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3 goals for the Phoenix Suns’ Devin Booker for the 2023-24 season

By Luke Duffy

PHOENIX, ARIZONA - MAY 07: Devin Booker #1 of the Phoenix Suns following Game Four of the NBA Western Conference Semifinals at Footprint Center on May 07, 2023 in Phoenix, Arizona. The Suns defeated the Nuggets 129-124. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)
PHOENIX, ARIZONA - MAY 07: Devin Booker #1 of the Phoenix Suns following Game Four of the NBA Western Conference Semifinals at Footprint Center on May 07, 2023 in Phoenix, Arizona. The Suns defeated the Nuggets 129-124. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images) /
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CAP D’ANTIBES, FRANCE – MAY 25: (L to R) Odell Beckham Jr., Devin Armani Booker, Kyle Kuzma, Winnie Harlow, Zack Bia and Ajay Sangha attend the amfAR Cannes Gala 2023 at Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc on May 25, 2023 in Cap d’Antibes, France. (Photo by Dave Benett/Getty Images for amfAR)
CAP D’ANTIBES, FRANCE – MAY 25: (L to R) Odell Beckham Jr., Devin Armani Booker, Kyle Kuzma, Winnie Harlow, Zack Bia and Ajay Sangha attend the amfAR Cannes Gala 2023 at Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc on May 25, 2023 in Cap d’Antibes, France. (Photo by Dave Benett/Getty Images for amfAR) /

The Phoenix Suns are a completely different team than the one that drafted Devin Booker in 2015-16, and yet he is still the face of the franchise. He has taken his lumps while playing for the organization, watching them go from Western Conference bottom feeders, to success story of the NBA’s bubble, and finally NBA finalists.

All of this and still only 26-years-old, meaning in theory he hasn’t even entered his prime yet. We got a glimpse into what this could look like during the postseason, with Booker going nuclear en route to helping the Suns become the only team to take two games off the eventual champion Denver Nuggets all playoffs.

Another jump forward is surely on the horizon, and the Suns are counting on this to happen if they want to win a championship.

With Chris Paul having now left town, it is on Booker to take all of the experience he got playing with the “Point God”, and put it towards building a winner with Kevin Durant and the recently added Bradley Beal. The offensive engine of this group is going to run superbly, but it will take more than that to be truly successful.

The goals of Booker for next season then may appear lofty, but they are also necessary if this group wants to arrive at its final destination. He has been linked to Jayson Tatum and even Jamal Murray since entering the league, and a stellar 2023-24 could truly set him apart in that conversation as the best of the three.

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