With just four wins to finish NBA champion, Devin Booker is at the top of his game right now. Enough to attract the praise of many people across the league. A member of his entourage has also recounted recently, the moment when he knew that the Sun would become a very big in the NBA.
If Chris Paul has been essential to the Suns’ incredible journey so far, Devin Booker has also played a key role. The former Kentucky college back has never played so well, to the point where analysts now compare him to Kobe Bryant ! A huge compliment for the Cactus player, who has clearly reached a milestone this year.
However, some are not that surprised by the progress of the person concerned. Among the latter, one counts in particular a certain Melvin… Booker, the father of the scorer of Phoenix. Asked by Fox Sports, the former player thus shared an anecdote on the childhood of D-Book. This one would have gone wild when the pistons exchanged Chauncey Billups for Allen Iverson, in 2008. What impress the father:
He didn’t go for the flashy game. He understood the importance of what Chauncey could bring to a team. I knew then that for a kid of 11 or 12, to understand that, it was as if that kid understood the whole basketball. That’s when I knew he would be special.
Indeed, we do not hear this every day about a kid. This mentality, Devin later applied in his own training, wanting to stack the odds in his favor. Including when it comes to choosing the meal … a Herculean task in principle, according to his father!
Do you know how difficult it is to eliminate certain bad foods from a 14 year old boy’s diet? But he was all about it, you know. He never said anything about it. He just took everything that was on his plate.
These culinary sacrifices have paid off, as the young man has now developed an insatiable appetite for points scored. His 27 postseason average pawns were crucial for his franchise, and he will now be able to fight for the title of NBA champion. The start of a long series?
Devin Booker has therefore never been a player like any other, including at 12 years old. In any case, he already had a certain flair for the NBA at the time! Some analysts would do well to take inspiration from it.
