Suns happy for Devin Booker, disappointed for Dillon Brooks

A regular participant in the All-Star game, Devin Bookerwho was not drafted last year, will be honored with his 5th career pick this year. The right reward for the leader of the Suns who, with statistical production similar to last season, is the driving force in the sudden exercise of his team, 7th in the West (30v-20d).

« The coaches are the ones who vote for the replacements, and that’s good because we get to see how they prepare to face him. The number of defenders he sees paraded in front of him game after game, and the impact he has on the field, in the locker room, on our entire city and on the organization… We can’t say enough about having a superstar who does all these unseen tasks on top of everything he’s already accomplishing on the field. », congratulates his coach Jordan Ott.

The league’s coaches stuck to the court, where Devin Booker still averages more than 25 points, 6 assists and 4 rebounds. Despite playing time at 34 minutes. ” We are delighted to have him here. He deserves his place. I am happy that the coaches recognized him. Players and coaches are people whose respect we demand. And it’s clear that he benefits from that respect », continues Jordan Ott.

Devin Booker without his lieutenant

Collin Gillespie is no less complimentary about “ team leader ». « It is deserved. When he’s on the court, we’re a better basketball team because of him. He can do everything on the floor. He gets so much attention from the defense. He makes everyone around him better », praises the leader.

In addition to this enthusiasm, another story is heard. ” Dillon was robbed », coward Mark Williams they sit next to Colin Gillespie and talk about their teammate Dillon Brooks. The latter, under Devin Booker, is also a major player in the Suns’ stellar season. And with an average of 21 points, he has never scored so much in his career.

« it’s hard. He’s obviously playing like an All-Star. He helped carry the team through the injury to JG (Jalen Green) and when Book was not around. Every time the guys were down, he was always available. He kind of took over as the offensive leader, Grayson (Allen) and him », observes Colin Gillespie.

Brooks wasn’t going to “beg” to be inside

A recent example, last week against Detroit, when Dillon Brooks pitched the best in his career with 40 points, while Devin Booker and Jalen Green were on the sidelines. A performance that will bring him the first trophy in his career best player of the weekaveraging nearly 29 points over the period.

But Colin Gillespie and the Suns are well aware that the competition in the West is such that sending two Suns this season looked very complicated. Then the leader says that he knows that his teammate ” will have fangs, (and) that he will continue to work hard and prove why he should have been on this team ».

The former Grizzlies and Rockets player, who has never had the honor in his career, didn’t seem too bothered by the question. His priority is ” playoffs “, which the Suns left to find after a year’s absence.

Before announcing the chosen ones, the Canadian said that he would not “ escape » become an All-Star. ” If it has to happen, it will happen. But our real All-Star is the Book. He’s been leading us since the beginning and deserves to be in the All-Star Game discussions and be an alternate on the team he blurted out.