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Chapter 1

Greatest Moments Dynamic in the Desert When Devin Booker stepped foot in the desert to begin his first NBA season with the Phoenix Suns in 2015, many questions accompanied his arrival. Foremost among them: could a teenager with one year of college basketball experience—who didn’t start a single game for the University of Kentucky— help turn around a franchise that had detoured into hard times and hadn’t cracked the postseason in five years? Booker answered those concerns hovering around the Suns’ fan base in a resounding fashion, thanks to his uncanny ability to rack up buckets in bunches and change games in a flurry of spectacular shot-making. Bypassed by a dozen other teams during the NBA Draft, Booker has made many of them dearly regret their decisions through the years. Capitalizing on his potent blend of size (six feet, five inches) and quickness, he’s a menace for even the game’s best defenders. Capable of creating space to hoist long-range 7