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Where would you rank last year's Booker on the 2004-05 team?

Best player
11
11%
2nd best
20
19%
3rd best
37
36%
4th best
25
24%
5th best
10
10%
 
Total votes: 103

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Re: Booker news and highlights 

Post#641 » by Qwigglez » Wed Aug 26, 2020 4:20 am

Booker needs to shoot more 3's next season, and hopefully at a higher clip. Small sample size, but when Booker shot at least 8 3's this past season, Suns are 10-5; when Booker made at least 3 3's this past season, Suns are 17-5. Suns need Booker to spread the floor for others. Just wanted to point this out. :)
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Post#642 » by Saberestar » Thu Sep 3, 2020 5:10 am

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Post#643 » by suns12345 » Thu Sep 3, 2020 10:41 pm

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Thats pretty cool. Love how efficient he has become.
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Post#644 » by grumpysaddle » Fri Sep 4, 2020 12:25 am

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Post#645 » by lilfishi22 » Fri Sep 4, 2020 12:51 am

Does that chart go back further?

Pretty amazing to see Booker so far ahead of everyone.
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Post#646 » by cberry78 » Fri Sep 4, 2020 1:11 am

Where is that data coming from?
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Post#647 » by grumpysaddle » Fri Sep 4, 2020 2:09 am

cberry78 wrote:Where is that data coming from?

I dunno, yoinked that from that Twitter thread.
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Post#648 » by matt131 » Fri Sep 4, 2020 9:12 pm

Not sure if i'm reading that chart wrong, but NBA.com stats has Devin Booker's points per touch at 0.442, good for 7th in the NBA (of players who played more than 20 games).

https://stats.nba.com/players/touches/?Season=2019-20&SeasonType=Regular%20Season&sort=PTS_PER_TOUCH&dir=1

Maybe points 'produced' per touch counts assists as well?
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Post#649 » by bigfoot » Fri Sep 4, 2020 9:48 pm

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Post#650 » by Saberestar » Fri Sep 4, 2020 10:00 pm

matt131 wrote:Not sure if i'm reading that chart wrong, but NBA.com stats has Devin Booker's points per touch at 0.442, good for 7th in the NBA (of players who played more than 20 games).

https://stats.nba.com/players/touches/?Season=2019-20&SeasonType=Regular%20Season&sort=PTS_PER_TOUCH&dir=1

Maybe points 'produced' per touch counts assists as well?

Yeah, it is that.
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Post#651 » by cberry78 » Fri Sep 4, 2020 11:17 pm

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Post#652 » by cberry78 » Wed Sep 16, 2020 7:53 pm

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Post#653 » by Ghost of Kleine » Thu Sep 17, 2020 4:27 pm

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Regarding Booker only getting 3 votes.
:nonono: :lol: :crazy:
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Post#654 » by cberry78 » Thu Sep 17, 2020 8:11 pm

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Regarding Booker only getting 3 votes.
:nonono: :lol: :crazy:

How good are Booker's numbers going to be when he has 2, 3, 5, 10 years to focus on just playing basketball instead of carrying an entire team?
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Post#655 » by suns12345 » Thu Sep 17, 2020 9:34 pm

cberry78 wrote:
Ghost of Kleine wrote:
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Read on Twitter
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Regarding Booker only getting 3 votes.
:nonono: :lol: :crazy:

How good are Booker's numbers going to be when he has 2, 3, 5, 10 years to focus on just playing basketball instead of carrying an entire team?


and has other people who can make shots (assists) and also demand the defences attention (^shooting %)
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Post#656 » by lilfishi22 » Fri Sep 18, 2020 12:00 am

Ghost of Kleine wrote:
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Regarding Booker only getting 3 votes.
:nonono: :lol: :crazy:

What I got out of that is how bloody efficient Steph was. That's beyond big man efficiency woah .675TS% is insane
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Post#657 » by RunDogGun » Mon Sep 21, 2020 3:07 pm

Well from that list, having the worst WS might have an effect on votes. It will be interesting to see a season with our core players playing way more games together, than what we had this last season.
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Post#658 » by spanishninja » Tue Sep 22, 2020 1:21 am

RunDogGun wrote:Well from that list, having the worst WS might have an effect on votes. It will be interesting to see a season with our core players playing way more games together, than what we had this last season.


well, everybody now knows he can be a winner. he was even voted #3 in terms of best players under 25 to build around

https://www.brightsideofthesun.com/2020/9/21/21449875/hoopshype-poll-phoenix-suns-devin-booker-3rd-best-under-25-player-to-build-a-team-around
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Post#659 » by RunDogGun » Tue Sep 22, 2020 2:10 pm

spanishninja wrote:
RunDogGun wrote:Well from that list, having the worst WS might have an effect on votes. It will be interesting to see a season with our core players playing way more games together, than what we had this last season.


well, everybody now knows he can be a winner. he was even voted #3 in terms of best players under 25 to build around

https://www.brightsideofthesun.com/2020/9/21/21449875/hoopshype-poll-phoenix-suns-devin-booker-3rd-best-under-25-player-to-build-a-team-around


Well I think everyone knows he can score. For example, he scored 70 points on Boston, yet we still lost that game. I think he has better players around him now, and that WS% will increase, but I was just making the observation. And from that observation, I could see how that translated into less votes for him for All NBA squads.
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Post#660 » by suns12345 » Tue Sep 22, 2020 11:01 pm

RunDogGun wrote:
spanishninja wrote:
RunDogGun wrote:Well from that list, having the worst WS might have an effect on votes. It will be interesting to see a season with our core players playing way more games together, than what we had this last season.


well, everybody now knows he can be a winner. he was even voted #3 in terms of best players under 25 to build around

https://www.brightsideofthesun.com/2020/9/21/21449875/hoopshype-poll-phoenix-suns-devin-booker-3rd-best-under-25-player-to-build-a-team-around


Well I think everyone knows he can score. For example, he scored 70 points on Boston, yet we still lost that game. I think he has better players around him now, and that WS% will increase, but I was just making the observation. And from that observation, I could see how that translated into less votes for him for All NBA squads.


Pretty crazy to think that going into his 6th year, this will be the first time he has had a 2nd year coach (and a decent one at that), 2 straight years of a good starting PG, good defensive wings, shooting and a forward who is a threat to score (hopefully) in Ayton.

Just picked a random mid season starting lineup off BRef from the last 5 years to illustrate. Continuity and quality teammates should hopefully have a big impact next year, on Booker and the team.

19-20 - D. Ayton · D. Booker · M. Bridges · K. Oubre · R. Rubio
18-19 - D. Ayton · D. Booker · M. Bridges · D. Melton · T. Warren
17-18 - D. Booker · T. Chandler · M. Chriss · T. Ulis · T. Warren
16-17 - E. Bledsoe · D. Booker · M. Chriss · A. Len · T. Warren
15-16 - D. Booker · T. Chandler · A. Goodwin · M. Morris · P. Tucker

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