The Devin Booker non-appreciation thread.

[newBluePlanet]

But hey, that attempt got him into the all-star three point contest.

unbelievable! i thought you were just being sarcastic before i heard the announcers say it. The matrix is alive and well in basketball. And the Mavs got Cooper Flagg with a 1.8 chance after surrendering Doncic to the Lakers. It's all a business folks and you're the marks.

oh, yeah, i forgot to mention:
we've got a couple of great 3pt shooters on our team
BOOKER IS RANKED #350 IN 3PT PERCENTAGE
(about the same last season)

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[newBluePlanet]

yup. and about an hour after the prior post, another 3pt air-ball in the final minute as the mavs staged a comeback. the problem is not in the mechanics. it's in his head

ask yourself.
am i a psychic
a brilliant basketball analyst

or just honest about what i see with my own eyes

think for yourselves

i know, you just want to enjoy the games
in truth, the truth is more satisfying because your subconscious knows
--when you're being lied to
--and lying to yourself
and no amount of bonding with other NPC's (non-playing characters)
can ever really be fulfilling

try turning off the sound of the crowd, commercials, and announcers
check the advanced stats once in while for more info about what you're watching

there's plenty to like about this team
it's just not about one person
or, even one team
it never is

 

[BooksOrangePlanet]

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[95pro]

Going to hit the Unwatch on this sometime

 

[newBluePlanet]

kudos, Orange Planet. your name and blindfold/coverup image is very appropriate, especially as i watch a live hearing this morning

but let's examine my silly 3pt contest conspiracy

i assume some fans would say the excuse for this awful selection for this 3pt contest is based on Booker having won one 8 years ago

but what if it's just another example of the NBA:
1. manipulating its product for maximum financial gain that disregards the right for each community to get maximum return for their investment?
2. gave a handout to an owner who decided to pay an exorbitant proportion of your fan dollars to a product that is more show than action/results?
3. is also cashing in on Booker's appeal as a handsome mixed-race athlete, validated by the world's hottest supermodel, who moves shoes and jerseys well, at a time when the top stars in the league are fading out?

would you care. No. it's trivial, right? But what if...
* it's one in an increasing number of corruptions by the rich & powerful?
* a team got payback for trading a generational superstar to it's top market in LA in exchange for getting the next generational superstar in the next draft?
* referee calls are becoming even more controversial after the league's partnership with newly legalized gambling?

would it matter then?

maybe it's time to take off the blindfold and smell the coffee. People all over the world are waking up to the scams and manipulation in all areas of society

 

[newBluePlanet]

like i said, nothing wrong with his mechanics,
it's in his head

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[Carolinacacti]

I was rooting for the overpaid bum

 

[Adrian]

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Some players with a better 3P% than Devin Booker (31.1%) this season:

Isaiah Stewart (32.1%)
Draymond Green (32.7%)
Marcus Smart (32.9%)
Russell Westbrook (34.5%)
Jabari Smith (35.8%)

 

[BooksOrangePlanet]

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Some players with a better 3P% than Devin Booker (31.1%) this season:

Isaiah Stewart (32.1%)
Draymond Green (32.7%)
Marcus Smart (32.9%)
Russell Westbrook (34.5%)
Jabari Smith (35.8%)

draymond?? damn book!

 

[Hoop Head]

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Some players with a better 3P% than Devin Booker (31.1%) this season:

Isaiah Stewart (32.1%)
Draymond Green (32.7%)
Marcus Smart (32.9%)
Russell Westbrook (34.5%)
Jabari Smith (35.8%)

Ronin never would have joined the darkside like this....

 

[Adrian]

Ronin never would have joined the darkside like this....

Come join. We got cookies!

 

[newBluePlanet]

we don't see the light, without the dark. here's some of both...

i'm glad Book made the AllStar team and 3pt contest, and did well. Just like his Team USA performance, it keeps his value up if we do ever want to get out of his contract. His marketability is marketable, even if his stats don't support his on-court valuation. More importantly, Book still draws attention, and is rightly perceived as a threat if an opponent doesn't double team. That is useful.

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[newBluePlanet]

like i said, nothing wrong with his mechanics,
it's in his head

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his scoring has picked up and his 3pt shooting has improved since the all-star break, but, consistent with his career, is still not clutch beyond the arc. Last night he made his 3rd open-look, 3pt airball in the clutch in one month. I'm 67, but even i would hit something.

 

[newBluePlanet]

i see they're still counting Booker points in the "greatest ever" thread while Book is stinking up the court in crunch time

he was awful, AWFUL tonight in the last 5 minutes, while the announcers kept making referee excuses, as usual. fumbling, driving into 3 players, fouling, and ball-hogging

after 11 years, i know what's he's thinking. he's been pushing his scoring all week -- after a non-superstar scored 83. And he's thinking, i moved down the list, and i can and should score big on any night. But the results aren't acceptable to me, even on a 40 night, shooting a high percentage.

scorers just score
winners close out games by playing smart
he will never be a winner

 

[newBluePlanet]

3rd game, same Booker ball result. we've seen it for 11 seasons. when his scoring goes up, our record goes down. and, since he's been out to prove himself again, since the All Star break, the team shooting percentage is down. why?

