Devin Booker
Booker with the Kentucky Wildcats in 2015
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| No. 1 – Phoenix Suns | |
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| Position | Shooting guard |
| League | NBA |
| Personal information | |
| Born |
October 30, 1996 Grand Rapids, Michigan |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) |
| Listed weight | 206 lb (93 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Moss Point (Moss Point, Mississippi) |
| College | Kentucky (2014–2015) |
| NBA draft | 2015 / Round: 1 / Pick: 13th overall |
| Selected by the Phoenix Suns | |
| Playing career | 2015–present |
| Career history | |
| 2015–present | Phoenix Suns |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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| Stats at NBA.com | |
| Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Devin Armani Booker (born October 30, 1996) is an American professional basketball player for the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He attended Moss Point High School in Moss Point, Mississippi and played in the 2014 McDonald's All-American Game, before spending one season playing college basketball for the University of Kentucky. He was drafted 13th overall in the 2015 NBA draft by the Phoenix Suns. On March 24, 2017, Booker became the youngest player to score over 60 points in a game, finishing with 70. His father, Melvin Booker, played for three different teams in the NBA.
Booker is the son of Veronica Gutiérrez and Melvin Booker, who was named the 1994 Big Eight Player of the Year while a point guard at Missouri. His parents met while his father was playing basketball for the Continental Basketball Association's Grand Rapids Hoops in Gutiérrez's hometown of Grand Rapids, Michigan. Booker was raised in Michigan by his Mexican American and Puerto Rican mother while his father pursued a professional basketball career internationally. He visited his father regularly during the summer. Booker was taught by his father that having basketball IQ was just as important as natural athleticism. During his time in middle school, Booker became friends with future NBA players D'Angelo Russell and Tyler Ulis.
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