Devin Booker, Jaden McDaniels and Phoenix Suns
The NBA head coaches have to pick two guards, three frontcourt players and two "wild card" players at any position for the reserves. The West All-Stars have five frontcourt reserves in Davis, Jackson Jr., Sengun, Wembanyama and Jalen Williams.
When Devin Booker was left off the NBA All-Star team, Suns head coach Mike Budenholzer explained why he deserves to be there.
The Phoenix Suns have been a mixed bag as of late, at times looking like legitimate contenders and at others appearing listless, including in Wednesday’s home loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves. The game was a rematch of last year’s first round playoff series between the two teams,
The Suns have also rebuffed teams bold enough to inquire about Devin Booker, who is 100 points away from becoming the franchise’s all-time leading scorer. Booker has never given any
The Phoenix Suns (24-21) play the final of their homestand against the Minnesota Timberwolves (25-21) on Wednesday.
Before the Suns game on Monday, Devin Booker had a full-circle moment with USA Basketball team director, Grant Hill.
Booker has now only made the All-Star Game four times in his 10 NBA seasons. He is averaging 25.5 points, 6.7 assists and 4.0 rebounds while shooting 44.4% from the floor and 34.1% from 3-point range in 41 games. The Suns' lowly 24-22 record made it difficult for them to have two All-Star selections.
The Phoenix Suns are expected to use one of their first-round picks to entice a team to take recently maligned center Jusuf Nurkic.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Karl-Anthony Towns had already been named All-Star Game starters before the reserves were revealed Thursday night.
Randle enjoyed one of his best games as a member of the Timberwolves on November 17 against the Suns - totaling 35 points and seven assists, including a game-winning three-point knockdown at the buzzer.
Chris Finch and Jaden McDaniels were both ejected from the Timberwolves' win at the Phoenix Suns Wednesday night.