Devin Booker has continued to make headlines lately for quite a lot of causes, reminiscent of his girlfriend, Kendall Jenner, posting on Twitter about desirous to see him play within the All-Star recreation and when he was jokingly beefing with the Raptors mascot.
Though he informed reporters following Friday’s 112-94 victory over the Pacers that he and the mascot are “homies now,” that was not the largest second from his postgame interview. The ultimate query was about how social media can take issues too far with the Phoenix star, particularly when evaluating him to the late Kobe Bryant.
“I am actually having fun with this, and I at all times have loved social media,” Booker said. “I examine it each day, and once they’re saying good issues about it, I do not get too excessive, I do not get too low on it. The one downside I’ve is individuals nonetheless evaluating me to Kobe Bryant after I informed them within the playoffs cease citing Mamba mentality. I am impressed by Kobe Bryant and Mamba mentality, however I’m not Kobe Bryant.”
He paused, ending with the next earlier than strolling out: “And individuals are out right here yelling Mamba mentality from their mama’s home. I am going to go away you with that.”
Bryant spent 20 seasons within the league, incomes 18 All-Star picks, two scoring titles, one MVP award and 5 NBA titles. And now, some say Booker bares a resemblance to how the legend performed.
Over the span of 34 video games this season, the 25-year-old is averaging 23.7 factors, 5.4 rebounds and 4.4 assists per recreation. He’s hitting 43.7% of his photographs from the sphere and 40.9% from 3-point vary. Booker has helped energy the Suns to one of the best file within the Western Convention (32-9), as they’ve gained the final 5 of six video games.
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