Position Point guard Listed weight 175 lb (79 kg) Weight 77 kg Listed height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Height 1.85 m | Nationality American Role Basketball Player League NBA Development League Name Askia Booker Parents Daniele Ricardo | |
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Born August 31, 1993 (age 30)
Los Angeles, California ( 1993-08-31 ) High school Price (Los Angeles, California) Current team Colorado Buffaloes men's basketball (#0 / Guard) College Colorado Buffaloes men's basketball Similar People Tad Boyle, Spencer Dinwiddie, Josh Scott, Xavier Johnson, Andre Roberson | ||
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Askia Booker (born August 31, 1993) is an American professional basketball player for the Northern Arizona Suns of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the Colorado Buffaloes as a point guard. In his senior year in 2014–15, he earned second-team all-conference honors in the Pac-12.
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- High school career
- College career
- Professional career
- References
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High school career
Booker attended Price High School. As a junior, he averaged 13 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists to lead Price to the Division IV championship. He was ranked 30th in the nation at his position by ESPN. Booker committed to the Colorado Buffaloes on October 29, 2010.
College career
As a freshman, Booker helped lead Colorado to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since the 2002–03 season. He averaged 9.1 points, 2.7 rebounds, and 1.4 assists in 21.5 minutes per game.
As a sophomore, Booker was one of two players to start all 33 games, along with Spencer Dinwiddie. He averaged 12.4 points, 2.2 assists, and 1.2 steals per game.
As a junior, he hit a buzzer beater against KU. He was named a Pac-12 honorable mention.
As a senior in 2014–15, Booker was voted second-team All-Pac-12. Although Colorado accepted an invitation to play in the College Basketball Invitational, Booker decided to skip the postseason tournament.
Professional career
After going undrafted in the 2015 NBA draft, Booker joined the Philadelphia 76ers for the 2015 NBA Summer League. On August 13, 2015, he signed with Arkadikos for the 2015–16 Greek Basket League season. However, he was released by Arkadikos in mid-October after appearing in just two games. On October 31, 2015, he was selected by the Maine Red Claws with the 10th overall pick in the 2015 NBA Development League Draft, only to be traded to the Bakersfield Jam in a three-team draft night deal. In 47 games for the Jam in 2015–16, he averaged 12.8 points, 3.1 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game.
In July 2016, Booker joined the Phoenix Suns for the 2016 NBA Summer League. On October 31, 2016, he was re-acquired by the now Northern Arizona Suns. In the team's season opener on November 12, 2016, Booker scored 15 points in a 122–106 win over the Iowa Energy.