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Devin Booker were appointed an all-star in 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2024, but unless he is replacement at the last minute, Sun Guard is not on its way to San Francisco for this year’s event.
Booker to be chosen to be selected, but added that there were many deserving players and that he “, that he was loved to be chosen to be chosen, but added that there were many deserved players and that he”, that he would have a weekly room Duane Rankin from Arizona Republic.
While Booker’s recording numbers (.444/.341/.893) are down this year, his average is 25.5 points and 6.7 assists per year. Battle over his career prices. Sun’s head coach Mike Budenholzer said Wednesday that Booker is “clearly in our minds an all-star” and teammate Kevin Durant Agreed.
Durant also suggested that All-Star guards should be expanded from 12 to 15 players to reflect the size of the actual NBA guards and to better reward deserved players: “So many good players who go out there affecting their team in a positive way that is being stumbled. They will always be snubbed every year, but I think we should add three more. “
When asked if the idea was not booking against it and pointed to a handful of players he felt, snubbed this season.
“I think there are probably talented guys out here who I said deserve,” Booker said. “You look at KYRIE (IRVING)At Norman PowellThese guys have incredible, effective years and winning games. To the east I am sure there are guys as well as Trae (young) and Lamelo (ball) that just puts unheard of numbers. The more talent in there, the better. “
We have more at Suns:
- While the mutual interest between sun rail and Heat forward Jimmy Butler Has been reported by Nauseam In recent weeks, Phoenix does not take a “butler or bust” approach to the trading deadline, says John Gambadoro of Arizona Sports 98.7 (Twitter Links). According to Gambadoro, the front office is looking at more than 20 potential trading goals, and the odds are for Suns who make one or more deadline, even if they do not end up landing Butler.
- Although Suns has no shortage of potential directions at the trade deadline, it is still safe to assume that stars durant and book do not go anywhere. Within an in -depth story of the situation in Phoenix, Ramona Shelburne and Bobby Marks of Espn (Insider Link) says that teams that have called for asking about Durant have been rejected. It has also been the case for the clubs “bold enough to ask” about booker who has never given the indication that he would leave Phoenix to chase a title elsewhere, sources of Shelburne and Marks tell.
- With Durant approaching the 30,000-point threshold and on the verge of surpassing Julius Erving For eighth place on NBA’s scoring list at any time, Tim Macmahon from ESPN Talked to many of the point’s current and former teammates about what makes the former MVP such an elite offensive player.
