10 Reasons Why Devin Booker is an All‑Star

    The top reasons why Devin Booker belongs in the All‑Star Game.

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    1 / 10Booker is one of nine players averaging 24.9 points, 4 assists and 4 rebounds. The other eight are all former All-Stars. (LeBron James, Giannis Antetokounmpo, James Harden, DeMar DeRozan, Stephen Curry, Kevin Durant, Damian Lillard, DeMarcus Cousins).

    thumbnail-image: Booker is one of nine players averaging 24.9 points, 4 assists and 4 rebounds. The other eight are all former All-Stars. (LeBron James, Giannis Antetokounmpo, James Harden, DeMar DeRozan, Stephen Curry, Kevin Durant, Damian Lillard, DeMarcus Cousins).
    thumbnail-image: If you add on shooting at least 38.5% from three to that list, Booker is one of only four (Stephen Curry, Kevin Durant, James Harden).
    thumbnail-image: Booker is one of just four players to ever average 24 points, 4 assists and 4 rebounds before the age of 21. The other three are Michael Jordan, LeBron James and Tracy McGrady who all received their first All-Star nod when putting up these numbers.
    thumbnail-image: Booker currently has 13 games of scoring at least 30 points this season. The only two players who have more are LeBron James (14) and James Harden (15), both of which have played more games than Booker.
    thumbnail-image: In NBA history, 26 players have matched Booker’s stat line of 24.9 points, 4 assists and 4 rebounds while having a true shooting percentage of 57%. Every player on that list besides Booker has been an All-Star.
    thumbnail-image: This season, only seven players including Booker are averaging 24.9 points, 4 assists and 4 rebounds while having a true shooting percentage of 57%. The other six are DeMarcus Cousins, Kevin Durant, Stephen Curry, Giannis Antetokounmpo, LeBron James and James Harden).
    thumbnail-image: Only five players in the league have had longer streaks of 24 points, 3 assists and 3 rebounds than Booker. All five of which are former All-Stars (Giannis Antetokounmpo, James Harden, LeBron James, Russell Westbrook and Kevin Durant).
    thumbnail-image: Booker is one of just twelve players in NBA history to average 24.9 points, 4 assists and 4 rebounds while shooting 38% from three. The other nine are all former All-Stars (Larry Bird, Kobe Bryant, Stephen Curry, Kevin Durant, James Harden, LeBron James, Joe Johnson, Michael Jordan, Karl Malone, Tracy McGrady, Paul Pierce).
    thumbnail-image: Booker is the first third-year player to average 24.9 points, 4 assists and 4 rebounds since Derrick Rose in 2010-11. Rose not only was an All-Star that season, but was in fact named NBA Most Valuable Player.
    thumbnail-image: Out of all third-year players to average 24.9 points, 4.2 assists and 4.3 rebounds, Booker leads the way with 38.5% shooting from three-point range. The next closest is LeBron James who shot 35.1%. All 12 other players on that list were All-Stars (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Mark Aguirre, Elgin Baylor, Dave Bing, Allen Iverson, LeBron James, Michael Jordan, Pete Maravich, Oscar Robertson, David Thompson, Dwayne Wade, Jerry West).

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