by **penbeast0** » Wed Mar 5, 2025 7:46 pm

GatherStepGuru wrote:I think in the offseason they come to Beal about where he wants to go, move Durant, and continue building around Booker... Though I dont see them being much better. Hes good, but needs alot.

I think their best bet (out of some poor choices) is to deal Booker who has real value to fill the holes in their roster, move Beal into his slot and hope Durant and Beal stay healthy and the other parts mesh well. Durant is still capable of being a lead scorer, Beal (if healthy) is capable of being an adequate 2nd scorer. The risk is health but with so many 1sts already moved it's hard to rebuild and Booker is the only possibility for getting enough back to build around the other two. Beal and Booker share too many similarities to be a good pairing.

Slim Charless · Post #20 » by **Slim Charless** » Wed Mar 5, 2025 9:00 pm

penbeast0 wrote:
GatherStepGuru wrote:I think in the offseason they come to Beal about where he wants to go, move Durant, and continue building around Booker... Though I dont see them being much better. Hes good, but needs alot.

I think their best bet (out of some poor choices) is to deal Booker who has real value to fill the holes in their roster, move Beal into his slot and hope Durant and Beal stay healthy and the other parts mesh well. Durant is still capable of being a lead scorer, Beal (if healthy) is capable of being an adequate 2nd scorer. The risk is health but with so many 1sts already moved it's hard to rebuild and Booker is the only possibility for getting enough back to build around the other two. Beal and Booker share too many similarities to be a good pairing.

Exactly this.

I'd rather trade Booker and have a haul to have a final go at it with Durant/Beal plus the Booker goodies. Then have Durant and Beal's deals end the same yr and rebuild.

We'll just get more stuff for Booker than Durant.

Will Devin Booker Be Traded This Off-Season?