RE-AIR: The Rise Of The Suns’ Devin Booker

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🗓️ 19 June 2021

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Phoenix Suns guard Devin Booker is perhaps the most overlooked superstar in the NBA. At age 24, he’s one of the league’s premiere scorers. And his domination has continued this season, through the Phoenix Suns’ playoff run - they’re in the Western Conference Finals for the first time in 11 years. In a re-air of our episode from February, ESPN analyst Michael Wilbon takes us back to Booker’s roots in his “Cover Story, ” and chronicles the Gen-Z phenom’s path from 6th man at Kentucky, to his connection with Kobe Bryant, to his relationship with new teammate Chris Paul. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey guys, it's Pablo.
0:02.7	We ran this, I think, fantastic show about the Sun's Devin Booker way back in February,
0:08.8	and we decided to re-spin it today because of this legendary run he's been on in this year's NBA playoffs.
0:16.4	Devin Booker has not only ended the Phoenix Sun's 11-year playoff drought.
0:20.4	He has also taken out
0:21.7	the Lakers and LeBron James and the Denver Nuggets and the MVP, Nicolae Yokic, on the way to
0:28.4	these Western Conference Finals, which are about to begin. He is basically doing everything
0:34.1	that our friend Michael Wilbon said he would in this episode. So enjoy. Oh, and it is
0:42.8	Saturday, June 19. This is ESPN Day. Mike, it is an honor to have you on the pod. Thank you for being
0:53.6	here, man. Thanks for having me. Appreciate it. Mike Wilbon is an honor to have you on the pod. Thank you for being here, man.
0:55.2	Thanks for having me.
0:55.9	Appreciate it.
1:02.4	Mike Wilbon is the co-host of Pardon the Interruption and one of the most respected basketball voices in America.
1:06.9	His latest cover story on Devin Booker is up now on ESPN.com.
1:13.6	So, Mike, I've got to begin here by noting that you are very unapologetically old school, right? Like your Rolodex, it's full of names like Michael and Irvin and Charles.
1:17.6	And I also should note that you're also more skeptical of millennials like me more than anyone else I know.
1:24.6	So how is it that you got legitimately excited to spend quality time
1:30.5	with a guy who was born in October 1996, like right on the cusp of Gen Z in Devin Booker?
1:37.9	Well, one of the first things you'll notice, if you see this piece, whether it's the
1:43.1	broadcast piece or the written piece,
1:46.7	you're going to notice that Devin Booker embraces the notion of old head, old soul, old
1:55.4	anything.
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