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[MacMahon] Booker grinned when it was mentioned that the [ejected Suns fan] was wearing a Booker jersey. “I appreciate the support,” Booker told ESPN. “I don’t know what he said. I hope he didn’t cross too many lines, and I’ll be getting his information. If you can find it, let me know.”

  • January 25, 2024


Booker, who has a personal rivalry with Doncic that dates to the Mavs’ upset of the Suns in the 2021 West semifinals, saw coverage of the Suns fan’s interaction with Doncic on social media after the game. He grinned when it was mentioned that the man was wearing a Booker jersey.

“I appreciate the support,” Booker told ESPN. “I don’t know what he said. I hope he didn’t cross too many lines, and I’ll be getting his information. If you can find it, let me know.”

Booker, who was 17-of-23 from the floor, said it “depends on the situation” when asked whether he intended to give the man tickets to a future Suns game.

“I hope what he did wasn’t too disrespectful, but I know in these crowded environments — we played a playoff series here — I’ve heard countless numbers of things,” Booker told ESPN. “You usually don’t hear it at home. I’m sure that was a different thing for Luka, but it’s part of the game. I usually don’t let what I hear bother me.”

36 comments

  4. he wants the fan to recommend him the specific model of treadmill he should buy for Luka, because they are such great friends

  5. Booker’s just gonna hire a bunch of people to sit courtside and shit on Luka until they get kicked out from now on

  6. Doesn’t matter. Booker still gets tucked in at night by Doncic.

    EDIT: PHX fans out in droves hahaha! Downvotes can’t change reality though.

  10. >”I hope what he did wasn’t too disrespectful”

    “Like dressing up as a Raptor and trying to distract me during a FT.”

  12. This is dumb. Now you’re going to see a bunch of people wearing an opposing team jersey heckling players for 15 minutes of fame.

  14. Booker is 13-7 against Luka. But they will always have that 2022 game 7 banner/trophy, Suns sure as shit don’t have that

  21. I was in a situation like this about 8 or so years ago at a raptors game, sitting in essentially the same area too.

    I told Kyle Lowry to lose some weight, and he looked at me like it legitimately hurt his feelings. I feel bad about it til this day.

    But he never told security to remove me, that is soft behaviour.

  22. Never seen a son and father relationship as toxic as these two but I’m on team Booker on this one

  23. Yeah except he was so “bothered ” he had the Raptors Mascot removed from an empty arena during the lock down. Love his game but… come on man

  25. At a Spurs game a long time ago, my very loud friend yelled at Boris Diaw. He said “get in the gym you fat slob!”

    Got a double thumbs up from Diaw.

  26. I think their rivalry is getting a little more friendly. I’m sure they’re always gunna shit talk and there’s gunna be more heated moments in the future, but it seems like now they’re both just having fun with it and enjoying the intense games

  28. If Adam Silver doesn’t rig the nba for these teams to face off in the first round, I’ll be disappointed

  30. Is the date in the post wrong? Wasn’t the upset in the 21-22 season? So the 2022 Western Semi Finals?

  34. I fucking love that we hate each other. Too many friends in the league nowadays. Good old fashioned rivalry.

  35. I hope he wasn’t *running* his mouth and was *treading* carefully, Booker said with a wink

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