Analysis Of The Biography Devin Booker - 1246 Words

Devin Booker was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on October 30, 1996. He was born to Melvin Booker and Veronica Gutierrez. His father, Melvin Booker, was named the 1994 Big Eight player of the year while point guard at the University of Missouri. Booker was in Michigan, while his father was pursuing a professional career overseas. Devin visited his father two months out of the year while he was on summer break. At an early age, Devin was taught by his father that having a basketball IQ was more important than natural athleticism. While Devin was in Michigan, he had played for the freshman, junior varsity, and varsity basketball teams at Grandville High School, in Grand Rapids. But Booker then moved to Mississippi, to live with his father, after his retirement from professional basketball. He had then enrolled into Moss Point High School, where his father was an assistant coach, in August of 2011. Early on Booker was a high school standout. As a sophomore he had developed into one of the best guards in the coastal area of the gulf. He had averaged 22.7 points per game. He also had been drawing interest in Mississippi State, Ole Miss, Georgetown, Florida, Georgetown, Alabama, and Missouri. Later that season Devin scored 54 points in the MLK shootout. With Devin’s sophomore season now over, it was now time for his junior campaign. With most of Moss Point’s experienced players graduating, Devin switched to the point guard position for his junior season. But later in the season