Devin Booker made the All-NBA Middle Name Team

Sometimes people are given some very interesting middle names by their parents. Phoenix Suns star Devin Booker might have one of the best of all-time.

Phoenix Suns star Devin Armani Booker made the prestigious All-NBA Middle Name team in a recent and very random tweet from the NBA on ESPN account in a clear example of holy-cow-it’s-summer-and-everyone-is-bored.

However, he earned it.

Armani is definitely a baller middle name, probably gleaned from a dope suit his professional basketball playing dad adorned around the time of his conception.

Book joins former Suns center Tyson Cleotis (which I hope is pronounced like its more commonly-spelled version, Cletus) Chandler, Kobe Bean Bryant, Patrick Aloysius Ewing, and Steven Funaki Adams on a middle name that would beat down any of the other All-Name teams in this Reddit thread.

This hard-hitting analysis compelled me to do my own evaluation of the names on the current Phoenix Suns’ roster. The results were surprisingly interesting.

Leroy Jevon Carter

It’s clear why Jevon Carter went to college at West Virginia: his real first name is Leroy. The only place anyone named Leroy could go to college is West Virginia.

As a Kentucky alumnus of the University of Kentucky, I can say that.

But really though, if my first name were Leroy, I’d probably go by Jevon too.

Francis Stanley Kaminsky III

What kind of highfalutin, caviar-nibbling lineage is Frank Kaminksy from? His full name sounds like the villain in a cheesy British spy movie, or an 80’s teen film stereotype of a preppy jock with a bad attitude on the Princeton crew team.

Also, why doesn’t he include the “III” on the back of her jersey?? Not many players have the opportunity to drop a generational suffix on their name, so those that can should definitely take advantage. NFL players love this.

I am convinced some players name their sons after themselves just so they can add “Sr.” on their jersey. If Kaminsky III did, he’d join Kelly Oubre Jr. as the only other Sun to do so.

Cameron Jordan Johnson

Cameron Jordan is also the name of former NFL tight end.

Or is that Jordan Cameron? Maybe it’s a current NFL defensive end? Ever since an episode of The League on the subject, I always get those mixed up.

Anyway, clearly this is another name-binding college selection. No wonder a guy named Jordan ended up at North Carolina.

Ricard Rubio i Vives

I’m not up on my Spanish surname customs but evidently Vives is the maternal family name that Ricard simply doesn’t use professionally. It could be part of the reason why only had “Ricky” on the back of his jersey as a teenager playing in the Euroleague.

Everyone else’s full name is fairly non-discript, although I will throw out an honorable mention to Élie-Franck Okobo.

The real question is how will these unique names affect their play on the basketball court?

The answer is it won’t. At all.

But it’s still kind of fun, and it’s summer and everyone is bored.