Give Booker a letter grade for his 2021 Finals performance

[theman93]

Averaged 28/4/4 while shooting 46/27/88 with a 49.5 eFG% and 53.8 TS%.

His ORtg was 104 (which was 6th worst of the 8 Suns players who played all 6 games).

His DRtg was 121 (which was also 6th worst of the 8 Suns players who played all 6 games).

He also averaged 3 turnovers a game.


What letter grade would give Booker for his 2021 Finals performance?

[ShawkFactory]

Depends on what standard you hold him to. For what Devin Booker is currently capable of I'd give him a B+ or even an A-

He was aggressive and his shoot-making was awesome.

But he also made a lot of critical mistakes that may or may not have legitimately cost the suns the series. But again, at this point I'm not sure Booker is the guy who isn't going to make those mistakes. So it's hard to fully hold it against him

[ScottieQuitting]

Yeah he’s not a great all-around ball player.

With that said, he started to pick it up at various times in the scoring department. And he had to, because Chris Paul, when the moment gets too big, shies away from creating a fence for himself through scoring.

Chris Paul just doesn’t have that extra gear, take over the game scoring ability that Isaiah, Steph, Kyrie, Dame and now Trae have from the PG position.

Beyond his fragile mental state, his fragile body, this has been the most critical component of his game and mentality that has held him back from winning.

I’d give Devin a B-

[tontoz]

I'd give him a B. He is 24 in his first postseason, in the Finals against a tough defense. He was pretty good, not great.

[Charlie Sheen]

C

Anything lower would imply he's the reason they lost which I don't believe is the truth. This wasn't his best, but maybe I have too high of expectations for him.

[DMAVS41]

First time in playoffs while going up against an elite defensive team and one of the best guard defenders we've seen...B+ or A-...

He struggled at times, but in game 4...he played amazing...and the Suns definitely should have won if his teammates had showed up. He'd be holding two trophies right now if CP3 didn't have an abysmal game 4.

[Rudeboy3]

He was inconsistent just like i thought he'd be, he was a volume scorer in the finals, played physical as hell and should have fouled out in both games 4-5. His inconsistency and lack of play-making or giving you anything else when his shot isn't falling are very apparent when it's going on, he literally gives you nothing if he's not scoring. I give him a B

[SouBeachTalents]

Obv a mixed bag from him, two AWFUL performances in Games 3 & 6, two excellent ones in Games 4 & 5, and he played well for the most part in their 2 wins to open the series.

I'd give him around a B-, maybe a B considering he's 24 and it's his first time ever playing in the playoffs. As someone noted earlier, if CP3 doesn't completely shit the bed in Game 4, Booker very likely is the reigning FMVP right now and we're having a completely different discussion

[RRR3]

Obv a mixed bag from him, two AWFUL performances in Games 3 & 6, two excellent ones in Games 4 & 5, and he played well for the most part in their 2 wins to open the series.

I'd give him around a B-, maybe a B considering he's 24 and it's his first time ever playing in the playoffs. As someone noted earlier, if CP3 doesn't completely shit the bed in Game 4, Booker very likely is the reigning FMVP right now and we're having a completely different discussion
Yeah but if Booker doesn’t completely shit the bed yesterday there’s a game 7, so not sure why he’s getting a pass if he’s as good as this board says he is.

[Manny98]

I'd give him a C considering it's first finals and he's still only 24 :applause:

[ArbitraryWater]

B+ for sure


He also had his bad game condensed into game 3 which was the throwaway game anyway as they were down 35 and no one showed up

[StrongLurk]

B+

[ZenMaster]

B or thereabouts.

[Jasper]

He is a young player so he needs to get experience
He is a young player that needs to learn to play defense.
he is a young player that needs to pass sooner , than later and gets into double and triple teamed.
He is a young player that has a lot of juice , not a 3rd option .

he is a young player that needs 2-3 years to understand what a first option HAs to do.

I will give him a b- (but a hell of a lot of up swing for a future , and Suns should be happy about him)