Devin Booker Signs Five-Year, $158 Million Deal

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Indy wrote:
Fri Aug 24, 2018 10:40 am
Superbone wrote:
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Plus, you're not looking for much improvement if all you want is an increase of 0.1 points, 0.3 assists, and 0.5 rebounds per game.
I am actually hoping his usage goes down, but his scoring goes up. I think his assists could go up if we play BK off the ball a lot, though. If he can get to 30/5/5 while keeping his % around 45/38/85, I would be ecstatic.
Wouldn't his usage conceivably go up to get those numbers without his %'s getting better? I would love to see him get to 30/5/5 with a lower usage rate and his %'s increasing and his turnovers decreasing drastically.
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45 would be a big increase in his 2s. He was at 43 last year. I didn't do the math to see about how it all works out, though.

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Re: Devin Booker Signs Five-Year, $158 Million Deal

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Indy wrote:
Fri Aug 24, 2018 11:46 am
Superbone wrote:
Fri Aug 24, 2018 11:28 am
Indy wrote:
Fri Aug 24, 2018 10:40 am
Superbone wrote:
Fri Aug 24, 2018 10:33 am
Plus, you're not looking for much improvement if all you want is an increase of 0.1 points, 0.3 assists, and 0.5 rebounds per game.
I am actually hoping his usage goes down, but his scoring goes up. I think his assists could go up if we play BK off the ball a lot, though. If he can get to 30/5/5 while keeping his % around 45/38/85, I would be ecstatic.
You and me both. That would be amazing.
The amazing thing is that I don't think it is unreasonable. It is within his grasp.
Tiny sample size, but in the last 9 games before he got banged up and we sat him to finish the season, he put up similar #s to those.

31/5/4 on .456/.410/.790

That was facing triple teams on every possession. Imagine what this man will do with coaching and shooters.
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Re: Devin Booker Signs Five-Year, $158 Million Deal

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Indy wrote:
Fri Aug 24, 2018 11:46 am
Superbone wrote:
Fri Aug 24, 2018 11:28 am
Indy wrote:
Fri Aug 24, 2018 10:40 am
Superbone wrote:
Fri Aug 24, 2018 10:33 am
Plus, you're not looking for much improvement if all you want is an increase of 0.1 points, 0.3 assists, and 0.5 rebounds per game.
I am actually hoping his usage goes down, but his scoring goes up. I think his assists could go up if we play BK off the ball a lot, though. If he can get to 30/5/5 while keeping his % around 45/38/85, I would be ecstatic.
You and me both. That would be amazing.
The amazing thing is that I don't think it is unreasonable. It is within his grasp.
Yep. The kid is incredible at his age. And it mostly came out of left field after his college career as a 6th man.
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BTW, are we going to have Bandana Night at the arena this year?
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