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NBA Rookie Rankings: Coming down the homestretch

By Brett David Roberts

Feb 20, 2016; Minneapolis, MN, USA; New York Knicks forward Kristaps Porzingis (6) greets Minnesota Timberwolves center Karl-Anthony Towns (32) prior to the game at Target Center. The Knicks defeated the Timberwolves 103-95. Mandatory Credit: Brace Hemmelgarn-USA TODAY Sports
Feb 20, 2016; Minneapolis, MN, USA; New York Knicks forward Kristaps Porzingis (6) greets Minnesota Timberwolves center Karl-Anthony Towns (32) prior to the game at Target Center. The Knicks defeated the Timberwolves 103-95. Mandatory Credit: Brace Hemmelgarn-USA TODAY Sports /
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Devin Booker, Phoenix Suns, Klay Thompson, Golden State Warriors
Mar 12, 2016; Oakland, CA, USA; Phoenix Suns guard Devin Booker (1) drives in against Golden State Warriors guard Klay Thompson (11) during the third quarter at Oracle Arena. The Warriors defeated the Suns 123-116. Mandatory Credit: Kelley L Cox-USA TODAY Sports /

4. Devin Booker

Previous Rank: 6

Devin Booker is averaging 20.5 points and 4.3 assists per game in the Suns’ past 10 games, while playing 36 minutes a night. The Suns won just three of those games, but Booker has scored 67 points in the last two, losses to the Denver Nuggets and New York Knicks. He shot a combined 36 for 52 from the field in those two games.

In March, Booker is posting 24.7 points and 5.3 assists per game in 38 minutes a night in seven games. To say the Suns found a star with the No. 13 overall pick in the 2015 draft may be preemptive, but not by much.

Booker has the shooting stroke and ball-handing skills to be a fixture in the Suns backcourt, likely starting alongside Eric Bledsoe when he returns next season. At age 19, this suddenly gives Phoenix a brighter future than it may had known of had Bledsoe remained in the fold.

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