A Closer Look At Devin Booker’s Quiet Game One For the Phoenix Suns
Devin Booker shot 5-16 with 18 points for the Phoenix Suns in a Game One loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves.
Brendon Kleen of @justbasketballfans is joined by Brandon Dueñas of Bright Side of the Sun to break down Booker’s performance as well as what they are worried about coming off the loss and what they aren’t worried about.
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What I don’t understand is why when they started guarding Durant 1 on 1 did we decide to take the ball out of his hands. Whenever others have mismatches all season KD has always given the ball to them to go to work.
Can y’all at least let him get the ball to attack mismatches or are we that scared him scoring more will overshadow the franchise player. Does Booker have to go on vacation to realize sometimes when it is not his night he shouldn’t force it too much.
I get the agenda Booker is the reason KD is even here on Suns. That Suns were irrelevant without Booker being on the radar for years. That if it doesn’t work out and KD being already towards the end of his career that y’all don’t want to say anything negative about Booker to keep him around for years.
We get the point but at age of 35 KD has done everything at higher level than Booker on offense and defense all year. All our 4th quarter issues through the season stem directly from Booker ball hogging. He can score 50 but doesn’t involve nobody else and wants to pass in final minutes after he kept everyone else cold all game.
The only thing that Suns media pick up are ways to highlight anything other than his failures to lead his franchise. All great players like Wade even stepped back and let Lebron be Lebron leading to championships. Even Curry did the same for Durant leading to success. But Booker is not even on Wade level not even mention Curry. His game is selfish and just tough shots and doesn’t recognize who is open until he has tried to go at same defender like 10 times. But by the time he is awake the game is already over.
The times when one player takes 30 shots is over long ago with too many skills and anyone who can hit threes now can end the game within few possessions. Ball movement and taking advantage of mismatches are what work today. Did you see how well Ant a 22 year plays unselfish and Booker is nearly 30 still talking about mamba mentality. Kobe at least kept feeding Shaq and was successful. Pass the ball you ball hog.
I didn’t have us winning Game 1. It’s very hard to beat the home team in Game 1. It can be done but it’s really hard to. I got a lot of flack from people when I said the Wolves win was ,in large part, because of the home crowd energy. Now, I’m not saying the Wolves aren’t a good team. They’re a great team in fact but what I’m saying is that the home crowd gave them the confidence to play like they did, mainly on offense. It’s no coincidence that every home team won yesterday. Not only that but almost every home team was winning by nearly 20 points AT HALFTIME. I trust that our boys will make the right adjustments for Game 2. Bookers bound to go off at some point.
Booker definitely was the weakest link it's called the Kardashian curse 😂😂😂.
Phx media weird asf. It’s the playoffs nd yall want Kd to have the ball less lol.
brandon we all know you dont like kd trade.we all know you love book and hate kd. Its ok but be more objective man.stop beefing with fans.
Sometimes i think you want kd s bad game to prove your point😁
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All of Phx media hates that Book is no longer the best player on the team & it’s kinda sad & hilarious at the same time
If KD played like trash the title would be different. “quiet” would not be in the title 😂😂😂
Just saw Kyrie try to will his team to a win. Booker literally looked like he was scared to even attack the rim smh
Me and you can’t want it more than the players smh.
Edit: it’s not supposed to be easy. If you’re striving to “be legendary” then Mcdaniels can’t stop you. Simple as that.
PHX fans don’t want to admit that the only reason they made it to the finals in 2021 is bc everyone was injured in the West. Lakers, Nuggets, Warriors and the Clippers didnt have Kawhi. The team was overrated and now ppl think Booker is better than KD. Look at KD vs the Bucks jn 2021 compared to Booker vs Bucks in 2021. Booker had a breakout playoff performance last year but KD has been a great playoff performer for most of his career. #4 in playoff averages for the history of the NBA.
Minnesota is the toughest team between them, nuggets and okc imo.
The coach better find some answers??? It is not just low player performances, it is Coaching game plans that are "Bad"
Booker was dog water and the only reason the Suns had a remote shot at any point in this game was KD
vogel cant make in game adjustments period
suns win series
iso ball again
This suns team reminds me of that scene in the Cat in the Hat movie where they’re all driving with 3 different steering wheels and can’t keep control of the car 😂 There’s no direction or pecking order on this team.. KD sees someone get hot, he gives them the ball and gets out the way.. but when KD is hot, there’s still 3-5 other people still trying to steer the ship smh.
It’s fine. Nobody expects the suns to win anything anyway
So tired of these bullshit ass excuses for Book? outsiders looking in also see it too, but they're being called stans! My opinion is the reason this team cnt win is because of book and it seems all the PHNX media outlets only wnt to win if Book can be the man. When you wnt the best player on the team in Durant to reduce himself to a lesser player that Book wth are we really expecting to win… it's like Book is holding the team hostage.. if he was really the leader he'd recognize he's no longer the best player and in my opinion not even the 2nd best player on this team, but im sure I'll just be called a stan🤬
And it's a reason that most of Books big scoring games result in a fn loss!!
It’s not even remotely the same. The reason wolves have Jaden and ant on beak and book because kd is dropping a efficent 30 REGARDLESS. THATS WHAT YOUR NOT GETTING. It’s not their gameplan goofy, it’s cause they can’t stop kd and know they can stop beal and book cause they simple not close to kd level, use your head
I was watching this guy talked about the Warrior earlier on., praising how good they are this year! Well they are fishing right now. Now he blah blah blah about not worry about Booker! How many not worry do you have?
no one said KDs turnovers aren't a problem, 5 is a lot, but if he had 3 turnovers, you live with it considering how he scored. A few of those turnovers were unforced, he has the ability to take care of the ball, we've all seen it. his turn overs are not why the suns lost
Suns in 6!
Booker is a disappointment. He has the potential to be a great player but he doesn't have the that competitive edge or will to win mentality. Vogel on the other seems to be lost in the sauce I gave up on him.
The suns beat themselves in game 1…. Everyone had a bad game besides pretty much kd. Nurkic jad a very bad game aswell. Im comfident that wont happen again. I wanna see bol and thad in game 2 of this series. i'm still suns in 5
Minisota decided no matter who they put on KD he will score but Booker has no advantage against tall atheletic wing
This is what I’ve been saying about Nurk… he has no pressure to perform because of the hate for DA of being picked over Luka. If we could of had Sabonis the feeling for Nurk would be different.
If this was Ayton’s stat line this podcast would be focused on him and his 4 rebounds. Being the #1 pick and pay
Book Needs a valid PG