1. when he takes over, teammates defer to him and their confidence goes down. They're less likely to be loosened/warmed up.
2. Booker ball always includes him trying to get the job done in crunch-time. He is a poor crunch-time performer on both sides of the floor. Especially, when he gets hot headed.
3. His ball handling negates the team flow and continuity. Especially, again, in crunch time, when the team's point guard takes a back seat.
4. in crunch-time the decision-making gets worse under pressure, instead of better under his leadership

it's also no coincidence that Allen has not played in crunch time during these 3 losses. The team iq, hustle, and chemistry goes up when Allen is on the floor.

 

[newBluePlanet]

Suns keep on leaking in 3rd straight loss vs. Timberwolves

The Phoenix Suns are a leaking ship, and that's not to say they will sink to the bottom of the sea, but they cannot plug up all of their current holes at once.

arizonasports.com

...It’s now three games in a row that Booker has taken the dangerous in-game steps of going from upset with the officials to letting it affect his actual play. There is a correlation between how animated he gets with the refs and how much worse his decision-making gets with the ball. We’ve seen this plenty over the years in small bursts, and what made it even more unacceptable Tuesday was that it came as his team has been reeling...

iow, his decision-making is already bad, but it gets worse when he gets upset

 

[newBluePlanet]

at the 1 minute mark, his 4th open-look, 3pt airball in crunch time in 4 weeks of bball

we were in control of this Spurs game until he started shooting more and the Spurs comeback was started at the 4 minute mark when Booker held the ball and missed a 3, then Green missed a 3, then Booker held the ball and missed a 2.

and to preserve his super-max ego, Ott left Booker in on defense on the last play when we only needed to defend

 

[newBluePlanet]

5th failed close-out. whether Book scores big in the first 3 quarters or not, he's still there to blow a winnable game at the end -- this time missing 3 of his last 4 shots and throwing the ball away

 

[Sparky16]

Book was determined to do everything he could to lose that game last night. the last 2 minutes of terrible ball handling and bad shots was pathetic. The Suns are going to pay $75M a year to a guy who's skill set is a spot up mid range shooter. Dude should not be handling the ball in crunch time, he should be spotting up to shoot from somewhere maybe.

 

[newBluePlanet]

Book was determined to do everything he could to lose that game last night. the last 2 minutes of terrible ball handling and bad shots was pathetic. The Suns are going to pay $75M a year to a guy who's skill set is a spot up mid range shooter. Dude should not be handling the ball in crunch time, he should be spotting up to shoot from somewhere maybe.

exactly. a "spot-up mid-range shooter" and a guy who's useful in drawing double teams as long as he dishes rather than trying to force shots

Brooks, with the help of Gillespi, Allen and other defensive minded players, surprisingly, changed the culture of this team. They can still play defense in spurts, but clearly the offense is back to the same Booker-ball and bad clutch decisions that has ailed this team for 9 years (minus the 2 CP3 seasons).

sadly, instead of checking the stats and losses instead of Booker merchandise sales, the Suns double-downed on the face of the Suns -- while his fellow empty-stat-er, Russell Westbrook, has rightly been traded 6 times in the last 6 seasons

 

[Chaplin]

Book was determined to do everything he could to lose that game last night. the last 2 minutes of terrible ball handling and bad shots was pathetic. The Suns are going to pay $75M a year to a guy who's skill set is a spot up mid range shooter. Dude should not be handling the ball in crunch time, he should be spotting up to shoot from somewhere maybe.

Actually he did the opposite, he tried (and failed miserably) to do everything he could to WIN that game last night. This hyperbole garbage is neither accurate nor helpful.

 

[newBluePlanet]

Oh, yeah. I absolutely don't appreciate Devin Booker.

contrary to what Arizona Sports tells you, it's not black or white. you can appreciate Booker's scoring skills and not appreciate his bad decision-making at the same time

it saddens me to see people so willing to put the blinders on and root for things and people that are not in their best interest when weighed on a non-ego influenced, balanced scale

in this case. Book-ball is, and always has been losing basketball

 

[newBluePlanet]

Actually he did the opposite, he tried (and failed miserably) to do everything he could to WIN that game last night. This hyperbole garbage is neither accurate nor helpful.

you are correct sir. now. what do you say about the hyperbole going on in the Booker Is The Greatest thread? helpful? did perpetuating and inflating his value to 75 million help or hurt Arizona's NBA team and community?

 

[Hoop Head]

you are correct sir. now. what do you say about the hyperbole going on in the Booker Is The Greatest thread? helpful? did perpetuating and inflating his value to 75 million help or hurt Arizona's NBA team and community?

Didn't you think we should have kept KD and build around him? Lol. Yeah....

 

[newBluePlanet]

Didn't you think we should have kept KD and build around him? Lol. Yeah....

yes. though i'd rather have kept neither. i would have kept Durant short-term and dumped Booker because at least Durant can get off a high percentage shot in the clutch, adds height to our defensive scheme in the clutch, and a higher bbiq in the clutch.

we could have got the same return on Booker, if not more
and we'd have a future

Durant, Brooks, Gillespi, Allen, and rotating in Green, Royce and one of our centers is a more balanced for closing out games

but better yet, the good fitting star or stars (like Giannis) we could have got for both Durant and Booker, added to that lineup, would have us contending for a title this year!

do you watch? it's almost as if you've just looked at the player's point columns for 11 years