

After the season, he was named to the USA Today All-USA third team.īooker would commit to play college basketball for the Kenutcky Wildcats. He averaged 30.9 points per game in his senior season and finished his three-year career at Moss Point with 2,518 points. 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. He visited his father regularly during the summer.
BOOKER PHOENIX SUNS PROFESSIONAL
Booker was born and raised in Grand Rapids, living with his Mexican American and Puerto Rican mother while his father pursued a professional basketball career internationally. His father was named the 1994 Big Eight Player of the Year while a point guard at Missouri. His parents met while his father was playing for the Continental Basketball Association's Grand Rapids Hoops. He is a shooting guard in the NBA.īooker was born and raised in Grand Rapids, living with his Mexican American and Puerto Rican mother while his father pursued a professional basketball career internationally. Devin Armani Booker was born on Ocotober 30, 1996, in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
