Suns players and Team USA Basketball in the Olympics

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In the beginning he did. Out of rhythm.

Looked much better later in the game
He’s obviously focused on D for the most part. Think it was D wade tweeted or stated D Book is great defender, we know he can if he wants to be. Vogel ran a shot show while he was here, so excited to see a coach who is gonna demand guys play D and actually has a game plan that is more than just relying on your stars to out score everyone.
 

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In the beginning he did. Out of rhythm.

Looked much better later in the game
That's not what I saw. I saw a team player that sacrificed his numbers for his team and dug in defensively from start to finish. If you were looking for him to take over and try to be a superstar then I guess I could understand how you might think that.
 

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That's not what I saw. I saw a team player that sacrificed his numbers for his team and dug in defensively from start to finish. If you were looking for him to take over and try to be a superstar then I guess I could understand how you might think that.

Booker plays excellent for Team USA. He'll take shots when needed but won't force anything. I hope he carries some of that into next season. Let him go off if the D starts playing off a little and in the 4th when necessary.
 

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Here is the box score for Team USA vs South Sudan.

Both Devin Booker and Kevin Durant were in double figure scoring. Devin also had 6 assists.

 

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Book and KD have looked like the best 2 players on the team IMO over the last 2 games.

I hope they shoot the 3 like they are shooting it lately for the Suns.
 
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Book and KD have looked like the best 2 players on the team IMO over the last 2 games.

I hope they shoot the 3 like they are shooting it lately for the Suns.

Team basketball will do that for you. Hopefully, the Suns have filled their roster with team players.
 

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Book has the only positive +/- among the starters, beside leading with 6 assists. He's been playing really excellent D. If he could do it consistently on the Suns, while he was the weakest link on D last season, this alone would make the team a lot better overall.
 

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Devin Booker does it on defense, then finishes it on offense.

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Devin Booker says Phoenix is well represented in the Olympics.

"We got Phoenix all over. We have three on the women's team also so we're well represented. It's a basketball town and we want to put the city on the map. No better way than winning gold."

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Team USA needs to beat Puerto Rico by five points tomorrow to secure the top seed of the elimination round.

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