While Netflix’s new Court Of Gold series adequately celebrated USA Basketball’s 2024 Paris Olympics campaign, Phoenix Suns fans believe the docuseries lacked one of the team’s most important figures in their run — Devin Booker.
Thank you for reading this post, don't forget to subscribe!The six-episode series followed the USA, Serbia, France and Canada basketball programs in their quest for gold, each team featuring a few main subjects. Kevin Durant, Stephen Curry and Bam Adebayo were among the main Americans featured throughout the series.
CantCuardBook, a popular Devin Booker fan page on X (formerly Twitter), was the main voice advocating that the two-time Olympic gold medalist should’ve been more of a staple in the documentary, sending out a post that got nearly 30,000 likes.
I get you wanna highlight the greats like Steph, Bron, KD. But not having a single clip of Devin Booker, who was one of the most important and impactful players on the team is insane. https://t.co/ZCJOfiOkvd
— CantGuardBook (@CGBBURNER) February 18, 2025
Booker was arguably one of the three most impactful players in USA Basketball’s Olympic run. The 28-year-old guard started and averaged 11.7 points, 2.7 rebounds and 3.3 assists in all six Olympic games, shooting 13-of-23 (56.5%) from beyond the arc.
What made his production most impactful during the run doesn’t show up on the box score. Booker put his scoring first mentality to the side and became a connective, defensive-minded, all-around force that fit seamlessly around Durant, Curry and LeBron James.
USA Basketball head coach Steve Kerr called Booker the “unsung MVP” for his play throughout the tournament.
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Reporter Connor Moreno covers the Phoenix Suns for Burn City Sports. You can follow him on his X account, @cmorenosports, and on Bluesky, @cloading.bsky.social
