{"id":882012,"date":"2026-11-11T22:48:15","date_gmt":"2026-11-11T22:48:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/882012\/"},"modified":"2026-11-11T22:48:15","modified_gmt":"2026-11-11T22:48:15","slug":"new-devin-booker-trade-rumors-update-suns-future-team-building-plans-ahead-of-nba-deadline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/882012\/","title":{"rendered":"New Devin Booker Trade Rumors Update Suns Future, Team-Building Plans Ahead of NBA Deadline"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">Devin Booker isn&#8217;t interested in parting ways with the Phoenix Suns as the team looks to continue building around him on the trade market, according to HoopsHype&#8217;s Michael Scotto.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">&#8220;From every indication I&#8217;ve gotten, the Phoenix Suns want to keep Devin Booker and they want to continue to build around him and make the team better around him,&#8221; Scotto reported reported Wednesday on the Deals and Dunks show. &#8220;And for Devin Booker, every indication I&#8217;ve gotten is he still wants to be a Sun for life, ideally.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">Booker has spent all 12 years of his NBA career on the Suns since they selected him with a first-round pick in the 2015 draft.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">He&#8217;s blossomed into an elite scorer in Phoenix, racking up five All-Star nods and two All-NBA selections. Booker has helped the Suns go on several playoff runs, including an NBA Finals appearance in 2021.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">The 30-year-old has repeatedly <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong mui-mlpnpn\" href=\"https:\/\/bleacherreport.com\/articles\/25279999-devin-booker-wants-spend-entire-nba-career-suns-its-something-special\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">expressed his desire<\/a> to retire with Phoenix as well.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">Still, the Suns&#8217; last two playoff appearances have ended in the first round. They&#8217;ve also struggled to begin this season, sitting at just 4-6 through 10 games.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">Phoenix has experienced issues with slowing down opposing offenses, as its 119.3 defensive rating ranks No. 28 in the league (via <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong mui-mlpnpn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/stats\/teams\/advanced?amp;CF=MIN*GE*15&amp;SeasonType=Preseason&amp;dir=-1&amp;dir=A&amp;sort=DEF_RATING\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">NBA.com<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">Booker has remained effective despite the slow start by the Suns, averaging 25.1 points, 4.8 assists and 2.7 rebounds per game while compiling 48.3\/35.7\/93.7 shooting splits.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">While front offices around the NBA may inquire about Booker&#8217;s availability if Phoenix can&#8217;t get on track before the trade deadline, it doesn&#8217;t appear as though a change of scenery is on the horizon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Devin Booker isn&#8217;t interested in parting ways with the Phoenix Suns as the team looks to continue building&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":882013,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3791],"tags":[7,6,2065,472,4045,604],"class_list":["post-882012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-phoenix-suns","tag-basketball","tag-nba","tag-phoenix","tag-phoenix-suns","tag-phoenixsuns","tag-suns"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/117600249624389680","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/882012","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=882012"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/882012\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/882013"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=882012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=882012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=882012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}